Food & Drink
In-Person Class: Dinner from Nothing: Great Pantry Cooking with April Dodd
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What’s on the Menu:
Caraway Soup with Parsley and Walnut Pesto
Green Salad with Marinated Beans, Anchovy & Caper Vinaigrette & Spiced Croutons
High-Hat Buttermilk Biscuits
Improv Garlic & Herb Butter
Some stale bread. A stick of butter. The end of a carton of milk. A handful of spices. Two cans of beans. Tell us: can you make a great dinner—not just an it’ll-do dinner, but a company-worthy, get-out-the-cloth-napkins kind of dinner—with those ingredients? At Milk Street, pantry cooking is our favorite thing. Because anybody can make a sirloin steak taste good, but it takes true culinary chops to achieve bold flavor, great texture and careful balance without stepping another foot in the grocery store. Join Milk Street’s April Dodd for an in-person class at Milk Street where you’ll learn the techniques we employ to get the maximum value out of every ingredient, every time. You’ll make a Romanian soup that we lovingly call “soup from nothing” at Milk Street, because it magically transforms little more than spices and aromatics into a meal that’s hearty and nourishing. We pair it with a no-nonsense batch of quick-baking biscuits that we are willing to bet you have all the ingredients for right now. And we’ll cover three techniques that are infinitely versatile: the crouton fried with a DIY spiced blend, the art of marinating beans and the magic of improv compound butter. This is the class for you if you love flavor, hate food waste and sometimes just don’t want to go to the grocery store.
This hands-on, in-person class concludes with a family-style dinner. We’ll make a big salad for you to enjoy along with your pasta dishes, as well as one of our favorite desserts. Complimentary beer, wine and N/A beer and seltzer is served with dinner. You are welcome to bring take home containers for any leftovers, and you'll receive digital copies of all the written recipes after class. Other questions? Reach out to us at cookingschool@177milkstreet.com if you don't see an answer to your question in the FAQs below.
About April: April Dodd is Milk Street’s Associate Director of Education. She began her culinary career at Middlebury College, where her first food job was making enormous batches of granola. Since then, her cooking pursuits have included managing the college's summer food preservation program; working in an organic bakery in France; developing recipes for a cupcake shop; founding a culinary skills training program in Nairobi, Kenya; working as a consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization; and a stint as the chef at a women-only retirement community in her hometown of Lexington, KY.
Our hands-on cooking classes are capped at 14 attendees. Students work in pairs of two at fully equipped stations. Each attendee requires their own ticket. Please note that Milk Street is not an allergen-free space; if you have a severe allergy, please get in touch before registering to understand if this event is a good fit for you.
FAQs
Is this an in-person event?
Yes. This event will take place in person at our location at 177 Milk Street in Boston. Expect plenty of hands-on cooking - not just a demonstration! If you are looking for a livestream cooking class, you can find our upcoming virtual class calendar here.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
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The entrance to our school is directly across from 49 India Street. Our entrance doors have two bowties on them.
Is my registration ticket refundable?
No. We do not offer refunds for in-person registrations. However, your ticket is fully transferable to another person for this event on these dates. You are responsible for finding someone to use your ticket, arranging reimbursement, and for sending us the new attendee's full name, contact information, and any special dietary requests.
Is a meal included?
Yes. In addition to a snack midway through class, you will sit down to a full dinner, served family-style, at about 7:45 pm.
I have an allergy or dietary restriction. Can I still come?
We work hard to accommodate as many allergies and dietary needs as possible. You are welcome to write us at cookingschool@177milkstreet.com to get more detailed information on whether this event is a good fit for you. This class can easily be adapted for vegetarian, nut-free and soy-free diets; however, it is not a good fit for gluten-free diets.
Are children allowed?
Children 11-17 are allowed to participate if they attend and cook with an adult parent or guardian. The minor and the adult must each have a ticket to the class.
How many people does one ticket cover?
One ticket covers one attendee.
How early do I need to arrive?
You are welcome and encouraged to arrive up to 15 minutes before the event begins.
I'm an Insider. Do I get a discount to the in-person classes?
Yes! Insiders get 15% off their ticket. To access your discount, please send a message to cookingschool@177milkstreet.com.
This date doesn't work for me. Will this class be offered again soon?
We offer in-person events on a limited basis. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that this class will be offered again soon.
Where can I contact the organizer with further questions?
Write to us with any other questions at cookingschool@177milkstreet.com.
