# 55 Homemade Bread and Market
Menu --- Live from Union Square!
market tour and partial participation
Join either or both of our chef instructors and cookbook authors,
Peter Berley and Jay Weinstein, for a true culinary adventure. You'll
start each 6-hour class by preparing dough for focaccia. Then, while
it's rising, the instructor will lead the way to the Union Square
Greenmarket where you'll learn to shop the way market-driven chefs
do---by choosing what's fresh, local and seasonal. The ingredients
you select will determine the menu. You'll learn to improvise rather
than solely rely on recipes. Market purchases will include a bounty
of produce as well as fish, eggs and dairy. When you return to the
classroom, you'll focus on techniques as you help prepare a balanced
seasonal meal with dessert. And, of course, that bread dough will
have risen so you'll learn how to bake it off to perfection. Then
the best part: sitting down to enjoy and savor everything. Choose
June or September or both! Each class's menu will be different and
very exciting. (Some fish, dairy, eggs and wine may be used.)
a) 1 Saturday, June 28, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Instructor: Jay Weinstein
Fee: $125; Two People: $240
b) 1 Saturday, September 13, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Instructor: Peter Berley
Fee: $125; Two People: $240
# 56 Lunching and Learning
in Little India
tour of Indian markets, lunch at D³vi, kitchen tour
Until now, the sights, sounds and smells of India may only have
flitted about in your imagination. Now you can embark on a tantalizing
tour of India here in Manhattan. Join Geetha Ghai, our culinary
interpreter, as she guides you through the shops that are part of
the bustling bazaar of Little India. She will discuss the wide variety
of kitchenware specifically used by traditional Indian cooks as
well as the various spices, dhals, grains, condiments and other
truly unique ingredients. We will then continue on to D³vi, where
we will sit down to savor the luscious and richly spiced food of
India prepared by Chef Hemant Mathur. Geetha will explain how our
meal achieves balance in terms of textures, tastes and nutritional
content as well as the health benefits of Indian spices. After lunch
Chef Mathur will escort us into his kitchen, demonstrate the tandoor
oven, and answer your questions. If you are passionate about Indian
food but yearn to know more about what you're eating---or perhaps
you have yet to sample this complex cuisine and are uncertain where
to begin---why not come to this fabulous lunch-and-learn opportunity!
Students meet in front of Kalustyan's at 123 Lexington Avenue
(at 28th St.) at 10 am then walk to D³vi, 8 East 18th St. (Broadway
& 5th Avenue). Price-fixed lunch included in class fee.
1 Saturday, August 16, 10:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Geetha Ghai
Fee: $85; Two People: $160
