Tomato Fest with Miriam Rubin

Tomatoes fresh from the garden and an expert on growing and cooking with them come together for a summer celebration in one of our favorite annual cooking classes. Join tomato expert Miriam Rubin (who wrote a book on tomatoes) in our Hudson Valley/Berkshire kitchen for this special class. The class begins with a tomato tasting so you can understand the distinctions of some of her favorites, then the cooking begins as she demonstrates three delectable recipes that celebrate this glorious fruit. After the cooking we’ll all have lunch.

Menu to include:

• Tomato Parmesan Freeform Tart
• Heirloom Tomato Salad
• Ginger Tomatoes

But that’s not all… If you are like some, you grow your own tomatoes, and may even have a few favorites. But most of us buy the small plants in spring, plunk them in the garden and hope for the best. This class will definitely improve your tomato growing game. Miriam will happily answer your questions about growing truly delicious varieties, and how best to use them in the kitchen. So, as you think about next years’ garden, you’ll be armed with solid advice and be set up for success.

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This demonstration class is limited to 10 people.

NOTE: ALL participants must be fully vaccinated for Covid 19 in order to attend. Read our Covid 19 protocols below before signing up for this class.

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 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.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING OUR COVID19 PROTOCOLS:

This will be a live, in-person class. Masks are optional. In order to attend, all students must be vaccinated for Covid19. Your registration for this class is a confirmation that you are vaccinated, but, you must also bring proof of vaccination on the day of the class in the form of a NY State Excelsior Pass (printed or on App) OR, a CDC Covid Vaccination Record Card. If you arrive without vaccination documents you will not be admitted into the class, and we will be unable to offer a refund. So please, bring your documents on class day!

The instructor and assistant will be vaccinated and may or may not be masked. It is your choice whether to remain masked during the class.

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 may receive credit and 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.

HGS Home Chef is a member of TheWorkshopExperience.org, a group of friends who produce exceptional experiential learning through classes and workshops on a wide variety of topics in and around Hillsdale, NY – at the crossroads of the Hudson Valley and Berkshires.