How to say 'techniques' (as in cooking)

Question

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.

Answer 1

The word you are looking for for "technique" is 技術｛ぎじゅつ}. When you google translate it it comes through as technology, but it has more meanings than that. (https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93-50443)

You can slap 術 on the end of lots of things and mean techniques. So you could say ベーキング術 to mean baking techniques.

パティスリーのクラスに行ったことがあったから、新しいベーキング術を習いませんでした。

If you just wanted to say "I didn't learn anything" you would say

あまり勉強にはなりませんでした。

or

何も新しいことを学びませんでした。