Above Video: Your Weekend Weather ForecastAdé Carrena, winner of Chopped Season 63, Episode 4, led a cooking class at Coastal Table and Tales in downtown Savannah on Saturday. Carrena showcased dishes like aziin nusunnu and suya from her home country of Benin, West Africa. The group started by shopping for vegetables and spices at the Forsyth Park farmers market before moving into the store’s kitchen. “We are going to make what we call suya, which is like, the big street food,” Carrena said during an introduction to the chefs. Participants like Oscar and Emily Deligny of Greenville, S.C. said they enjoyed getting to support local farmers before cooking. The pair signed up for the class on a whim Friday afternoon while enjoying their honeymoon in Savannah. “I like seeing how you can go to your farmer’s market and everything is local and you’re supporting your community, and then you make this beautiful dish for your community as well,” Emily Deligny said.After shopping, the chefs quickly got to work, walking a few blocks south of Forsyth Park to Coastal Table and Tales. “Today we’re making one of our probably most popular dishes in Benin, called aziin nusunnu. It translates to peanut stew,” Carrena said.Carrena led the class with a calm approach of intuitive cooking, where chefs avoid portioning ingredients and instead lead with the heart, contrasting with Chopped’s high-stress environment. “You can put it in this bowl so we can rinse it out and then I will show you how we’re going to cut it for sauteeing it,” Carrena said while delegating tasks to participants. “Adé has a rich, background around, Benian cooking and culture, and I’m just super excited to see that demonstrated,” participant Rachel Silvers said.Dawn Anderson, the owner of Coastal Table and Tales, says it’s been great to share food from around the world at her store. “I want to do right by by history, because really, it’s about the culinary traditions that we share,” Anderson said.Anderson said this was the store’s first event like the class and she hopes to make it a regular offering. The store will host a panel Sunday evening featuring Adé, Agniola Ahouanmenou, the current ambassador to Benin and Patricia Mahoney, former U.S. ambassador to Benin. For more information, click here.
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Adé Carrena, winner of Chopped Season 63, Episode 4, led a cooking class at Coastal Table and Tales in downtown Savannah on Saturday. Carrena showcased dishes like aziin nusunnu and suya from her home country of Benin, West Africa.
The group started by shopping for vegetables and spices at the Forsyth Park farmers market before moving into the store’s kitchen.
“We are going to make what we call suya, which is like, the big street food,” Carrena said during an introduction to the chefs.
Participants like Oscar and Emily Deligny of Greenville, S.C. said they enjoyed getting to support local farmers before cooking. The pair signed up for the class on a whim Friday afternoon while enjoying their honeymoon in Savannah.
“I like seeing how you can go to your farmer’s market and everything is local and you’re supporting your community, and then you make this beautiful dish for your community as well,” Emily Deligny said.
After shopping, the chefs quickly got to work, walking a few blocks south of Forsyth Park to Coastal Table and Tales.
“Today we’re making one of our probably most popular dishes in Benin, called aziin nusunnu. It translates to peanut stew,” Carrena said.
Carrena led the class with a calm approach of intuitive cooking, where chefs avoid portioning ingredients and instead lead with the heart, contrasting with Chopped’s high-stress environment.
“You can put it in this bowl so we can rinse it out and then I will show you how we’re going to cut it for sauteeing it,” Carrena said while delegating tasks to participants.
“Adé has a rich, background around, Benian cooking and culture, and I’m just super excited to see that demonstrated,” participant Rachel Silvers said.
Dawn Anderson, the owner of Coastal Table and Tales, says it’s been great to share food from around the world at her store.
“I want to do right by by history, because really, it’s about the culinary traditions that we share,” Anderson said.
Anderson said this was the store’s first event like the class and she hopes to make it a regular offering. The store will host a panel Sunday evening featuring Adé, Agniola Ahouanmenou, the current ambassador to Benin and Patricia Mahoney, former U.S. ambassador to Benin.
For more information, click here.
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