This class is filled with flavor-packed Korean restaurant dishes to make at home -- whether you have already taken our popular Introduction to Korean class or not (it is not a pre-requisite; just another opportunity to learn more). We'll even make a giant batch of homemade kimchi, which you'll bring home in containers to ferment in your kitchen!

• Kimchi and Pork Belly Stew (Jjigae)
• Shrimp and Scallion Pancakes (Panjeon)
• Spicy Braised Tofu (Dubu-Jurim)
• Quick-Pickled Sesame Cucumbers
• Homemade Kimchi (for you to take home and ferment!)

This hands-on, skills-based series covers all the basic skills you'll need to feel comfortable and creative in the kitchen.
 
We'll focus on each cooking technique, using multiple ingredients to drive it home, so you leave confident to cook up most any food in your own home kitchen.

Each class concludes with a full sit-down meal where you and fellow classmates enjoy everything you cooked.

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This hands-on, skills-based series covers the advanced skills that amateur cooks need to take their culinary education to the next level.

We'll focus on each cooking technique, using multiple ingredients to drive it home, so you leave confident that you can tackle these skills on your own.

Our Culinary Boot Camp for Beginners is NOT a prerequisite if you already feel comfortable in the kitchen.

Each class concludes with a full sit-down meal where you and fellow classmates enjoy everything you cooked.

WAITLIST: If none of the start dates work for you, please join our general Boot Camp Waitlist.…

We’ll cover three different (apartment-friendly) ways to cook fish as well as the how-to’s of buying, storing, and substituting one fish for another. Everyone will go home with a fish-buying pocket guide that details the current "best choices" to the "avoid" lists.  

• Parchment-Roasted Fish with Citrus and Herbs
• Crispy Fish with Lemon-Caper Butter
• Asian-Braised Fish with Bok Choy, Ginger, and Tomatoes
• A Pot of Perfect Rice

Everything you ever need to know about choosing, storing, sharpening, holding, and using the most important tool in the kitchen. We will have 8-inch chef's knives for you to practice on, but you are also welcome to bring your own knife. 

• Included in the price is a * knife sharpening stone of your own *, which we will teach you how to use flawlessly before you leave. 
• And so you have something to cook (and eat!) with all your expertly chopped ingredients, we'll also make a meal to share at the end of class, usually a minestrone soup or a vegetable stir-fry.

Ramen!  That richly-seasoned noodle soup from Japan, whose broth should send shivers down your spine with delight. If you live near a good ramen shop, you are in luck. If not, then consider yourself equally lucky enough to have an excuse to make it from scratch, chewy noodles and all. 

• Chicken-Miso Ramen Broth
• Homemade Ramen Noodles
• Crispy Pork Belly
• Soy-Marinated Jammy Eggs
• Ramen Accoutrements (scallions, bok choy, nori, chile oil)

This class will offer you a valuable set of culinary techniques to move you along in your kitchen education. 

• Knife Skills
• Cooking Meat to Perfection (Pan-Roasted Chicken)
• Making Flavorful Pan Sauces (Classic Chicken Gravy)
• Roasting Vegetables (Roasted Potatoes + Seasonal Vegetables)
• Blanching Green Vegetables (String Beans with Lemon Gremolata)
• Cooking Leafy Greens (Swiss Chard with Lemon and Garlic)

We are obsessed with the flavors of Persian cooking, which teems with an abundance of fresh herbs, sour and sweet ingredients, and fragrances that make you heady (saffron, rose petals!).
 
Join us as we explore some of the ingredients and cooking techniques that make the dishes of Iran, with their brilliant hues and seasonings, so marvelous to cook and eat. 

• Kuku Sabzi (baked eggy dish with a million herbs)
• Chicken Fesenjan (a rich walnut + pomegranate stew) 
• Steamed Rice with a Golden Tahdig (crispy crust)
• Masto-o Khiar (Herbed Cucumber Yogurt)