THE DUMPLING: A SEASONAL GUIDE, by Wai Hon Chu and Connie Lovatt, on sale tomorrow, October 27th
By Mel Fabrikant Monday, October 26, 2009, 03:44 PM EDT
Wai Hon Chu and Connie Lovatt , authors of the new cookbook, THE DUMPLING: A SEASONAL GUIDE will be hosting a series of FREE dumpling workshop classes all over NYC and NJ.
Friday, November 6th, 2009 from 4 to 5 p.m.
Whole Foods Market- Paramus
2701 Bergen Mall
Paramus, New Jersey
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 from 4 to 5pm:
Whole Foods Market-Tribeca
270 Greenwich Street
New York, New York
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 from 5 to 6pm:
Whole Foods Market UWS
808 Columbus Avenue
New York, New York
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 from 6 to 7pm:
Whole Foods Market- Millburn/Union
187 Millburn Avenue
Millburn, New Jersey
Wai Hon Chu and Connie Lovatt want to show interested parties on just how easy it is to make dumplings at home. The classes will be 45 minutes in length and Wai and Connie will demonstrate how to prepare a simple vegetarian filling and lead a hands-on workshop through different folding techniques. Participants will come away with half a dozen dumplings and instructions on how to finish them at home.
THE DUMPLING: A SEASONAL GUIDE (William Morrow Cookbooks,
an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, on sale 10/27/09) will introduce the home cook to over 135 dumplings from all over the world, broken down by season and includes dumplings such as: Black Sesame Roll-ups (China), Sweet Potato Dumplings with a Melted Sugar Center (Malaysia), Coconut and Rice Columns with Chickpea Curry (India), and No-Fuss Potato Dumplings (Poland), just to name a few. A truly passionate exploration of every dumpling type imaginable, THE DUMPLING contains dessert varieties, dumplings for gifts or entertaining, vegetarian and vegan options, as well as fast and easy dumplings. Books will be available for sale during the festival
Wai Hon Chu completed his culinary training at The Art Institute of New York and worked the kitchens of March, Clementine, and The Russian Tea Room. In 1999, he launched El Eden Chocolates, which grew into a Manhattan storefront offering over 25 truffle varieties nationwide. His handmade chocolates garnered rave reviews from the New York Times, Food & Wine, Chocolatier, Fortune Small Business, New York magazine, TimeOut New York, National Public Radio, and others. Chu was born in Hong Kong and moved to New York City’s Chinatown where his father worked as a butcher and a restaurant chef for over 23 years. He currently works as a cooking instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education, the Natural Gourmet Institute, and the Bowery Culinary Center at Whole Foods Market.
Connie Lovatt was born in the United States Virgin Islands. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she worked at Poets & Writers, Inc. as director of the New York eadings/Workshops program for a number of years before becoming a freelance literary consultant. She currently works as a personal chef specializing in vegetarian, vegan, and raw food cuisine.
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