3407 - From Market to Table: A Creative Cooking Journey (Alfred Schwartz)
Course Description
Instructor: Alfred Schwartz
As the instructor, I look forward to freeing your mind to the possibilities of cooking. That means giving you the tools to walk into a market, recognize products that excite you, and create amazing food that's totally of your own making. Meals will never be defined by words like "has to be" or "should be." Rather, I want to give you the gift of "gets to be"!
This five-week class will be divided into two parts: Shopping and Making. Our journey begins with the first session, a lecture outlining what to expect, setting the stage for the weeks ahead. Then, every other week, we will meet at markets around the metro area to "go shopping," learning to let the market guide us—from what we want to make to what other dishes could complement the meal. The following week, having purchased our amazing finds, we will cook in the classroom and taste our creations together.
A meal is the result of what went into it, and to create high-energy, fearless dinners full of free conversation and exchange, we must use those same qualities when shopping and cooking. Please join me in what I hope will be the start of a lifetime of joyous meals!
Bio: I was raised in a French Kitchen and by the time i was 16 was the Sous Chef of a French fine dining restaurant. While at the same time working as a Stagier at Le Bec Fin at that year being considered the best restaurant in the world by the NY times and Le Monde in Paris. I have a degree in Industrial Design from the University of Bridgeport. where i was an Assistant professor for three years teaching product design, Drawing, Rendering, And Art and Design History. I have an M.Ed. and I taught secondary Art and Technology Education for 20 years. For the last during that same time i was the executive Chef of 8 fine dining restaurants around Philadelphia. And for the last 5 years I have been perusing a career as an Artist.