Cooking By Heart with Jessica Battilana

In a cooking rut? Join us for this hands-on class, where author Jessica Battilana will teach you a handful of simple, stunning recipes from her brand new cookbook, Repertoire: All the Recipes You Need. The book answers the age-old question, “What should I make for dinner?” with trustworthy, versatile, and real recipes from real life that really work, all created with home cooks in mind. Join Jessica at SHED for a hands-on day of cooking and eating. Jessica’s dishes, like seeded gougères, dressed roasted carrots, aglio olio, simple stovetop chicken, and rice pudding, are sure to become your new go-to dishes to make by heart. We’ll also be talking about some of the most important techniques in the kitchen so you can get comfortable building a repertoire of your own. Jessica Battilana is a food writer and recipe developer based in San Francisco. She writes the San Francisco Chronicle’s bimonthly Repertoire column, and has coauthored six cookbooks. She has twice been included in the Best Food Writing anthology and her work has appeared in Sunset magazine, Martha Stewart Living, and numerous other publications.