What's cookin'?

Healthy Beat, USU Extension, 2100 S. State, #S-1010, offers a five-week course on heart-healthy nutrition and cooking at 4:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday, $30 includes blood cholesterol test. Registration deadline Thursday. (468-3179)

Sandy Bosch Kitchen Center, 8926 S. 700 East, Sandy, offers "Homemade Pasta and Pesto," 7 p.m., Thursday, $5; "Dee's Health Clinic," 10:30 a.m., Saturday, free, cholesterol and glucose test, $5; "Pressure Cooking with Victoria," 12:30 p.m., Jan. 14, free; "Bread Basics," 7 p.m., Jan. 15, free; "Fancy Pancake Brunch," 10:30 a.m., Jan. 17, $5; "Soup and Breadsticks," 12:30 p.m., Jan. 21, $5. (562-1212)

Farmington City Leisure Service, 720 W. 100 North, Farmington, offers a four-week Chinese cooking course on Wednesdays beginning Jan. 21. There is a session at 6:30-7:30 p.m. and one at 7:45-8:45 p.m., $35. Registration deadline is Jan. 16.

Sur La Table at the Gateway, 10 N. Rio Grande, offers "Rice and Pasta," 6:30 p.m., Thursday, $45; "Cooking With Friends: Extraordinary Italian Food," 6:30 p.m., Friday, $130 for two people; "Thai Cuisine," 11 a.m., Saturday, $65; "Authentic Mexican Cooking," 6:30 p.m., Jan. 12, $65; "Favorite American Desserts," 6:30 p.m., Jan. 13, $65; "Filled Pastas," 6:30 p.m.. Jan. 14, $65; "Beef and Pork," Rebecca Moran, 6:30 p.m., Jan. 15, $50. (1-866-328-5412).

Gygi Culinary Institute, 3500 S. 300 West, offers "Let's Get Cooking Series 101," 6:30 p.m., Jan. 14, or 9:30 a.m., Jan. 17, $55; "Let's Get Cooking Series 102," 6:30 p.m., Jan. 21, or 9:30 a.m., Jan. 24, $55. (268-3316 or www.Gygi.com).

Submit announcements to Valerie Phillips, Food Editor, Deseret Morning News, 30 E. 100 South, P.O. Box 1257, Salt Lake City, UT 84110; by fax to 801-237-2550; or by e-mail to vphillips@desnews.com