The Empty Nest Kitchen Collective
Join The Empty Nest Kitchen Collective, a cozy community for women in midlife who want to eat well, feel great, and actually enjoy cooking again.
Inside, you’ll find everything you need to make cooking simple, joyful, and stress-free - from Mediterranean-inspired menus and smart grocery lists to fun kitchen challenges, live cooking classes, and a supportive community that keeps you inspired week after week.
Everybody can learn new tricks!
With classes built for empty nesters, pro home cooks, and even “take-out” chefs
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Live Classes
Cook with Christine in your own home, with your own tools, and the opportunity to connect with others. It’s a fun and affordable way to learn new skills, and then you get dinner out of it! Chat with others, or privately message our moderator for questions. Classes offered weekly!
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Private Events
Want a fun foodie event for friends across the country? Need a gift for your hard-to-shop-for mother-in-law? Or maybe you’re someone that claims, “I can’t cook!?” Private cooking classes are the perfect answer. Hosted virtually or in person, each class has a custom menu for your group. Let’s eat!
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Corporate Team Building
What are two go-to methods of building group trust? Get your team of their comfort zone or share a nice meal together. With customized cooking classes… you get both! Perfect for remote workers, Christine combines expert facilitation with cooking know-how. Contact us to get started!
What’s cooking in an empty nest?
Once you become an empty nester, cooking feels different. (If I’m not worrying about what other people want…what do I even want to eat?! And, how do I make small portions?)
I rediscovered the joy of cooking for myself and husband, and I’m here to share that experience with you. We’re building connection through cooking, and having a lot of fun in the process.
Join the kitchen table everyone’s talking about
Fresh recipes & fun cooking tips - straight to your inbox! Rediscover the joy of cooking with simple, delicious meals designed for life after kids.
From the Kitchen
Meet your teacher
Christine has been cooking professionally for 25+ years, including 15 founding and running her own cooking school in Frederick, Maryland.
She's culinary medicine certified, teaches live online classes for AARP, and has taught at the college level.
She cooks the Mediterranean diet because that's the diet doctors keep telling mid-life women to eat, and because, after surviving a widowmaker heart attack at 53, it's the kitchen she rebuilt around.
Christine has taught thousands of home chefs how to have fun while cooking well.
