Cooking Class: Make & eat dumplings from scratch

Join Chef Eddie for a Dumpling Dinner Party! In this San Francisco cooking class, you'll learn how to make Chinese dumplings from scratch and eat 3-course meal in the ultimate dumpling dinner party.

When: Offered most evenings starting at 5pm PT and goes for 3.5-4 hours

Price: $98 per person, which includes a 3-course meal at the end of the dumpling making experience.

• From scratch means from scratch: No pre-bought or pre-made dumpling skins -- we'll be kneading flour & water, rolling out to 12-15 dumpling skins, stuffing and pleating: By the end of the night, you'll be a pro unleashing the secrets soy sauce that you can combine with everyday, simple ingredients.

Where: Chef Eddie's home kitchen in Hayes Valley, San Francisco

Who: Each dinner party is limited to 6 guests to ensure hands-on and individualized instruction! For private or corporate events, the kitchen can accommodate 10 guests.

The night will start with an overview of Shanghaineese cuisine and flavor profiles, with a brief blind tasting of my favorite soy sauces. Next, we'll put those ideas to use in a demonstration of a 1-hour braised soy sauce pork belly (红烧肉), a classic dish that will combine principles of slow cooking and balanced flavors.

Then onto the main part of the experience: Making your own chili dumpling dish (红油水餃) from scratch. This includes kneading dough, rolling out 12-15 skins, learning the art of pleating dumplings with your own stuffing and sauces. We'll end this delicious cooking class with a tang yuan red bean dessert... you will be in a food coma at the end of the experience!

You'll also receive a dumplings recipe guide after the experience, where I'll describe how you can extend the techniques we talked about to similar dishes in French and Italian cuisine.

• Organic, fresh produce and pork will be sourced from the local farmer's market.
• This experience can be made with vegetarian stuffing upon request with 48h notice. A tofu-braise subsitute of the pork belly braise is available for vegetarians.

Host or Publisher Eddie Lo