1st edition Bay Area "all things vegetable" cooking class series - March 3 - 7, 2010

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It's hard to believe that May is just around the corner sidewalk café... Just goes to show how bringing to life a 5-day cooking class series in the Bay Area can scatter time...at least for me. And that was mid-March! Perhaps I'm still swirling from the pleasure of sharing my cuisine with all the eager hands and hearts that showed up at the various homes of those who hosted a class, each whose kitchen was a distinctive geometrical playground.

Of course I'd planned on photographing the whole hullabaloo, but rapidly realized that I couldn't both swirl a spoon and click the camera at the same time... So my thanks to Wenn Murphy, faithful assistant that she was, for snapping away in between washing dishes and opening wine bottles. (Scroll down below the recipe to see a bit of her handiwork.)

"Non-Inerventionist" Wines from:
terroir natural wine merchant & bar
1116 folsom st san francisco
White:
Domaine de Veilloux -
Cheverny 2008 - 85 % Sauvignon 15 % Menu Pineau
Domaine Richou -
Chavigné Anjou 2008 - 1005 Chenin Blanc
Domaine du Moulin -
Cheverny 2008 - 70% Sauvignon 30b% Chardonnay
Red:
Domaine Rimbert -
le Chant de Marjolaine 2008 100 % Carignan
Domaine de la Garrelière -
le Rouge de la Garrelière 2008 100% Cabernet Franc

MENU:
ROASTED RADiSHES
ARUGULA-PESTO BRUSCHETTA
HONEY-THYME ROASTED FENNEL w/ FRESH GOAT CHEESE
PANiSSA w/ WiLTED GREENS ...cranberry bean risotto
LEMON TART w/ ROASTED PUMPKiN SEEDSMENU:
ROASTED RADiSHES
FAVA-BEAN/SAUTéED CHiCORY BRUSCHETTA
SAUTéED GREEN OLiVE/FRESH MiNT SALAD
QUINOA RiSOTTO w/ ROASTED ARTiCHOKES
LEMON TART w/ ROASTED PUMPKiN SEEDS

MENU :
ROASTED RADiSHES
WATERCRESS-PESTO BRUSCHETTA
ORANGE/MiNT SALAD w/ TAPENADE BRUSCHETTA
QUiNOA RiSOTTO w/ KABOCHA SQUASH and CAULiFLOWER
CASTAGNACCiO w/ FRESH LEMON MARMALADE (and vanilla ice cream)

MENU : (non-gluten)
ROASTED RADiSHES
RiCE CRACKERS w/ FRESH GOAT CHEESE - ORANGE MARMALADE
SAUTéED GREEN - OLiVE/FRESH MINT SALAD
ARANCiNi filled w/ SAUTéED GREENS-SMOKED PROVOLONE
BACi di DAMA W/ LEMON GRANiTA

MENU
ROASTED RADiSHES : CiLANTRO-PESTO BRUSCHETTA
AïOLi w/ ROASTED ASPARAGUS
BUCKWHEAT POLENTA w/ WiLTED GREENS - ORANGE ZEST
FRENCH MACARONS w/ SALTED CARAMEL FiLLiNG