Well, I can’t quite believe it.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of BrokeAss Gourmet’s launch. One year ago, my friend Adam Metz and I posted our first BrokeAss Gourmet post, The $50 Pantry, which is, to this day, one our most popular and important articles. We rounded up our friends and celebrated with drinks and snacks at The House of Shields in San Francisco. This year, to celebrate the one-year-mark, I’ll be hosting a party at Hobson’s Choice in San Francisco, starting at 7 PM. There will be an awesome raffle, the proceeds of which will be donated to Haiti earthquake relief.

In the past year, BrokeAss Gourmet has been in MSN Money, TIME.com, and secured a place for itself among the top food and lifestyle blogs around.

In honor of this exciting day, my friends at Joffer, my friend Roberta at Apron Strings and I have joined forces to offer a series of BrokeAss Gourmet cooking classes. For those of you who don’t know, Apron Strings is the premier cooking school for kids and adults in San Francisco. Roberta and I have cooked together for years and I believe her to be the best in the business. The first class will be offered Sunday, February 21st, from 1-4PM. We’ll be cooking amazing food, drinking fantastic wine and having a hell of a lot of fun.

Cooking classes at Apron Strings typically run for about $80 per person, including all food, wine and recipes, but thanks to Joffer, we’re able to offer this class for just $50 per person.

I can hardly believe it’s been a year. Thank you so much for reading BrokeAss Gourmet. I hope I see you tonight at the party!