Five Ingredients: Southern Chinese

A hands-on cooking class culminating in a family-style dinner served with wine and beer.

In this new class theme, we will pair primary Asian pantry staples (soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, sugar, oil) with no more than five fresh ingredients and serve them all with fragrant Jasmine rice. This is an ideal primer to Asian recipes for anyone intimidated by unknown ingredients, a lack of storage, or a lack of time. The classes in this series will teach the key techniques of essential Asian cooking methods, like braising, steaming, stir frying, and cooking in leaves. Check out other classes in this series here and here.

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Pork & Salt Cod Patties

Cantonese-style Steamed Whole Fish with Ginger and Garlic

Soy-Braised Pork Belly Char Siu

Cold Tofu with Crispy Shallot

Stir Fry Garlicky Yu Choy

Linda Tay Esposito is teaching chef whose food represents a tribute and a commitment to the authenticity of the cuisines of the Pacific Rim.  For the last 15 years, Linda has shared her passion and knowledge of South East Asian cuisine in the Bay Area and her work had been featured in KQED Bay Area Bites, the New York Times, etc. Linda taught at the The Cooking School at Cavallo Point and at Sur La Table Cooking School, and was a lead chef at Parties That Cook where she taught global cuisines in a team building setting. She started her teaching career at Whole Foods Market. Most recently she was the head of operations and chef at Bay Area's artisan tofu maker, Hodo. She currently leads the development of La Cocina’s municipal marketplace – using food as a creative approach to economic development by offering affordable, healthy food options and safe spaces while providing assessable business opportunities for low income, immigrant, women food entrepreneurs. She writes a food blog at www.flavorexplosions.com and you can follow her on Instagram @flavor_explosions

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