Burkinabé Virtual Cooking Workshop

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Discover the rich flavors of West Africa from your own kitchen with our virtual cooking class!


Yipin

Yipin


 
The League of Kitchens

The League of Kitchens

2.5 hours

Class size 1 to 6 (public dates), 10 to 17
$60

Virtual team building activities
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Online Classes
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Food and Drink
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Cooking
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Kid Friendly
Step into the vibrant culinary world of Burkina Faso with this engaging virtual cooking class led by Yipin, our fabulous instructor from West Africa. By the end of class, you’ll have created some beautiful dishes and experienced the warmth and joy of Burkinabé hospitality, all from the comfort of your home.
In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Yipin will guide you through making two of her favorite family recipes: mafeh (a rich and savory peanut butter stew made with bone-in chicken, cabbage, eggplant and okra) served over a plate of fluffy white rice and gingembre (a refreshing beverage made with fresh ginger, lemon, and pineapple juice, that is spicy, sweet, and truly delicious).
Your class includes live cooking instruction, a virtual dinner party to savor your creations together, and a recipe packet. With a video recording provided and pricing per device, this is a wonderful opportunity to invite your loved ones to join and share in the joy of Burkinabé cooking. Perfect for foodies, families, or a unique date night!
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly!
 
What to bring
Shopping List for This Class
  • 2 ½ to 3 pounds (1.2 kg - 1.4 kg) bone-in chicken parts
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 5 small bay leaves
  • 3/4 ounce (20 g) garlic (about 6 medium cloves)
  • ⅓ pound (150 g) bell pepper, any color (about 1/2 large)
  • 1/2 pound (225 g) red onion (about 1 large)
  • 1 pound (450 g) plum tomatoes (about 4 medium)
  • ⅓ pound (150 g) scallions (about 1 large bunch)
  • ¼ pound (115 g) fresh okra (about 10-12, frozen is okay too)
  • 3/4 pound (340 g) eggplant (1 small Italian eggplant, or 5-6 tiny eggplants)
  • 13 oz (370g) green cabbage (½ small cabbage)
  • 10-15 oz ginger (1 large piece)
  • 46 oz pineapple juice (1 large can)
  • 1 lemon
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 6 oz can tomato paste
  • 1 cup (240 ml) organic creamy peanut butter (with no added sugar or fat)
  • 2 cups uncooked white jasmine rice
  • neutral oil
  • salt
Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 11 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mom or gift for couples.

More about this class

This class is new, and is covered by ClassBento's money-back guarantee.

Your teacher

Yipin

Yipin


Yipin was born in the small town of Silly in Burkina Faso in West Africa, though she grew up living throughout the country. Her father, a teacher, would move to a new town every few years to work at a different school, bringing Yipin and her seven brothers and sisters with him. They were her closest friends, so she never felt alone, even at a new school—they would walk to and from classes every day as a crew, always there for each other.

Yipin always helped with the cooking when she was growing up. As a very young girl, she learned the art of making a cooking fire—carefully building a stand out of rocks to hold the pot and gathering sticks, dried leaves, and other kindling to ensure the larger cooking logs would catch fire. When she was seven, she was assigned her own dish: Tô. These cornmeal-based dough balls are a staple of Burkinabé cuisine, and with the guidance of her mother and older sisters, Yipin soon became a master at making the perfect tô.
In 2010, Yipin moved to New York City, where she went on to get a master’s degree and become an accountant. She also became well-known in her community for the delicious West African food that she would make and sell on 125th Street in 2011-2012; she now loves to teach her West African friends in New York how to recreate the food from their home countries with ingredients in the United States. Today, she lives with her husband and three young children in the Bronx.




Your host

The League of Kitchens
The League of Kitchens


The League of Kitchens is a culinary dream-team of women from around the world who will welcome you into their homes, teach you their family recipes, and inspire you with their personal stories.
Each experience offers opportunities for meaningful connection and social interaction, cultural engagement and exchange, culinary learning and discovery, and exceptional eating and drinking. Through this experience, the League of Kitchens seeks to build cross-cultural connection and understanding, to increase access to traditional cooking knowledge, and to provide meaningful, well-paid employment and training for immigrants.

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