We have two wonderful classes this week that have a few open seats left: The Secrets of American Gastronomy with Daniel Stern and A Sweet Feast For The Jewish New Year With Ali Waks of Delicatessen , which is part of our Gershman Y Series.

You may be asking yourself; What is American Gastronomy?  Well…Chef Daniel Stern has two restaurants in Philadelphia: MidAtlantic and R2L, that focus on American cuisine.   MidAtlantic‘s menu includes crab scrapple, fried green tomatoes, and mushroom meatloaf, and menu items from R2L include roasted and poached lobster, roasted rabbit, and 14 oz rib chop.  Chef Stern will be sharing his extensive experience in creating all american dishes using ingredients that are original to this continent.  Lucky for us we live in an area that produces a bounty of produce, meat, and cheeses to satisfy Chef Stern’s creative impulses.  Thank you Chef Stern for teaching tonight!

Next up, is our Sweet Feast for The Jewish New Year.  Rosh Hashanah, the first of the Jewish high holiday’s, begins at sundown on Thursday, September 28th.  In anticipation of this celebration, we will have a class on Thursday, September 22 at 7 pm with Ali Waks of Delicatessen. Delicatessen is a modern Jewish Deli that specializs in traditional sandwiches (house smoked pastrami, corned beef, fresh roast turkey), some with a modern twist like the Benny Rubinson, 2 poached eggs over grilled pastrami w/ Russian dressing hollandaise.

Chef Waks class on Thursday is a mouthwatering way to begin the festivities.  The menu will include:

Apple Walnut Salad with Buckwheat Honey Dressing
Spatchcooked Poussin with Apricots & Honey
Cous Cous with Pomegranate & Pistachios
Carrots & Parsnip “Tsimmes”
Honey cake for Dessert

Many of these ingredients have special meaning.  For example, apples and honey to symbolize a sweet New Year, pomegranates represent fruitfulness, and Challah represents the cycle of the year.

Stop by and begin the New Year celebration with us at COOK!

A few seats remain for both events.  We hope you will join us!