Emily Dellas ｜ First Class Cooking

Get ready for Summer with this vibrant, stunning, hands-on cooking class

San Francisco

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Celebration of Summer

Chef Naina

Join Chef Naina Bhedwar, ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend, to spice things up!! 

You'll learn to take a familiar and very popular favorite, Barbecue Chicken and Slaw, a few thousand miles east, to the shores of Goa, India. Borrowing from another favorite on that side of the world, Vindaloo, Chef Naina creates a blend of flavors, textures and colors that is finger licking good.

Atlanta

Spice up a favorite - Indian inspired barbecue chicken & slaw!

Get ready for a summer of entertaining (hooray!) with these vibrant and inspired approaches perfect for picnics, potlucks and backyard parties (or a no-cook dinner). 

1) Prosciutto-Arugula Salad Rolls
2)Eggplant-Mozzarella-Basil and Zucchini-Ricotta Salata-Mint Stacks
3) Warmed Dated w. Olive Oil & Flaky Salt

This is a naturally gluten-free menu and can be adapted to be vegetarian or vegan. 

At First Class Cooking, our mission is to make everyone a better home chef. 
We teach cooking at the intersection of Kitchen Chemistry & Creativity, going beyond just guiding the steps of a recipe to explain kitchen science, proper culinary technique and suggest strategies to succesfully adjust for seasonality and diets.

Our cuisine is produce-forward, seasonally-driven and avoids hard-to-find ingredients or specialized equpiment.

Vibrant Summer Appetizers

Jeremy Taisey

Burgers and steaks are boring, let's grill octopus! When done right, octopus is amazing..with steak-like tender/chew and mild flavor. This dish combines the flavors of roasted tomato rasam from India with those of ripe papaya from Singapore, all will giving you ocean-side cookout vibes...in your own backyard..or kitchen.  So put on some beach chillout tunes, make a tropical cocktail, and get ready to be the star of the cookout!

Santa Rosa

On the Plancha! Octopus w/ Tomato Rasam and Papaya Salad

Jordan Catapano

Learn how to make a batch of delicious, crowd-pleasing Citrus Sangria and what we like to call, Star Spangled Sangria. Both recipes are easy to make and can be prepared the day before you plan to entertain.

Los Angeles

July 4th Sangria Livestream Experience!

Ahh, is there anything better that homemade Ice Cream as an easy Summer treat!
In this class we're making Ice cream, cookies and tempered chocolate (or a shortcut chocolate dip). If you don't have an ice cream maker, you can still join and use your favorite purchased ice cream! You'll still learn a lot about custards of all sorts (creme brulee, pudding, etc.)

1) Homemade Ice Cream (we'll be preparing an infused variety which could be flavored with Mint, Coffee, Vanilla Bean, Ginger, Lemon Zest or similar). If you want advice on how to make a fruit or other add-in ice creams, please ask in advance-- we can talk you through the process

2) Soft Wafers -- we'll be preparing a tender, not-too-sweet chocolate wafer
When pairing cookies with ice cream, the texture is important to insure a cookie that doesn't snap or break when bitten into

3) Demoing how to Temper Chocolate to yield a snappy chocolate shell to encase the sandwiches

If you don't have an ice cream maker, you can still make the sandwiches with your favorite prepared ice cream and we can further discuss how to dip the ice cream sandwiches in tempered chocolate, nibs or nuts.

Classes are held in real-time so that we can cook together, offer feedback and answer questions.
You may opt to cook along or simply observe the lesson.
Our Instructor is always happy to help with questions as they come up during class or following.

We have carefullly created the menus for these online sessions to be executed in a typical home kitchen; neither specialized ingredients nor equipment are required and we can always suggest alternatives. Following your reservation, an ingredient and equipment list will be emailed to you.

Menus have been specially developed to allow for adaptability and substitutions while avoiding specialized equipment or ingredients.

Interesting, Healthy & Delicious meals don't need to require a lot of ingredients!

About the Instructor
Emily has been teaching cooking for 16 years with a mission to make everyone a better home chef. Her approach transcends merely following recipes to impart an overarching understanding of ingredients, their properties and how to work with them in a marriage of kitchen chemistry and culinary creativity. Emily's instruction is empathetic and encouraging, helping everyone expand their skills and find their joy in the kitchen. Her cuisine is seasonally-driven, produce-forward and she loves to teach and prepare a diverse range of cuisines and food types.

Summer

Celebration of Summer

Spice up a favorite - Indian inspired barbecue chicken & slaw!

Vibrant Summer Appetizers

On the Plancha! Octopus w/ Tomato Rasam and Papaya Salad

July 4th Sangria Livestream Experience!

Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches