Matcha Madness

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

It’s March Madness! While everyone starts seeing green this month, matcha green tea is an ingredient to add to your spice cabinet and not just your tea cup. Join Annelies, our resident tea expert and author of Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea for a class with matcha ado. Most of the time, matcha swings sweet, so you’ll make two kinds of easy desserts alongside two savory preparations that may surprise your next dinner date.

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Black Bean Burgers with Green Tea Guacamole

Green Tea Coconut Rice

Matcha Crepes with Vanilla Whipped Cream (pictured)

Pistachio Panna Cotta with Chocolate Matcha Clusters

Please note the recipes include gluten, dairy, and eggs. If you are gluten-free, dairy-free, or vegan and are interested in the class, please email info@18reasons.org at least 2 weeks in advance and we can accommodate you. 

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.

_{Photo courtesy of Annelies Zijderveld}