Short and Sweet: Korean Bibimbap
A hands-on in-person cooking class culminating in a dinner served with wine and beer. This class is limited to 14 students. See our registration and cancellation policies here.
Bibimbap is the easiest and most delicious way to use up leftover vegetables. It’s a dish with no confines, other than whatever is in your own fridge. Bibim translates to mixed, or mixed ingredients, and bap is rice, thus directly translating to “mixed rice.” Elise will teach you how to cook up your vegetables with Korean flair, recreate her grandmother’s bulgogi, and mix up a delicious sauce to become the flavor glue to hold your bowl all together!
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Bibimbap with mixed vegetables
Lee family bulgogi - Tofu available as a vegetarian sub, email info@18reasons.org if you would like a vegetarian substitution
Sweet and fiery bibimbap sauce
Quick pickled daikon
This menu contains the following common allergens: Egg, Soy. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions that concern your ability to cook along, please e-mail info@18reasons.org before purchasing a ticket.
Let’s Cook Together!
Born and raised in Colorado, Elise Hayashi grew up in a family where knowing how to use a paring knife was more important than riding a bicycle. This sparked her passion for food and cooking at an early age, and she enthusiastically relocated to the Bay Area to study nutrition science at UC Berkeley. Outside of the classroom, Elise helped implement childhood obesity and exercise research, and worked as a pastry assistant to fill her free time with galettes and mousses. She also broadened her experience with food by studying and cooking her way through the Mediterranean diet in Italy, and working on an organic farm in Japan. Now, she is excited to merge her gastronomic backgrounds, and lean into her Japanese and Korean heratige to share her love of food with the 18 Reasons community. During the rare moments when she is not eating, Elise can be found trying out new sports, playing and listening to live music, or wandering the aisles of grocery stores and farmers' markets.
