Cozy Vegetarian Dinner Party

A hands-on cooking class culminating in a family style dinner with a glass of wine.

Fall for easy gatherings of friends and family this autumn. If you want to eat more vegetables but don't know where to start, join this class. This menu is versatile: for indulging dinner party guests and for feeling cozy all winter. In this class, Annelies will guide students in cooking plant-based comfort foods. You'll save time with a make-ahead appetizer and please many with a hearty main dish. Annelies will make you a confident cook of vegetarian dishes where you won't miss the meat.

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Seedy Cheese Twists

Roasted Carrot and Hazelnut Salad with Hot Honey Lavender Vinaigrette

Shepherd's Pie with White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes

Cacio e Pepe Spaghetti Squash

Ginger Cream Pie

Annelies Zijderveld was born in Texas and has called the Bay area home for many years. She is the author of Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea, a book for tea lovers about how to cook with tea. As a cooking teacher who teaches at 18 Reasons and Draeger’s in San Mateo, she believes cooking should be fun and flavorful, (and still can’t quite get over the amazing abundance of fresh produce and ingredients available to us in the Bay area). She also volunteers as a chef with Cooking Matters and delights in being a part of the wonderful work of #NoKidHungry in her local community. With a master’s in intercultural studies and a Mexican-Bolivian-Dutch heritage, she’s keen on finding the points of intersection around the table. Her food writing has appeared in Edible East Bay, allRecipes Magazine, The Kitchn, Paste Magazine, and Brit + Co. among other publications. She is the creator of the literary food blog, the food poet and you can follow her food antics on Instagram @anneliesz.