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Chef Series: Lauren Chattman and Jack Bishop Cook Pesto Pasta

Mar 28, 2022 | Chef Series, In The News

Lauren Chattman and Jack Bishop demonstrate the preparation of a delicious slow food style menu in this Chef Series. Lauren takes through the steps of making fresh pasta using local eggs. Jack shares his kale pesto recipe that will be made from freshly-harvested local kale. To finish the meal Lauren & Jack demonstrate yummy chocolate pots de crème, one of their favorite desert recipes. All demo recipes are from America’s Test Kitchen: The New Cooking School Cook Book (2021).

The kale for the pesto was graciously donated by Sang Lee Farms, a Snail of Approval farm!

All proceeds from this event were matched by Slow Food East End, and donated to support World Central Kitchen and their efforts to feed Ukrainians fleeing the war. We grateful for everyone who attended the event and made our donation of $3700 possible.

When a chef is married to a chef, their kitchen is always the heart of the home. We invite you to join us in Jack and Lauren’s kitchen. The couple lives on the North Fork and are educators, passionate foodies and members of our Slow Food East End community: Lauren is one of our Flour Power volunteer bread bakers and Jack is an avid home gardener.

Many of you will recognize Jack Bishop as a leading food authority who is a host of the popular PBS show America’s Test Kitchen. Jack is also the Chief Creative Officer at both America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country; this multimedia publishing company is a foodie think tank which has published recipes and tips across many platforms including print, broadcast and digital products. The company also produces Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazines as well as America’s Test Kitchen books, three subscription-based websites, and an online cooking school as well as America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country television shows. Whew!

Lauren Chattman, a former pastry chef, is also a well recognized expert in the kitchen. Lauren is a prolific author & co-author with 12 cookbooks published to date including Mom’s Big Book of Baking, The Gingerbread Architect, Cookie Swap! and Dessert University with former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier.

March 20 Chef Series: In the Kitchen with Jack Bishop and Lauren Chattman

Mar 9, 2022 | Chef Series, Past Events

Pasta and Pesto Cooking demo with Chefs Jack Bishop and Lauren Chattman.

When a chef is married to a chef, their kitchen is always the heart of the home. We invite you to join us in Jack and Lauren’s kitchen. The couple lives on the North Fork and are educators, passionate foodies and members of our Slow Food East End community: Lauren is one of our Flour Power volunteer bread bakers and Jack is an avid home gardener.

Many of you will recognize Jack Bishop as a leading food authority who is a host of the popular PBS show America’s Test Kitchen. Jack is also the Chief Creative Officer at both America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country; this multimedia publishing company is a foodie think tank which has published recipes and tips across many platforms including print, broadcast and digital products. The company also produces Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazines as well as America’s Test Kitchen books, three subscription-based websites, and an online cooking school as well as America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country television shows. Whew!

Lauren Chattman, a former pastry chef, is also a well recognized expert in the kitchen. Lauren is a prolific author & co-author with 12 cookbooks published to date including Mom’s Big Book of Baking, The Gingerbread Architect, Cookie Swap! and Dessert University with former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier.

On Sunday March 20 live via zoom, Lauren and Jack will demonstrate the preparation of a delicious slow food style menu. Lauren will take us through the steps of making fresh pasta using local eggs. Jack will share his kale pesto recipe that will be made from freshly-harvested local kale. To finish the meal Lauren & Jack will demonstrate yummy chocolate pots de crème, one of their favorite desert recipes. All demo recipes are from America’s Test Kitchen: The New Cooking School Cook Book (2021). Autographed copies of this book will be available for a few lucky registrants to win.

All ticket proceeds from this Chef Series will be donated and matched by SFEE to benefit, World Central Kitchen who are feeding Ukraine refugees in Europe.

#ChefsForUkraine

Feel free to share the event link with friends and family (near and afar), virtual events allow us all to remain connected and share in the joys of learning together.

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Chef Series: Cooking with Peter Berley, Beans and Pulses

Feb 8, 2022 | Blog, Chef Series, In The News, Past Events

Slow Food East End cooking demo with Chef Peter Berley, showcasing Beans and Pulses.

Beans truly are the staff of life, from the old world to the new world beans have fed and nourished our bellies and soils.

Slow Food East end would like to invite you to a demonstration with Chef Peter Berley in his beautiful South Jamesport kitchen to learn more about the fascinating history of beans and a cooking lesson showcasing how to prepare these delicious dried beans and pulses.

  • Getting started: How to soak and properly prepare the bean.
  • The right techniques to cook beans using a stove top, oven and pressure cooker.
  • Three basic bean recipes: A soup, a salad and a spread. Peter will share his favorite recipes that are endlessly adaptable.

Chef Berley’s foremost concern is the development of local, sustainable food systems and the fate of home cooking in America. A former executive chef of the world-renowned Angelica Kitchen restaurant in New York City, Berley now owns The North Fork Kitchen and Garden, a culinary studio where he teaches intensive workshops on modern food craft and wood-fired bread baking and cooking.

His ground-breaking “The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen” received a James Beard and IACP awards. Peter’s second book “Fresh Food Fast” was chosen as one of the 25 Best of 2005 by Food and Wine Magazine. Peter’s most recent book is “The Flexitarian Table; Inspired Flexible Meals for Vegetarians, Meat lovers and Everyone In Between,”

Reserve your ticket now, the program fees are $25 or $20 for Slow Food East End members. Join Slow Food East End now and enjoy member benefits all year long.

All ticket proceeds support Slow Food East End Feed the Forks initiatives including Flour Power, The Edible School Garden Project and more.

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Chef Series: Cooking Slow with Claudia Fleming

Jan 27, 2021 | Chef Series, Past Events, SFEE LIVE

We are happy to kick off our Chef Series with pastry chef Claudia Fleming. She moved to Southold with her husband, Gerry Hayden and dear friends, Mike and Mary Mraz to open North Fork Table & Inn in 2005, which was a pioneer of the farm to table movement becoming recognized as Long Island’s top rated restaurant, and one of the very few East End restaurants to be awarded the Slow Food Snail of Approval award. Claudia is a widely acclaimed pastry chef and author of the beautiful and delicious book, The Last Course, where she shares her tips and talents honed from a wonderful career working at favorite NYC restaurants, Union Square Cafe, Montrachet, Tribeca Bar & Grill, & Gramercy Tavern where she was awarded the coveted a James Beard Award in 2000. We are also delighted to have North Table co-founder, Mike Mraz participating tonight, a wine expert who now works with T Edwards Wine & Spirits, a distributor of fine wines and craft spirits.

Read  more about Claudia’s dessert recipes by getting a copy of her book, The Last Course.