Spring Classes Announced!

March 9, 2011

I am excited to announce my class schedule for spring.  This information will live under my “classes” tab but wanted to allow you to see all the yummy things coming up.  Please contact me to sign up or for more information.

Vegetarian Cooking – Beyond Pasta and Salad, Spring Focus
(choose your date) $55/person
April 14th – 6:30-9:30pm
April 28th – 6:30-9:30pm

Spring is truly a transitional season in our little part of the world.  The calendar and the weather are not always in harmony.  The markets start showing peas, artichokes, and asparagus, but we often just want to turn on the oven and make comfort food.  In this class, we will honor the duplicity of Seattle spring by making cozy warming dishes (Baked Couscous with Spinach and Fontina) along with seasonal specialties using the best of the produce (Spring Vegetable Paella).  We will also make a wonderful salad that can be served as a starter or main course, a dish that beckons the sun and warmer temperatures.  Recipes will include:

Fava Bean and Pecorino Crostini
Vegetable Salad with Spiced Goat Cheese Rounds
Baked Couscous with Spinach and Fontina
(Almost) Crustless Leek Tart
Spring Vegetable Paella


Seasonal Spring Feast
(choose your date) $65/person
May 12th – 6:30-9:30pm
May 26th – 6:30-9:30pm

This season’s feast will celebrate the lightness and brightness that spring produce brings to us.  Shades of green will be featured in a truly special meal – an elegant dinner party that we will kick off with a classy cocktail and end with a Rhubarb Tart and Brown Sugar Sour Cream Ice Cream.  In all, there will be four courses designed so that you can either recreate the whole feast at home for a special dinner party, or you can use one or two recipes at a time to accompany your favorite meals.  You will also get some entertaining tips!  Recipes will include:

Haloumi with Fresh Fava Beans, Peas, and Mint
Morel Mushroom Veloute
Risotto Croquettes with Shaved Spring Vegetables
Savory Feta, Ricotta, and Herb Pie
Rhubarb Tart with Brown Sugar Sour Cream Ice Cream

Vegetarian Thai Cooking
(choose your date) $60/person
June 9th – 6:30-9:30pm
June 23rd – 6:30-9:30pm

There is no shortage of Thai food in our city.  You probably have a favorite place to get your pad thai fix.  Like so many things, Thai can food can taste just as good, if not better, if you make it at home.  In this class, I will de-mystify some of the ingredients commonly found in Thai cooking (rice wine vinegar, rice papers, tamarind, lemongrass) and show you how easy it is to make your curry paste and a delicious rice noodle dish.  Also, each person will get to practice salad roll techniques to make their own roll.  Recipes will include:

Lemongrass Broth with Chile Roasted Mushrooms
Fresh Salad Rolls with Rice Noodles, Cucumber, and Peanut Hoisin Dipping Sauce
Yellow Curry with Pineapple and Peas
Jasmine Rice with Coconut and Ginger
Rice Noodles with Coconut Bean Sauce



3 Comments »

  1. Ooh, I wish I lived near you because I would love to take the Thai class! I love Thai food but it can be hard to find good food without any fish sauce added. It would be wonderful to cook up some tasty Thai dishes at home….I’m eyeing those fresh salad rolls! Yum!

    Comment by melinda ke — March 9, 2011 @ 9:07 pm

  2. I so wish I lived in Seattle so I can take these classes… sounds really fun, i would love to take the vegetarian cooking class..

    Comment by Cassie — March 10, 2011 @ 12:31 am

  3. Hi, I love checking in every once in a while, your blog is always a lot of fun to read! Thanks! =)

    I hate to have to bring this up, but I feel duty-bound to nudge you just a bit, as I’m an ethnic Vietnamese born and raised in Thailand. Rice paper and summer rolls are Vietnamese, not Thai. (The Thai version, only recently created, is made using Chinese wide rice noodles, called Chow Fan. They’re called “Kuaytiao Lui Suan”, or garden rolls.) Also, Thai cooking typically doesn’t use rice wine vinegar…with the exception of dishes that are Chinese in origin.

    Other than that, I always love your food ideas! =)

    Comment by Kitiya — March 13, 2011 @ 3:21 pm



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