2012 Cooking Classes

We’re making it easy for you to plan ahead this year!  All our cooking classes for 2012 are on the books and ready for you join in.

Each class is taught by the lovely Sara Tomerlin and Lindsey Akey.

To sign up for a class please go by or call the appropriate Diner. Prepayment is required to hold your spot in the class. No walk-ins are allowed. All classes are $40 per person/per class. All classes are about 2 hours long. Each class includes recipes, personalized instruction, and simple cooking demonstrations that can be recreated at home. We will take you step by step through getting the recipe together, cooking, and final presentation. These classes do fill up fast so reserve your spot now. No refunds, please.

Fancy Desserts

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, learn how to make sugar cookies, pie, cinnamon rolls, and cheesecake.

Vegan Breakfast

Learn how to make a down home vegan breakfast: French toast, biscuits & gravy, tofu scramble, pancakes and more.

The Protein Class

Learn to make seitan from scratch!  Plus cooking with tofu, tempeh, TVP, and quinoa.  (While we’re on the subject, click here to check out The Protein Myth over at PCRM)

Vegan Baking

Learn Spiral’s secrets to making really awesome baked goods like cookies, brownies and pie.

The Gluten-Free Class

We’re gonna teach you how to make some of your favorite Spiral dishes Gluten free.  More details on this class forthcoming.

Holiday Fixins

So you bought your Tofurky, now what? Lucky for you, it’s time again for the “How to Prepare a Vegan Holiday Meal” cooking class. We’ll show you how to make cranberry-pecan stuffing, gravy, rolls, coconut sweet potatoes, peanut soup, sweet potato pie , mashed potatoes, green beans and more. These are great recipes for all your holiday gatherings or for any other time of the year. There will be lots to eat during the class, so come hungry

Holiday Gift Baskets

Treat yo self! Or somebody else. It’s the gift giving time of the year and you know there’s a special somebody that needs awesome snacks and goodies served up in a handsomely packaged basket. Boxes and bags are lame! It’s all about the baskets this year.

Get yours in three easy steps:

1) Download and print this pdf form (right-click or command-click and select download/save file): Gift Basket Order Form

2) Fill it out.

3) Turn it in at one of the diners to place your order.

Boom.  You’re a hero.

Read below for what’s what.

Sweets & Treats Basket:
Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies (1 doz), Mini Cran Oatmeal Cookies (1 doz), Mini Brownies (1 doz), Sweet and Sara Marshmallows (1 doz), Rocky Road Bark (1 pc) $29.99 plus tax

Coffee and Tea Basket:
Locally Roasted Coffee (1 lb.), Tempest Tea (20 bag tin), Guayaki Yerba Mate (16 bags), Wholesome Sweeteners Raw Amber Agave $39.99 plus tax

Dorm Room Basket:
Tofurky Pepper Jerky, Primal Strips, Eco-planet Cheddar Crackers, Virgilʼs Root Beer, Spiral Diner Koozie, Letʼs Do Organic! Gummi Bears, Bumble Bar, Vegan Chocolate Bar $24.99 plus tax

Vegan Mafia Basket:
Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies (1 doz), Mini Cran Oatmeal Cookies (1 doz), Mini Brownies (1 doz), Peanut Butter Cups (1/2 doz), Raspberry Cake Balls (1/2 doz), Sweet &Sara Marshmallows, Sweet & Sara Rocky Road, Primal Strips, Body Balms Locally Made Soap $59.99 plus tax

Holiday Meals Order Form – December ’11

(Check out our Holiday Gift Baskets here.)

Relax and enjoy your time off with our pre-made Holiday meals and desserts.

Do it in three easy steps:

1) Download and print these forms (right-click or command-click and select download/save file):

Holiday Desserts | Holiday Fixins

2) Fill it out.

3) Turn it in at one of the diners to place your order.

Then you come pick everything up and we’ll include easy to follow re-heating directions.

In addition to your order we’ll have Celebration Roast and Tofurkey for sale.

Here’s the full list of Sides available: Pasta Salad, Potato Salad, Sesame Glazed Green Beans, Whipped Coconut Sweet Potatoes, Garlic and Rosemary Mashed Potatoes, Mac n’ cheese, Cranberry Pecan Dressing, Country or Brown Gravy, Butternut-Fennel soup, and homemade yeast rolls.

For desserts we have: Cheesecake - Pumpkin-bourbon or Chocolate | Pies – sweet potato, blueberry, apple, pumpkin, chocolate bourbon pecan, or pecan | Cookies – chocolate chip, oatmeal cranberry, or snickerdoodle.

2011 Thanksgiving Meals – get your orders in!

It’s that time of year again.  Thanksgiving is in exactly three weeks and we’re here to help make the day go easy for you.  We’ll get everything prepped and ready to go so all you have to do is heat and serve for your get together.  Do it in three easy steps:

1) Download and print the forms below (right-click or command-click and select download/save file)

2) Fill it out.

3) Turn it in at one of the diners to place your order.

Then you come pick everything up and we’ll include easy to follow re-heating directions.

In addition to your order we’ll have Celebration Roast and Tofurkey for sale.

Here’s the full list of Sides available: Pasta Salad, Potato Salad, Sesame Glazed Green Beans, Whipped Coconut Sweet Potatoes, Garlic and Rosemary Mashed Potatoes, Mac n’ cheese, Cranberry Pecan Dressing, Country or Brown Gravy, Butternut-Fennel soup, and homemade yeast rolls.

For desserts we have: Pumpkin-bourbon or Chocolate Cheezcake, Pies – sweet potato, blueberry, apple, pumpkin, chocolate bourbon pecan, or pecan, Cookies – chocolate chip, oatmeal cranberry, or snickerdoodle.

Happy Birthday Month to Spiral!

Can you believe it’s been 9 years? We’re doing it and we’re doing it well. Thanks to all our amazing employees who work so hard to keep the place running like a dream. And thanks especially to Spiral’s thousands of customers who’ve proven that a vegan restaurant in cowtown isn’t the craziest idea ever.

Cooking Class: Dressings and Sauces – Sep 19 & 26

Dressings and Sauces Class

Learn how to make all our delicious salad dressing plus nacho cheese, pesto and salsa.

Ft Worth = Monday September 19th 7-9pm at Spiral Ft Worth 817.332.8834

Dallas = Monday September 26th 7-9pm at Spiral Dallas 214.948.4747

To sign up for a class please go by or call the corresponding Diner. Prepayment is required to hold your spot in the class. No walk-ins are allowed. All classes are $40 per person/per class. All classes are about 2 hours long. Each class includes recipes, personalized instruction, and simple cooking demonstrations that can be recreated at home. We will take you step by step through getting the recipe together, cooking, and final presentation. These classes do fill up fast so reserve your spot now. No refunds, please.

Dessert Cooking Class – Monday Aug 29

We have one more Dessert Cooking class this Monday in Dallas.  Here’s the details:

To sign up for a class please go by or call the corresponding Diner. Prepayment is required to hold your spot in the class. No walk-ins are allowed. All classes are $40 per person/per class. All classes are about 2 hours long. Each class includes recipes, personalized instruction, and simple cooking demonstrations that can be recreated at home. We will take you step by step through getting the recipe together, cooking, and final presentation. These classes do fill up fast so reserve your spot now. No refunds, please.

Cooking Classes, Creamy Lemon Pasta and more.

New Blue Plate

Back by popular demand… Creamy Lemon Pasta. Penne pasta tossed in delicious, rich cashew cream sauce and the perfect hint of lemon with red potatoes, broccoli, carrots, olives, zucchini, and capers, topped with grilled asparagus.

We’ve got this at both locations for the next few weeks. The Raw Red Pepper-Tomato Soup is available at the Dallas location and Minestrone Soup is available in Fort Worth. Don’t forget to check out our I-Scream flavors too.

James in the FW Weekly

Spiral’s Executive Chef is featured in the cover story of this week’s Fort Worth Weekly for his film-making endeavors. Check it out here. What a dreamboat.

The Citizen Theater

Yes, it’s true, James and I are opening an art house movie theater in Fort Worth across the street from Spiral. Please check out the website and sign up for our newsletter and Facebook to stay updated.

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To stay informed about important things like cake balls, cinnamon rolls and what Lindsey and Rick are wearing from day to day please like us.

Cooking Classes

Thanks for supporting Spiral. We are so lucky to have such cool customers and amazing employees.