Cooking with Herbs, with Alexandra Stafford

Fresh herbs are the enhancers, and sometimes the foundation, of countless flavor-packed recipes. But how does one use them to best effect and what do they actually bring to the table? Alexandra Stafford – cookbook author, popular blogger at Alexandra’s Kitchen and HGS Home Chef instructor – will answer these questions while creating dishes that beautifully illustrate the impact of fresh garden herbs. A full lunch will follow the class in our beautiful demo kitchen in Hillsdale, in the Hudson Valley-Berkshires.

With spring here and summer just around the corner it’s time to think about planting herbs and using them in your warm-weather dishes. In this class Alexandra will demonstrate the joy of herbs and how they can be used for maximum effect in dishes you will love to create in your own kitchen.

Menu will include:

• Cauliflower Steaks with Caper-Herb Salsa
• Fattoush Salad
• Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad
• Falafel with Tahini Sauce

This Demonstration class limited to 12 people.

Note: This event is part of a full day of collaborative festivities including classes on cooking with herbs next door at Tiny Hearts Flower Farm’s new workshop, and the Open Day garden tours and rare plant sale at the garden of Margaret Roach in nearby Copake Falls, NY.

About Alexandra Stafford:

Ali Stafford, author of the hit food blog “Alexandra’sKitchen”(www.alexandracooks.com), grew up eating her mother’s peasant bread at nearly every meal—the recipe for which was a closely guarded family secret. When her website began to grow in popularity, readers began asking how to make the bread they’d heard so much about. Alexandra’s mother acquiesced, and the recipe got shared, and has since inspired many who had deemed bread-baking an impossibility to give it a try, and their results have exceeded expectations. It all led to Ali’s recent cookbook, “Bread Toast Crumb,” praised by the world’s top-selling baking-book authors including Dorie Greenspan and David Lebovitz. Ali is also a columnist for Food52.com.

Cancellation policy: We do not offer refunds on purchased tickets. Persons who notify us at least seven (7) days in advance that they cannot attend will receive credit and may register for another class of equal value held within the subsequent two months.

Notes: Cooking class attendees receive 10% discount on kitchenware purchases on class day. Classes are geared to adults unless otherwise noted. However, children over 7 are welcome to attend with an accompanying adult.