<aside> 🍳 Learn to cook delicious, healthy, and affordable meals without a recipe.

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You don’t have to be a professional chef to make really good food. This course is designed for anyone who wants to make actually delicious food at home. In four weeks, you’ll begin to build a cooking practice that will enable you to eat well, save money, and unlock the lifelong joy of improvising in the kitchen.

Instructor: Eric has almost a decade of cooking experience, and for the last 5 years he has cooked regularly for 3-12 people. He has explored a wide variety of cuisines and cooking styles (Chinese, French, Indonesian, Indian, Caribbean, Central Texas BBQ, among others).

Logistics

• TIME: Wednesdays from 6:30-9:00pm
• PLACE: 248 McKibbin St., Brooklyn NY 11206
• TUITION + SUPPLIES: $400, financial assistance is available

<aside> 🎓 Freestyle Cooking 101 is designed as an experiential learning seminar. Each class will consist of a short instructional segment (where students will learn basic techniques and principles) followed by a longer period where students will practice cooking for themselves and their classmates. It’s like a series of educational dinner parties :)

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There will be two cohorts of FC101 during the summer semester. Tentative dates below:

<aside> 🚨 COMMITMENT IS REQUIRED! This course will teach you the fundamentals of home cooking. However, the only way to build your skill is practice. Unless unavoidable conflicts arise, students are expected to attend all four sessions in full and complete the homework tasks each week (don’t worry, it’s not boring school homework).

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A few things Eric has cooked recently. Clockwise from upper left: zhajiangmian, mexican lunch bowl, jerk chicken with red beans and rice, red-braised pork belly with charred garlic green beans, Chinese steamed eggs, fennel pollen chicken thigh with kale and asparagus.