sichuan/chinese class Saturday, september 12 at Noon

sunday. September 12
noon
$50/person
limited space for 8
for more information or to make reservations;
...phil at philipgelb (dot) com
510 393 6096

Sichuan and chinese flavors

hands on class with all participants creating the dishes. I will supply the highest quality ingredients for you to cook with. Demystify one of the great culinary traditions; Chinese! There are many culinary traditions within China and this class will be focusing on styles from sichuan province and Beiing. Explre a variety of knife techniques and various cooking techniques:steaming, stir frying, braising, baking, frying with some delightful summer dishes.

sichuan chili oil
spicy cucumber and peanut salad
green onion pancake
tempeh char siu
steamed chinese buns
stir fried green beans
marinated baked tofu
tofu with spicy sesame sauce

lunch for 6 in San Ramon, August 25 2010

italian menu

Caprese salad (homemade tofu, heirloom tomatos, basil, olive oil, herbs, spices, balsamic)
trufled mushroom ravioli with basil pesto
eggplant rolled with almond cheese and pine nuts w/ tomato sauce
raw nectarine-blueberry pecan tart
blackberry ice "cream"

dinner for 13 in Oakland hills, October 18, 2010

poblano peppers stuffed with roasted corn salad
flat tofu cut into noodles with spicy sesame sauce
hummous
red lentil pate
...homemade pita bread
roasted vegetable platter (eggplants, green beans, summer squashes)
cucumber yuzu pickles
raw nectarine-blueberry-walnut tart
blackberry ice "cream"

Jewish New years cooking class

Thursday, September 2
7 pm
limited space for 8
$50/person

A hands on class, focusing on some Jewish new years dishes. Learn to cook like a Jewish grandma!!
These classes are designed to demystify food. Learn to create delightful dishes, some quite simple and some fairly complex, so all levels of cooking skills are welcome.  I supply the highest quality ingredients for the classes, often sourced directly from the farms.
Learn about ingredients, kitchen tools and meet some other fun, friendly food enthusiasts in the process.

buckwheat cabbage sauerkraut soup
apple-celery root-fennel salad
stuffed collard rolls in tomato sauce
schlischkes (a very rare Hungrian Jewish potato dish that will blow your mind)
beets roasted with horseradish

plus more

you do not have to be Jewish to love this cuisine and learn how to make it. However, if you have a Jewish grandma, some of these flavors will be very comforting to you.

some recent food shots

homemade tempeh crusted with pistachios, roasted and pickled vegetables, apricot sauce

Ochazeuke (rice with green tea, umeboshi, kaiware, nori

home made tofu, stir fried snow peas and carrots, kaiware and spicy peanut sauce

2 kinds of heirloom beans from Rancho Gordo farms, roasted yellow squash, pecan pate

Yuzu menu with http://yuzupassion.com Friday, August 27

Yuzu, the amazing Japanese citrus will be the feature of this menu. Recently was introduced to Tomoko Sato, owner of Yuzu Passion, http://yuzupassion.com
They are bringing to the US, some very high quality yuzu juice and other yuzu products from excellent, artisan farmers in Shikoku Island, Japan.
For this 6 course menu, i will create many dishes, traditional and unique, using yuzu as an ingredient.

Later in the fall when yuzu is in season, we hope to collaborate with a California yuzu grower to produce an even more complex yuzu menu, using the fresh zest as well as the juice. Any Yuzu growers out there, please contact us!!


apertif
yuzu watermelon sorbet

soup
Yuzu flavored gazpacho
the traditional Spanish cold soup infused with yuzu instead of lemon or lime, providing a unique and Japanese taste to this classic summer dish

salad
daikon and mizuna with yuzu dressing

small plate
yuzu blue cornbread with roasted corn and chilis with yuzu

entree
homemade tofu served cold with yuzu soy sauce,
cucumbers pickled with yuzu and sichuan chili oil
green beans with walnut miso yuzu dressing
daikon pickled with yuzu and shoyu
okra tempura
rice

dessert
matcha yuzu raspberry cake
yuzu peach ice "cream"



Friday, August 27
8 pm
limited seating for 10 (can expand to 20 if there is enough demand)
$45/person, byob

menu for dinner for 6 in Concord on August 25

Will be preparing this menu for a dinner for 6 in Concord, next Sunday. This may be a monthly event, assuming they like what i present. Wonderful photographer is presenting these for his colleagues and supporters.

Soup
gaspacho
heirloom tomatoes, heirloom cucumbers, heirloom peppers, lime, spices and herbs

salad
fresh cranberry beans sauteed with romano beans.
Summer squashes, roasted
quinoa steamed w/ morels
plum mustard dressing

entree
peach roasted tempeh
corn roasted with chilis
ong choy stir fried with garlic

dessert
raw chocolate pudding w/ berries