Cooking with Miri

With 33 years of experience as the former owner of the award-winning Holy Land Restaurant, Miri Levy will guide you through each recipe and share her expertise on Middle Eastern spices and ingredients By the end of the class, you'll have the skills to impress your friends and family with your Middle Eastern cooking

$15 food fee payable to instructor on day of class

Instructor: Miri Levy

Location: Community Center, Kitchen Min:

20 Activity #: 1111ME

Flavors from the Middle EastVegetarian

Curry Workshop

Curries from Asia have had much influence from India with spices such as cumin and coriander However, locals have added a few local spices, including fresh and dried chilies, to create a variety of curries and to call their own Learn to transform herbs and spices into scrumptious curry dishes from around Asia, such as vegetarian korma from India, green curry with seafood from Thailand, and chicken yellow curry from Myanmar

Noodles from Asia Workshop

Noodles have become a mainstream diet in Asia and their recipes have been modified to fit local palates by using local ingredients and techniques Learn to use many varieties of noodles and make many versions of meat and vegetarian noodles Learn new trends in noodle dishes that are popular worldwide and prepare a scrumptious meal, such as Hunan crispy noodles salad, Nonyan curried noodles, and Thai spicy stir-fried noodles

Join Miri's Middle Eastern Cooking Class and learn how to make delicious vegetarian dishes We will prepare shakshuka, baba ganoush - roasted eggplant and borekas-baked pastry with feta cheese and spinach

Flavors from the Middle East - Vegan

Join Miri's Middle Eastern Flavors Cooking Class and learn how to make delicious vegan dishes We will prepare lentil soup, dolmas - stuffed grape leaves and tabouli

Winter

Sushi and Nigiri Workshop

Basic Knife Skills Workshop

Learn to cut and dice like a pro! This basic skill will make your cooking less laborious, less time and more fun We will learn to julienne, baton, brunoise, chiffonade vegetables and break up whole chickens to make a simple meal including tips on maintaining and sharpen knifes

Winter is the best time for fresh fish with succulent textures and sweet flavors Learn the basics of preparing fresh sushi Learn to make sushi rice for use in Nigiri (finger roll) and Nori Maki (seaweed hand roll) Practice Japanese techniques of filling and wrapping by preparing a variety of sushi such as Hamachi, Inari, Maguro, Unagi, Tobiko, cucumber, spicy tuna, California, and Philadelphia rolls