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| - A small group of friends and I attended Maggie's Dim Sum class this past week. My young children did Maggie's summer cooking camp a few years ago and I also attended a parent/child private class at Whisked Away, but this was my first time participating in an adult class. I can't wait to go again!
Some details:
- Whisked Away is in Maggie's adorable Arcadia home and she immediately makes you feel welcome. Her kitchen is set-up perfectly for her introduction, demonstrations, and hands-on work.
- Classes are typically 3 hours long and start with an introduction of her background and culinary experience, overview of the recipes, and demonstration of skills and techniques you will need for the class. I feel like I learned more in this first hour than I have in all my years of cooking (did you know that cilantro and parsley are the only herbs you can chop the stems into your recipe too? ME NEITHER!). She also gave really helpful information about where to purchase unusual ingredients. You should attend one of Maggie's classes just for the first hour.
- Maggie then breaks you into pairs to work through the recipes. We had a group of 7 at our class, so one person worked with Maggie's help but at the end we all chipped in and helped finish recipes. We were a group of 4 and it is fun getting to know the other 3 attendees. Everyone was so friendly and fun. Maggie has the kitchen throughly prepped before you start with all of your ingredients, measuring cups, bowls, etc. When the cooking starts, Maggie weaves her way in and out of the kitchen, doing the dishes, grabbing items from the refrigerator, gently providing helpful hints and working with you on your skills. She was a huge help with my knife skills (i.e. Prior to this class I had none, so what I actually mean by "my knife skills" is my zero knife skills). I left with a ton of helpful hints for the kitchen.
- The last hour we all helped finalize our dishes, make the sauces, and enjoy the amazing recipes! We made four dim sum recipes with three sauces: traditional spring rolls, salmon money bags, golden shrimp balls, flower dumplings, sweet cilantro sauce, ginger soy dipping sauce, and sweet and sour sauce. Everything was awesome and it was so nice to sit down and enjoy a glass of wine (you can drink during the class to, just outside of the kitchen) and visit with our new cooking friends and Maggie.
- I highly recommend one of Maggie's classes! You should go to her website now and sign up. You won't regret it.
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