EXPLORE!
Cook out of your cooking comfort zone and Explore different types of cooking, ingredients or ethnicity! These classes are ore Demo-style, with great discussion on where to buy ingredients, substitions for ingredients you can’t find, cooking skills with front and center view, and some assistance from the class. Enjoy the generous tastings of what is explored, for a full meal by the time the class is over!
Empanadas! - Thursday, Jan 16th, 6:00 to 8:00 - Che Rachel
We all love them and Chef Rachel will teach us out to make them at home! Empanadas make a great snack, appetizer or casual family meal. They can even be made ahead to take for a picnic. It’s also a fun thing to do for an adult cooking party or with your kids for a family activity. Chef Rachel will show you how to work with the dough, make several delicious fillings and fry to perfection with just a pan on the stove. She will start the evening off with her savory fried plaintains, a perfect appetizer for any evening. You will also enjoy a zesty Fiesta Salad and her husband will prepare a delicious pina colada mocktail with the freshest ingredients for a perfect fun way to entertain!
Private Class Opportunity -
Have your own group of friends or family? Chef Rachel will do a class for 8 - just email us at linda@kitchen-19.com to discuss a date for your group. For 8 people, the price is $550 and includes a full meal of your empanadas made in class, a zesty Fiesta salad, pina colada mocktails and a flan for dessert.
Creole / Cajun Cooking - Jambalaya - Thu, Feb 20th, 6 to 8 pm - Chef Darlene Ross
Our latest chef, Darlene Ross, will share her expertise of Creole and Cajun style cooking to get you ready for your Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras entertaining! For her first class, she will demonstrate and explain all the nuances of preparing an authentic Jambalaya! Enjoy a muffaletta slider for appetizer when you arrive, a refreshing salad with your Jambalaya and made-at-the-table Bananas Foster for dessert! This is a DEMO class, but with plenty of conversation, seasoning tips, folklore about the area and its delicious cuisine roots and a great eating evening!
Tinned Fish - Thu, Mar 6th, 6 to 8 pm - Chef Linda Cashan
Chef Linda will explore the interesting addition of tinned fish to your appetizer repertoire or simple weekday dinners! Some of her selections will include crostini with sardines, canapes and quick pasta sauce with anchovies, and other tasty bits using tinned mussels, octopus and mackerel. Class attendees will a dinner-size portion of small plates, a delicious salad and a sweet ending!
Knife Skills “Cutting Into The Basics” - Thu, Mar 13th, 6 to 8 pm - Chef Kelly McClay -
Ever wish you could chop, dice and slice with ease? Come participate in this two hour basic knife skills class and leave with greater confidence in the kitchen. We welcome a new chef instructor to Kitchen 19 - Kelly McClay, past Dean of the Culinary School at Cape Atlantic Community College! Chef Kelly will teach attendees to dice with consistency, the trick to uniform cooking, julienne and batonnet, chiffonade, and more. Turn garlic from chopped, to minced to paste and when to use each.
Class includes a selection of lite bites using your new skills.
Thai Curry Coconut Bowl - Thu, Apr 3rd, 6 to 8 pm - Chef Linda Cashan
Chef Linda will share her passion for this delicious Thai flavored stew that features the addition of Asian eggplant, Kobocha squash, spinach and an optional shrimp. Lessons will include the flavoring of Thai ingredients as well as the specific preparations of the additional ingredients that flavor the stew at the end. Attendees will enjoy an appetizer upon arrival, dinner-sized portion of the Thai curry bowl and a sweet ending.
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