Hands-On Learning: Sur La Table’s Sushi and Hand Roll Workshop

For part of my birthday gift this year, Frank enrolled the two of us in Sur La Table’s Sushi and Hand Roll Workshop–and I’d highly recommend it to anyone, even the reluctant cook.

Photo: Homemade spicy tuna roll Frank and I made after the class

During the class, which lasts nearly three hours, we learned how to make sushi rice, California rolls (hello, inside out!), spicy tuna hand rolls, eel rolls, cucumber rolls and tuna rolls. (Note that the menu may vary in different cities or with different teachers.) Everything was hands-on; this was not a lecture class. Every student receives a copy of recipes and tips prepared by the individual teacher of the class, and I recommend bringing a pen to add notes in the margins of the paper; one of the most valuable parts of the class was having the teacher walk us through where and what (or what not) to buy to equip our homes for sushi preparations. Our teacher and his assistants were extremely patient, there was more than enough supplies to go around in case we made mistakes, and we left with many tips and tricks to aid our future sushi-making Foodventures!

It wasn’t the first time the two of us attended a class at Sur La Table. Read more »