Above: The Library continues to invite patrons to be part of a delicious book club, or to register for another free virtual lesson run by a cook who has travelled the world exploring the cuisine that inspires her teaching. (images edited from flyers and Facebook)
The Southborough Library has another virtual cooking lesson scheduled this month. Plus, they posted the books that will serve as the recipe source for the monthly meetings of the Cook Book Club over the next several months.
Here are more details on what the library is dishing up.
The Virtual Cooking series sessions invite participants to zoom in from home and follow the step by step instructions from professional cooking instructor Ploy Khunisorn, the owner of Ploy’s Kitchen.
The next lesson will focus on “Moroccan Cuisine“:
Discover the exotic and enticing cuisine of Morocco in this online interactive class with Ploy, a professional cooking instructor. You will learn how to make Moroccan chicken tagine, couscous, and salad. While cooking, we will talk about Moroccan spices, including Ras el Hanout, and varieties of other types of tagine dishes. You do not need a tagine pot to make tagine.
That takes place in on Wednesday, January 28th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
To register for the free class, click here. Participants will receive a shopping list in advance to prepare for the class.
Ploy’s website shares of the her expertise in teaching how to cook dishes from an array of cultures:
She went to Suan Dusit International Culinary School while she was working as a financial analyst in Bangkok. She came to the USA to earn a Master of Liberal Arts in Sustainability at Harvard University and a Master of Education at Cambridge College. She started teaching cooking classes since 2014. Having traveled to over 30 countries, she has enjoyed and learned to cook varieties of cuisine around the world. In her 8+ years of teaching experience, Ploy has taught over 5,000 students to cook and bake Asian cuisines, vegan food, gluten free diets, pastries, and more. She is also a certified tea master.
As for her experience with Moroccan Cuisine, she posted photos from her trip exploring Morocco in December 2024:
The library’s Cook Book Club program also involves cooking at home. But that’s followed by the social element of bringing in what you prepare to share with other members. (It’s basically a monthly potluck club.)
The library encourages the public to “Join fellow enthusiastic cooks for a delicious dinner” each first Tuesday of the month.
The meetings take place on the 6:30 – 8:30 pm on the Library’s main floor. (In addition to your dish, you’ll want to bring an extra container to bring home some of the shared leftovers.)
If you’d like to take part, email your intended recipe selection to Marianna Sorensen (msorensen@southboroughma.com).
If you plan ahead, you should be able to borrow copies of the cookbooks through the library and its interlibrary loan system. So, here’s the lineup of meetings and the books the group will whip up recipes from this winter and spring:
- February 3rd — An Unapologetic Cookbook by Joshua Weisman
- March 3rd — Rachael Ray 50 by Rachael Ray
- April 7th — Nourish by Gisele Bundchen
- May 5th — Every Day with Babs by Barbara Costello
- June 2nd — You Got This by Diane Morrisey
