So I need to write a short essay about an interesting experience I had for school and I decided to write about a cooking class I went to.
I'm trying to say
because I have been to a patisserie class, I did not learn anything new/I did not learn any new techniques.
(The context is dessert making.) But I'm not sure what the right word for 'techniques' is. The word for 'technique' in the dictionary is 手法 but is the context correct for 'cooking techniques' because all the other words that mean 'technique' are very specific.
In terms of the sentence I would like to write this but I'm not sure if it is correct.
パティスリーのクラスに行ったことがありますから、新しいtechniquesを習いませんでした。
Preferably I would like to say 'I did not learn anything new' but I'm not sure how to form that sentence. Would it be
何も新しいを習いませんでした。
Thank you.