The Sangria/Bingo benefit was a lot of fun. There were only 8-10 of us, Whole Foods provided snacks, Sangria for $1/glass and Bingo cards- $2 for the first one, and $.50 for each additional card. As prizes they gave away some healthy products like organic wine, chocolate and snacks.
The International Cooking Class used recipes from the folks benefiting from the Whole Planet Foundation. Jaime, the Culinary Director, put together 3 recipes from around the world: Honduran Coconut Bread, Indian Vegetable Biryani, Haitian Pumpkin Soup. There were about 8 of us in class, so we each contributed to one or more recipes. At the end of class we got to try everything, and it was quite delicious. I was on the coconut bread team. It was fun to make something with yeast, I hadn't done that in a long time. Although the recipe called for a 15 minute yeast proofing, a 1.5 hour first rise, 45 minute second rise and a 25 minute bake, we were able to speed up those steps and have some really delicious bread within the 2 hour class period. Jamie has a no fear attitude when it comes to cooking and she knows where you can make adjustments to the recipe. It was also great to learn from her the proper way to shape a roll. Another tip I learned was "studding". One of the recipes called for a jalapeno studded with cloves. This made it easy to remove the cloves and the jalapeno when the right amount of spiciness was achieved.
These Whole Foods cooking classes are a remarkable value. This class was only $20, and that was a little bit higher than usual because of the benefit to the Whole Planet Foundation. - I give this class a "spoons -up"
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