SpiceMarket Buffet Middle Eastern food

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Middle Eastern Tapas class held on Friday, May 18th from 6-8:30pm at Montgomery Hall Park

.  The following are notes from Staunton Parks and Recreation’s Community Recreation Specialist Claire Richardson:

  1. Menu: Tabouleh, roasted chick peas, tzatziki sauce, homemade whole wheat pita, falafel, baba ghanouj, hummus (3 different hummus varieties were created when the participants paired up).
  2. Claire Montaigne and Matt Baer have an awesome food/cooking blog called: It’s Not About the Recipe: http://www.itsnotabouttherecipeblog.com/   
  3. They are UVA graduates 
  4. Matt works at a bakery (for now) and Claire plans to go to medical school and wants to incorporate healthy cooking into her medicinal philosophy.
  5. Both are very environmentally conscious and ask for new kitchen gadgets for every gift occasion.
  6. They “believe that cooking is not about the recipe. It’s about the ingredients, the inspiration, and the connections made between people. They see cooking as a way to bring people together and reunite them with the natural world around them”.
  7. People enjoyed the class so much, a few signed up for their next class:
    A Vegetarian Indian Feast
    Explore the traditional flavors of India and learn the techniques to create versatile Indian meals in your own kitchen. We will start with Baingan Bharta, a roasted eggplant dip accompanied by fresh homemade naan. Then, snack on roasted chickpeas as we make more classic Indian main dishes – mujadara(lentils, rice and caramelized onions) and palak paneer (spinach and fresh cheese). Come hungry as we will sample all our dishes and enjoy our feast!  6pm-8:30pm, June 22 at MHPA. Price: $25
This Staunton “Parks and Recreation blog” was submitted by Claire Richardson.

 

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