Join Craig Sewell on Earth Day, April 22 at 6 p.m., for his ongoing virtual cooking class series “In a Cook’s Kitchen” and learn how to make delicious Oysters Rockefeller.  The webinar series is sponsored by Essex Bank and brought to you by What’s Up? Media of Annapolis. Register for the free class here

For 16 years, Craig Sewell ran one of the first locally sourcing restaurants to open in Annapolis where he offered a local foods distribution chain and taught LOTS of cooking classes. One of the most popular classes was ‘The Basics’ – a six week-long class whereby through teaching recipes people could learn cooking skills along the way.

In the ‘Cook’s Kitchen Series’ each class builds upon the previous class – “We’re not just demonstrating a one-off recipe we’re bringing you everything you need to know to create delicious meals in your home kitchen. One of my fundamental principles about food is to buy the best, freshest ingredients from places as close to you as possible with growing/raising practices that are respectful to the environment and animals as possible, and then, to the best of my ability stay out of their way and let them speak for themselves.”

Looking for fresh local oysters near you? Search the Southern Maryland Oyster Guide and check out The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Partnership list of oyster farms offering direct-to-consumer sales of Maryland oysters for Earth Day and beyond.

Find more “In a Cook’s Kitchen” recipes, video cooking demonstrations and everything you need to know to bring local foods to your table on the Southern Maryland Meats website.