Love dim sum and curious about how to make it yourself? For our new Weekend Asian Cooking Camp in October, we're offering a special  4-hour dim sum workshop for Chinese food lovers (and pork and shrimp lovers). 

While dim sum dishes can often be complex and time-consuming, in this class we'll focus on six easy dishes that you can incorporate into your cooking repertoire: 

* Pork and Shrimp Shu Mai
* Steamed Pork Buns (Char Siu Bau)
* Mini Egg Tarts
* Chinese Roast Pork Belly
* Chinese Broccoli with Hoisin Sauce
* Mango Pudding

The class will be very hands-on, and we'll enjoy everything withChinese tea at the end!

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Also coming up during the Cooking Camp weekend: Shanghainese Soup Dumplings on Saturday, October 5th.

Shanghainese soup dumplings, or xiao long bao, may be China's greatest gift to mankind.They're also the ideal comfort food, with each glorious dumpling holding a healthy mix of meat or seafood with tasty broth. Yet the making of soup dumplings is shrouded in mystery.

In this class you'll learn the secrets to making great soup dumplings at home. We'll cover the basics of soup making, wrapping, and steaming. And we'll answer that age-old perplexing question: Just how do you get soup inside a dumpling? And of course, we'll sit down and eat everything at the end with Chinese tea and a surprise treat. 

Pork and chicken/ham soup will be used in the fillings.

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Also coming up during Cooking Camp weekend: Dim Sum for Everyone on Sunday, October 6th.

Learn how to make a wide assortment of vegetarian sushi rolls in this brand new class at West Elm Dumbo! 

In this 2-hour hands-on class, we'll use seasonal ingredients from the Union Square Greenmarket to create a variety of sushi, including:

• Maki rolls and futomaki 
• Hand rolls (temaki) 
• Inari 

We'll work all  vegetarian ingredients in class, and you'll get tips on making your own creative fillings at home. The ingredients will depend on what's fresh and available, but examples of vegetables we may use include kabocha squash, butternut squash, kale, Swiss chard, sweet potatoes, avocado, cucumbers, and pickled vegetables. You'll learn how use both white rice and brown rice in your sushi-making. 

Come prepared to learn new skills and eat!

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Note: I also teach the popular Dumplings and Wontons class at West Elm Dumbo and West Elm Broadway. 

Love dumplings and eager to make them at home? Join us in this 2-hour dumpling extravaganza, where we’ll learn the basics of wrapping both Chinese dumplings and wontons.

In this special class for the fall (held for the first time at West Elm's Broadway location!), we'll make use of seasonal ingredients from the Greenmarket in New York for our dumplings. We'll work with 3 different vegetarian fillings in class, and you'll get tips on making your own creative fillings at home. The ingredients will depend on what's in-season, but examples of vegetables we may use include kale, Swiss chard, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, shiitake mushrooms, and spinach. 

The first part of the class will be spent wrapping the dumplings and wontons (very hands-on!) Then we will move on to the cooking process, to learn a sure-fire method for pan-frying dumplings to crispy perfection. As for the wontons, so you can learn how versatile they can be, we will enjoy them as a deliciously spicy Sichuan appetizer.

We want to devote as much time as possible to wrapping and cooking. You'll also receiverecipes for the fillings, sauces, and wrapping to take home so you can prepare your own fillings and refresh your memory of the wrapping process.

Even if you've never cooked Asian food, you can easily learn how to make scores of dumplings and wontons with these simple techniques.

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Chinese cuisine offers a large selection of vegetarian dishes. In this class, join Diana Kuan, Chinese food expert and author of the blog Appetiteforchina.com, to discover some of her favorites, including Buddha's Delight; Cold Sesame Noodles; Scallion Pancakes; Marbled Tea Eggs; Mala Tofu (the vegetarian version of Mapo Tofu); Vegetarian Dumplings; Eggdrop Tomato Soup; Sesame Baby Bok Choy; and Chinese Almond Cookies.

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Sichuan cooking is well-known for its addictive spicy dishes. And although the flavors are complex, creating the dishes from scratch is surprisingly easy, with a few key ingredients and techniques.

In this 2-hour intro class to Sichuan cooking, you'll learn how to whip up delicious Sichuan dishes in your own kitchen. We'll discuss the various uses of Sichuan pepper, the backbone of Sichuan cooking, as well as other essential ingredients in a Chinese pantry. And of course, we'll create three delicious dishes to share: dan dan noodles, kung pao chicken, and Sichuan cucumber salad.

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