Here are some snapshots my students took the past two weekends at my Urban Hearth Cooking class at the Old Stone House in Brooklyn! Â If this looks like fun to you, be sure to get in the class when it returns in September. Â To be the first to know about future classes, sign up for my mailing list here.
Brandishing the proper sized wood for a good cooking fire. Photo by Russell Karmel.
Directing students on the most effective way to light a fire. Photo by Adriana Stimola.
Working on a stubborn fire in the bake oven. Photo by Adriana Stimola.
A student moves hot coals out of the fire. Arranged in small piles, the coals will be our cooking surface. Photo by Adriana Stimola.
A student prepares dough for rusks, a fried roll. Photo by Russel Karmel.
Rusks frying next to a simmering soup. Photo by Adriana Stimola.
The first course of our fire-cooked meal: rusks and a spring soup. Photo by Adriana Stimola.
Baking cookies in a dutch oven. Photo by Adriana Stimola.
Baking cookies in the bake oven. Photo by Adriana Stimola.
Looks fun and tasty!! New Yorkers get all the luck ;-)