Chinese Picnic – a Cooking Class with Kian Lam Kho

Tired of the same old cold cuts and limp sandwiches at your summer picnic? A Chinese-inspired bento might be exactly what your basket needs. While the format is borrowed from Japan, the flavors are thoroughly Chinese: smoky BBQ chicken, a crisp cucumber salad with silky wood ear mushrooms, and a fragrant rice dish layered with shiitake and bamboo shoots. Add fresh summer fruit and you’ve got a complete, showstopping meal — perfect for Tanglewood or any outdoor occasion worth celebrating. In this hands-on class, award-winning cookbook author and Chinese cooking authority Kian Lam Kho guides you through every recipe in this menu, so you’ll leave ready to pack up something truly memorable the next time you head outside.

Class menu to include:

• Chinese BBQ Chicken
• Cucumber and Wood Ear Salad
• Shiitake and Bamboo Shoot Rice

This hands-on class (plus lunch) is limited to ten people.

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About Kian Lam Kho:

Kian Lam Kho is a food writer, cooking teacher and food consultant specializing in Chinese cuisine. He is the creator of the James Beard Foundation Awards nominated Chinese home cooking blog Red Cook (https://redcook.net), and his cookbook on Chinese cooking techniques, Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees: Essential Techniques of Authentic Chinese Cooking, is the winner of the Julia Child First Book Award from IACP (International Association of Culinary Professional). He co-curated an exhibit at the Museum of Chinese in America in October 2016 – Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America. He acted as consulting chefs in menu concept design for several restaurants in New York City and Fayetteville, Arkansas as well as food service organizations at Johns Hopkins University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in New York City and teaches Chinese cooking at the Institute of Culinary Education and the Brooklyn Kitchen. He appears regularly as speaker and discussion panelist on Chinese cuisine and its history. He is also a frequent guest chef at various restaurants.

Cancellation policy: We do not offer refunds on purchased tickets.

Cooking class attendees receive 10% discount on kitchenware purchases on class day.

HGS Home Chef is a member of TheWorkshopExperience.org, a group of friends who produce an annual festival of creative workshops on a wide variety of topics in and around Hillsdale, NY – at the crossroads of the Hudson Valley and Berkshires.

HGS Home Chef – 2635 NY-23, Hillsdale NY – 518-325-7000. Plentiful parking behind the shop.