Join us for our new series, Cook the Book, where you will learn how to prepare recipes from a different cookbook each month in our very own kitchen. These classes will give you the opportunity to dive into the cuisines, flavors, methods and techniques of well-known cookbooks, both locally and nationally, that are dear to our hearts and inspire our…
Join us for our new series, Cook the Book, where you will learn how to prepare recipes from a different cookbook each month in our very own kitchen. These classes will give you the opportunity to dive into the cuisines, flavors, methods and techniques of well-known cookbooks, both locally and nationally, that are dear to our hearts and inspire our culinary point of views. This month we are very excited to welcome chef and cookbook author, Dustin Harder, into our kitchens for a hands-on class! Dustin will be teaching you how to prepare an assortment of recipes from his brand new book, Epic Vegan: Wild and Over-the-Top Plant-Based Recipes.
Dustin, host and creator of the original vegan travel culinary series, The Vegan Roadie, is your culinary coordinator for the adventure ahead, sharing recipes that everyone, from beginner cooks to experienced chefs, can create at home.
Epic Vegan offers a choose-your-own-adventure approach for you to become a kitchen warrior in your own home, your own way. Recipes are built from the ground up, so you can stop at just the biscuit, or go beyond to the Deep Dish Brunch Pizza with Garlicky Cheddar Biscuit
Crust—the choice is yours, and the level of indulgence is up to you to decide. Epic Vegan offers a step-by-step guide to creating timeless comfort foods that are over-the-top delicious, and always plant based. Think classic and nostalgic, yet messy, juicy, and Instagram-worthy at the same time.
Dustin's recipes featured in class today include:
- Unicorn French Bread Pizza (Baguettes Topped with Beet Marinara, Cashew Mozzarella, Hemp Parmesan and Edible Flowers) will be served upon arrival
- Grilled Romaine Salad with White BBQ Sauce, Quinoa Bacon Bits and Cornbread Croutons
- Classic Carbonara with Tofu Cream Sauce and Himalayan Black Salt
- Everything Buffalo Cauliflower Bites with Blue Cheese Dressing
- S'mores Cookie Cups (Chocolate Chip Cookies with Graham Crackers, Fudge and Chicago Vegan Foods Dandies Marshmallows), demonstrated by Dustin (You'll receive a take-home bag of Dandies Marshmallows!)
Dustin Harder is the host and creator of the original vegan travel culinary series, The Vegan Roadie. When not traveling, he works as a personal chef, recipe developer, and culinary instructor in New York City. As a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute, Dustin has been featured in such publications as Eating Well, VegNews, Vegan Lifestyle Magazine, and Paste Magazine. His second book, Epic Vegan, will be released July 2, 2019. Epic Vegan is the follow-up to Dustin's first book, The Simply Vegan Cookbook. Follow the Vegan Roadie on...Instagram, Twitter, & Facebook.
You can purchase a copy of Epic Vegan here but we'll provide printed copies of the recipes in class.