Like the potato and eggplant, the tomato is a member of the nightshade family. It's the fruit of a vine native to South America. Some have claimed tomatoes had aphrodisiac powers.  The French call them pommes d’amour, "love apples."  Take a trip to the farmer’s market and pick out several varieties to bring home to devour, as is, or in some of the creations offered in this class.

Menu

• Herb Stuffed Tomatoes
• Tomato Eggplant Fans
• No Cook Tomato Sauce for Pasta
• Tomato Jam
• Mixed Tomato Salsa

Tuesday, July 15^th

Time 6 – 8pm                           Fee $47.50

Kim Davaz ~ Kim has been teaching for Pepperberries since it was Cookin’ on Broadway. She loves to eat all kinds of foodstuff, though some cuisines she’d rather have someone else cook (intensive-chopping Chinese comes to mind). There are real challenges in cooking for today. Kim regularly feeds a family that includes two vegetarians, some hard-core carnivores and two small children. Coming up with a dinner that pleases everyone can be difficult. Her favorite classes to teach are baking and menus for meals that are delicious but not fussy, the kinds of dinners that are good enough for company but easy enough for every day. In her spare time, she reviews cookbooks for the Register-Guard.