Cookbook Crush: Secrets of Great Second Meals with Sara Dickerman

There are times when nothing satisfies like a beautiful roast of meat. How long has it been since you pulled a savory roast, fragrant and dripping with juices, from your home oven? These days we tend to act like ‘short order cooks’ most of the time, so we might be intimidated at the prospect of preparing a roast for dinner.

What’s our latest Cookbook Crush?  We’re head over heels over the new cookbook, Secrets of Great Second Meals, written by one of Seattle’s best food writers and cookbook authors, James Beard Award winner, Sara Dickerman. You may be familiar with Sara from her other cookbooks such as Bon Appetit:The Food Lover's Cleanse, or from her articles in publications such as the New York Times and Saveur magazine.

Tired of the same-old, same old?  Try thinking about lunch in a whole new way and sign up for Lunch Club!  In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at Hot Stove Society while Hot Stove Instructor Jamie Freedman cooks lunch for you!

Vietnamese New Year, also called Tet, is based on a lunar calendar.  It is the most important celebration of the year in Vietnamese culture.  Most Vietnamese mark this important occasion by preparing special holiday foods for their families.

Tired of the same-old, same old?  Try thinking about lunch in a whole new way and sign up for Lunch Club!  In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at Hot Stove Society while Chef instructor Bridget Charters cooks lunch for you!

Vietnamese fresh spring rolls look beautiful and taste delicious.  All kinds of fresh ingredients including herbs, veggies, bean sprouts, fish, seafood, and meats can be rolled up in rice paper to make spring rolls.  Hot Stove Instructor Annie Elmore wants to show you how to assemble and roll fresh spring rolls properly.  When properly rolled, your spring rolls will be so tasty and attractive you’ll want to make them at home for a fun family meal or as conversation-starter for your next dinner party.

What could be more fun and satisfying then baking a double crusted fruit pie using the juiciest, tastiest, most delicious fruits of spring! Do you wish you could get a little help from a pro to up your pie game? Then this is the hands-on class for you!

Tired of the same-old, same old?  Try thinking about lunch in a whole new way and sign up for Lunch Club!  In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at the Hot Stove Society while Hot Stove Instructor Jamie Freedman cooks lunch for you!

If you’re a fan of the long running weekly Seattle Kitchen show on KIRO radio, here’s your chance to be a member of a live audience while the show is being recorded at our cooking school, the Hot Stove Society.

Welcome spring with 6 bright and lively white wine varietals that enhance regional cuisines. The wine tasting will be hosted by our wine loving CEO, Pamela Hinckley.

We are excited to welcome one of our favorite guest chefs, Thai chef and cooking instructor, Srisuda Dougherty, back to Hot Stove for another hands-on class.  Throughout her years living in Thailand, Srisuda built an impressive resume of professional and educational culinary achievements.  During the time she has lived in the United States, Srisuda has been Curry Chef at the restaurant, Racha, and has taught classes for cooking schools such as The Pantry and the Book Larder, to list just a few of her accomplishments.

Masa Masters is one of our most popular classes at Hot Stove Society. For those of you who want to throw your own Mexican fiesta, Chef-Instructor Bridget Charters will be here to show you how get rid of those factory-made tortillas and learn how to make and cook tortillas and tamales from scratch!

It’s spring, Easter is around the corner, and our thoughts naturally turn to a fabulous feast featuring roast spring lamb.  Chef Instructor Bridget Charters, who lived and worked in Italy for several years, is here to show you how to make an Italian inspired feast that’s perfect for Easter or for anytime you want to set out a glorious spring dinner for family and friends.

Tired of the same-old, same old?  Try thinking about lunch in a whole new way and sign up for Lunch Club!  In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at Hot Stove Society while Chef instructor Bridget Charters cooks lunch for you!

This dreamy coconut cream pie has made many lists as one of the best pies in America. We’ve been serving it for almost 30 years now. The effort you put into making this pie will be rewarded when you taste its silky, coconutty filling topped with clouds of vanilla whipped cream and showered with crunchy toasted coconut and shaved white chocolate. In this class we’ll walk you through how to make this spectacular pie, step-by-step. A glass of wine or beer is included.

Here’s an “advanced version” of Chef-instructor Bridget Charters’ popular gnocchi classes. Gnocchi are traditional Italian dumplings which are soft as pillows, tender and delicious.

If you’re a fan of the long running weekly Seattle Kitchen show on KIRO radio, here’s your chance to be a member of a live audience while the show is being recorded at our cooking school, the Hot Stove Society.

Chef Director Lexi is an ardent fan of Mexican food, whether she’s cooking it, eating it, or reading books about it.  For this class, Lexi is going to show you how to make your own mole sauce!

Tired of the same-old, same old?  Try thinking about lunch in a whole new way and sign up for Lunch Club!  In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at Hot Stove Society while Chef instructor Bridget Charters cooks lunch for you!

Tired of the same-old, same old?  Try thinking about lunch in a whole new way and sign up for Lunch Club!  In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at Hot Stove Society while Hot Stove Director Lexi cooks lunch for you!

Does your kid love to get into the kitchen and bake? Then this is a wonderful opportunity to learn from a top professional pastry chef who loves to work with kids!  Our Dahlia Bakery Chef, Brittany Bardeleben, has devised a pastry menu that will give kids a chance to bake alongside her, hands-on, with lots of opportunities for kids to personalize their creations with mix-ins and other choices.

If you’re a fan of the long running weekly Seattle Kitchen show on KIRO radio, here’s your chance to be a member of a live audience while the show is being recorded at our cooking school, the Hot Stove Society.

You made it through Monday…you got all the way through the workday on Tuesday… right now you could use a treat.  Welcome to Taco Tuesday at the Hot Stove Society!

Hot Stove Society is excited to welcome Christiaan Röllich, “innovator and mastermind” behind the bar program at the legendary Lucques restaurant in Los Angeles, who will be here with his new cocktail book, Bar Chef.  Lucques Chef Suzanne Goin says that Christiaan “approaches cocktails the way a chef approaches food… building the bridge from the kitchen to the bar.”

Fiesta! Fiesta!  It’s Friday and it's almost Cinco de Mayo! You deserve a treat, so why not start celebrating?  In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at Hot Stove Society while Chef Instructor Bridget Charters cooks a super delicious Mexican- inspired lunch for you! 

Cinco de Mayo is the annual celebration to commemorate the Mexican Army’s victory at the Battle of the Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War on May 5, 1862.  What better way to celebrate than to sign up for this class?

If you saw the movie Big Night, you know that a timpano is a dome of pasta stuffed with meatballs, hard boiled eggs, salami, cheeses, ragu and other wonderful things.  To make a timpano, you first line a mold with a sheet of pasta, fill it with flavorful ingredients, and fold the pasta sheet over to seal. Then bake until golden, turn it out of the mold and enjoy your timpano in all its delectable glory!

If you’re a fan of the long running weekly Seattle Kitchen show on KIRO radio, here’s your chance to be a member of a live audience while the show is being recorded at our cooking school, the Hot Stove Society.

It’s almost Mother’s Day! To celebrate, Chef Instructor Bridget Charters has created a very special menu featuring her own Mom’s favorite dish- shrimp curry with rice! As you watch Bridget demo, you’ll start out with a spring-like salad of fresh asparagus and a warm round of nut-crusted goat cheese, and you’ll finish with your own individual pavlova with juicy strawberries. Of course, to celebrate properly, a glass of bubbles is included.

The beauty of stir-frying is that you can easily prepare sumptuous meals in a short amount of time. Whether you have an electric or gas stove, round- or flat-bottomed wok you can stir-fry.

Learn to make pizza from scratch! The Hot Stove Team is ready and eager to teach you how to make truly awesome pizza at home.

Authentic paella is one of the world’s most delicious and iconic dishes.  Chef Instructor Bridget Charters will be here to show you how to make classic paella at home.

If you’re a fan of the long running weekly Seattle Kitchen show on KIRO radio, here’s your chance to be a member of a live audience while the show is being recorded at our cooking school, the Hot Stove Society.

If you love the complex spicing, varied textures, and lively flavors of Indian food and enjoy dining in Indian restaurants, but if you’re too intimidated to cook this cuisine at home, we have the solution!

Tired of the same-old, same old?  Try thinking about lunch in a whole new way and sign up for Lunch Club!  In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at Hot Stove Society while Chef instructor Bridget Charters cooks lunch for you!

The historic New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival takes place late April through early May each year. If you didn’t have a chance to get to Jazz Fest this year, you can still indulge in some of the delicious New Orleans delicacies you missed out on. New Orleans is a city with an amazing and unique cuisine with Cajun, Creole and French roots.

During her career as a food writer at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Hsiao-Ching shared many stories about learning how to make dumplings (boiled, steamed potstickers) at her mother, Ellen’s, apron strings. Ellen would roll the wrappers and Hsiao-Ching would fill and pinch the dumplings. Hsiao-Ching has taught home cooks how to make these dumplings at food festivals, on board a Holland America cruise, and most notably, for Tony Bourdain. Tony featured Hsiao-Ching on his Travel Channel show “No Reservations.” The potsticker recipe also has been featured in the PBS documentary and companion cookbook, “The Meaning of Food.”

In the same hour that you usually spend chomping down a sandwich while you look at your phone, you can be seated at Hot Stove Society while Hot Stove Instructor, Annie Elmore, cooks a delicious Hungarian lunch for you! 

If you’re a fan of the long running weekly Seattle Kitchen show on KIRO radio, here’s your chance to be a member of a live audience while the show is being recorded at our cooking school, the Hot Stove Society.

Bao is a Chinese filled bun or dumpling, usually steamed. There are many fillings for bao, and like most dumplings, bao are among the most delicious things in the world to eat.  Hot Stove Instructor Jamie Freedman wants you to ‘get steamy,’ and learn to make bao from scratch in this all hands-on class.

Nothing says spring like a plate of fresh, tender sweet peas….  unless it’s a bowl of fresh fava beans with their nutty taste, creamy texture and sparkling green color…. or unless it’s a platter of perfect asparagus at the peak of the season! Chef Instructor Bridget Charters is pulling out all the stops to show you the most delicious ways to prepare all three of these glorious spring and early summer vegetables.

If you’re a fan of the long running weekly Seattle Kitchen show on KIRO radio, here’s your chance to be a member of a live audience while the show is being recorded at our cooking school, the Hot Stove Society.

You made it through Monday…you got all the way through the workday on Tuesday… right now you could use a treat.  Welcome to Taco Tuesday at the Hot Stove Society!

If you’re a fan of the long running weekly Seattle Kitchen show on KIRO radio, here’s your chance to be a member of a live audience while the show is being recorded at our cooking school, the Hot Stove Society.

Here’s your chance to learn to make gnocchi- traditional Italian dumplings which are soft as pillows, tender and delicious- just like Nonna (an Italian Grandmother) would do it.

It's back!!!! Here's your chance to sign up for our Tom Douglas Culinary Summer Camp! 

Does your kid love to get into the kitchen and cook? Is he or she fascinated by restaurants, cooking shows, and all those ‘foodie’ ingredients on display at the supermarket? Then you’ll want to sign up your Junior Chef for this 5-day series at the Hot Stove Society!

What’s your favorite new cookbook? Have you stumbled across a book lately that was transformative in the way you approach cooking?