Cooking Classes at Indigo Traders

Mediterranean cuisine is renowned for being delicious, healthy and diverse, using local ingredients and simple, old-world techniques. Offering a homemade meal to a guest or visitor is a long-lived tradition throughout the Middle East and has made the region famous for its unsurpassed hospitality.

We invite you to our cooking class and a taste of the Middle Eastern experience. We welcome you into our home for an informal evening of traditional cuisine, cooking instruction and great conversation. The small class will be 8-10 participants. Class includes instruction and recipes. A full meal is offered directly following the class. Whenever possible, the ingredients prepared in class will be sourced locally from farmers’ markets or natural food stores. The duration of the class with the meal is around 3 hours in length.

THE MENU

Muhammara

roasted red pepper and walnut dip

Baba Ganoush

grilled eggplant and tahini dip

Foul Mudammas

fava beans with tomato and hot peppers

Salata Batata bi Tahini

potato salad with tahini

Salata Tazah

seasonal salad

Salata Tahini

sesame seed paste with parsley and lemon

Registration

Register in person at Indigo Traders, 7878 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, 503.780.2422. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Early registration is suggested as spaces fill quickly. To add your name to our cooking class waiting list, email us with your name and phone number here.

We will be adding more dates to our cooking class schedule.

In the event you must cancel your class reservation, please give us at least 7 days notice prior to the date of the class to receive a credit or refund. No refunds will be given for no-shows and late cancellations. Classes may be canceled due to insufficient enrollment. Upon cancellation, we will contact you by phone or email. You will have the choice of either rescheduling another class or receiving a refund. Menu items may change, depending on availability of ingredients.

About the Instructor

Samir Naser, owner of Indigo Traders, was born and raised in Nablus, Palestine in a large family. He spent much of his childhood on his grandparents' farm in a small village in the countryside. Samir enjoyed the almond, fig and olive trees abundant on the farm. Though a simple family, they enjoyed fresh fruits and vegetables each day, his grandmother’s fresh homemade bread and easy afternoons under the trellis of grape vines. Samir’s mother and sisters are exceptional cooks, and Samir naturally took an interest in foods and cooking his native cuisine.

Class Fee - $95

Class includes instruction and recipes. A full meal is offered directly following the class.

MEDITERRANEAN COOKING CLASS

Palestinian Vegetarian

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Class Dates

Saturday, September 24 from 5-8pm

Saturday, October 8 from 5-8pm

New dates will be added to the schedule for

Fall 2011.