Passover with a Twist, with Miriam Rubin

This year for Passover we are exploring different flavors to add to the traditional table, thanks to this class with Miriam Rubin, the cookbook author and chef who was the first woman in the kitchens of NYC’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant.

No, we’re not taking away the matzo ball soup — but we are swapping out the gefilte fish with a fresher option. Passover is a spring holiday and an ideal time to fold in spring flavors and new tastes. Join us in our Hudson Valley-Berkshire kitchen for this demonstration cooking class celebrating Passover foods with a twist. Following the class we will all enjoy our a lunch together.

Menu to include:

• Many Fruit Charoset
• Pickled Salmon with Roasted Beet Horseradish
• Asparagus with Cucumber-Dill Dressing
• Matzo and Vegetable Kugel
• A Bitter Greens Salad
• Easy Chocolate Meringues

This demonstration class is limited to 12 people.

About Miriam Rubin:

A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Miriam was the first woman in the kitchens of NYC’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. She’s a former food editor of Weight Watchers Magazine. Her first cookbook, Grains, was published in 1995. For nine years, she wrote a food and garden column “Miriam’s Garden” for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and has contributed features to their food pages for about two decades.

Her work has appeared Her work has appeared in Prevention, Organic Gardening, Redbook, Working Woman, Working Mother and Woman’s Day. She was line-editor for Gil Marks’ Encyclopedia of Jewish Food and has contributed to The Encyclopedia of Appalachia and The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink Vol. 2. She’s Americanized several cookbooks and reworked and Americanized British recipes for websites.

Her book Tomatoes grew out of a love of planting and devouring a favorite vegetable (fruit). She presented on the book at the Harvest Festival at Monticello and at Beard on Books at the Beard House. Miriam and her husband have recently relocated to the Hudson Valley from Southwestern Pennsylvania.

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 9 are welcome to attend with an accompanying adult.