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Casa Vinicola Zonin host Wok Cooking Class

August 13, 2013 By Eleanor Hoh 4 Comments

I’m thrilled Casa Vinicola Zonin USA will host my Wok Star cooking class at their spectacular Miami penthouse loft for a series of three exclusive Art of Wok Cooking Classes that will pair fine Italian wines with Asian cuisine.

Thanks Eater Miami and South Florida Wine and Food for mention!

On August 21, October 23, and December 18 from 6:30-9:30pm, I will demonstrate my signature no-recipe approach, combining fresh ingredients and only 4 seasonings to create mouthwatering dishes that are simple and healthy. Each class will be a very intimate affair with only 12 guests at $65 per person who will experience this magical event.

The focus of this collaboration is to demonstrate how well Italian wines transcend into any cuisine. So, pairing wines with my Asian cuisine was a perfect challenge to showcase three different wine growing regions in Italy. My scrumptious Rainbow Lettuce Wrap appetizer paired with Zonin Prosecco and Fiji Water will wow guests as they arrive. Next served will be a delicate Shrimp with Baby Bok Choy and Maritake Mushroom which will pair nicely with Masseria Altemura Fiano or Rocca di Montemassi Calasole. My last dish, Tilapia in a Spicy Brown Bean Sauce will be a perfect complement to Castello d’Albola Chianti Classico.

I provide fun and creative cooking tutorials, which give established cooks and novices alike everything they need to cook like a Wok Star. Students will experiment with new flavors and Asian cutting techniques, learn how to mix and match vegetables and proteins for quick one-dish dinners, and receive a handy step-by-step visual roadmap I designed. Guests will also take home a mini Zonin Prosecco as a gift from Casa Vinicola Zonin as well as Giveaways from premium sponsors.

Wok cooking is perfect for crafting simple weeknight dinners with little clean up. My mission is to share my knowledge and love of wok cooking so that anyone can be a Wok Star no matter if they have a busy lifestyle or need to adapt their cooking to their diet. My unique Wok Star Kit includes everything one would need to start practicing their new wok skills at home or at a tailgate party!

To reserve for August 21.
To reserve for October 23.
To reserve for December 18.
For TV appearance, radio interviews, articles, contact Jelena Meisel, pr@zoninusa.com or (305) 456-7196.
About Casa Vinicola Zonin USA, Inc
Casa Vinicola Zonin S.p.A. in Italy wholly owns Casa Vinicola Zonin USA; a company of seven generations of winemakers with nine estates located in the seven most prestigious wine growing areas in Italy. It is the largest privately family owned winery in Italy. Each winery is dedicated to its own traditional wines and styles. In Miami, Casa Vinicola Zonin produces monthly wine pairings and tastings by restaurant chefs in downtown’s Miami Culinary Institute and invite gourmands, oenophiles, media and food bloggers to experience Italian Culinary Experience (ICE.)
Casa Vinicola Zonin websites: https://www.zoninusa.com https://www.zoninprosecco.com
Casa Vinicola Zonin USA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Zonin_USA
Casa Vinicola Zonin USA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CasaVinicolaZoninUSA
Casa Vinicola Zonin USA on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProseccoZonin
About Wok Star Eleanor Hoh
Eleanor Hoh is a Wok Star, entrepreneur, cooking teacher, blogger and presenter. What she enjoys most is sharing her knowledge and love of wok cooking she learned from her mother. Hoh’s mission is to show anyone can be a Wok Star when they have all the right elements i.e. right wok, technique, heat and quality ingredients and that’s why she put together a Wok Star Kit to help people succeed.
She has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, PlumTV and Fox & Friends as spokesperson for Tiger Beer promoting their Chili Crab Festival. Numerous premium brands sponsor her cooking events and Wok Star Kit including Fiji Water and Casa Vinicola Zonin. Media mentions include Eating Well magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald and recently New Times voted her Top Five Cooking Classes in Miami. She’s always encouraging folks to cook ethnic dishes in their woks which led to Associated Press commissioning her to write an article,”Asian techniques meet Hispanic ingredients” which was published worldwide.
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August Events

July 31, 2013 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

Casting Call for new Food Network TV Show!

The producers of Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race” are holding a nationwide search for a new supermarket themed reality series! Contestants will race against the clock using their shopping savvy and cooking know-how for a chance of winning up to $20,000! Chefs and professional cooks from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

If you think you have what it takes, e-mail grocerygames@rrstaff.com. In the subject line include your CITY/STATE and in the body include NAME, PHONE NUMBER, PHOTO, CURRENT OCCUPATION, a description of your CULINARY BACKGROUND, and WHY you think you can WIN!

Saffron Supper Club

“A Night in Jerusalem”
A Middle-Eastern Pop Up

The Hidden Kitchen
5255 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Sunday, August 11, 6-9pm

$65 pp

Cocktails by Grey Goose

Please join my foodie friends, Maude Eaton and Sara Liss for an engaging evening at a clandestine location in Miami Beach as they explore the exotic and seducing flavors of Jerusalem. An intimate dinner where you’ll enjoy traditional Arabic, Israeli and Persian dishes. Canapes like Goat Cheese Stuffed Phyllo, Pomegranate Molasses and appetizers by Chef Michael Jacobs then onto “Persian Soul Food” family style prepared by Maude and Sara, this Lemony Persian stew made with herbs, dried lemons, beef, red kidney beans sounds enticing! Click here for full details! I went to their last one and it was a fun evening and the food was divine and didn’t stop coming!

Miami Spice

Kicking off in August, Miami Spice will be promoting the best of Miami cuisine with top restaurants offering three course meals and signature dishes.

Casa Vinicola ZONIN USA hosts Art of Wok Cooking
with wines from their vineyard

Wed. August 21, 6:30-9:30pm
Registration and prepayment required, click here.

Join me for a cooking class at Casa Vinicola Zonin’s spectacular penthouse loft with stunning views of Miami and tasty wine pairings straight from their vineyards!

HOH WOK CLUB , Shokudo

Sun. August 24, 12-3pm

Don’t miss the HOH WOK CLUB gathering at Shokudo for delicious Asian food, friends and fun!
Details on my blog.

WOK STAR COOKING CLASSES

Architect Randa is a Wok Star!

Wok Star Cooking Class hosted by La Cuisine & Clark, Wed. Aug. 14 from 7-10pm

Registration and prepayment required, click here.

Foodies in South Florida

March 17, 2011 By Eleanor Hoh 3 Comments

If you know of any foodie groups, underground supper clubs, food happenings,

please share with us: wokstar at eleanorhoh dot com

HOH WOK CLUB: I put this sorta Asian supper club together to celebrate and explore new foods, friends and exchange ideas. When I find a good Asian influenced restaurant, I organize a special tasting menu with the chef so we can get a flavor of what they offer. Subscribe to my newsletter in right side bar for updates of these gatherings and all things Asian and beyond.

Shelley-Belly’s Underground Supper Club is an amazing way to experience intimate dining in a beautiful environment, get pampered, meet interesting folks from all walks of life and just enjoy. All shrouded in secrecy with passwords and you don’t know the menu till you arrive! I love all that and if you like the sound of this, get on Shelley’s email list or follow her on twitter to find the next Underground supper

ChatChow TV, a mouth-watering video podcast where we go behind the scenes with the chefs, owners and mixologists of Florida’s celebrated food industry. Hosted by Lauren Bernat, the viral Wii Fit Girl sensation, the show consists of 6-10 minute episodes each individually highlighting some of our favorite food personalities.

Cobaya Miami is an “underground supper club” started by 3 foodies so South Florida chefs can experiment on human guinea pigs! I’ve been to one, it was so much fun to scuttle between food stations and meet new folks but way too much food in one session for me personally, here’s my post. You have to be a member to participate, sign up on their site. Featured here is Gastropod, Chef Jeremiah Bullfrog’s shiny, airstream and now there’s two of them!

Digest Miami : Our mission is to go beyond cooking and explore the many stories behind the food we eat and the people that make up our culinary world. From the concepts that inspire great restaurants to the vision behind each Chef’s signature dish, we are committed to the exploration of food as a lifestyle and not just a commodity. We hope to share our passionate adventures with you.

Miami Culinary Institute is a fantastic, brand new, state of the art facility in downtown Miami. They not only have a cooking school for those who want to be professional chefs but also have classes for ‘food enthusiasts’ which include wine appreciation and many innovative topics. I got the grand tour at their opening and they’ve done a beautiful job. They also have their own food truck, Alphabite! I give them a mention here. They recently added an organic edible garden.

Miami Food Tours started by architect Kelly Woodward is a fabulous way to discover different areas and get a tasting along the way. One new tour that I participated in is Swooped with Forks! Instead of walking, we took a fun ride in an electric open little car from South Beach to Design District and Buena Vista. It was such a treat. Even as a local, I was fascinated with the history and cultural stories and it helps when it’s a journalist/underground chef Shelley that was giving us the tour!

Miami Culinary Tours What a great way to experience local culture, cuisine and people all in one go! I got a chance to do the SOBE FOOD TOUR and it was a blast! Of all things, I ended up in a group of nearly all Asian gals in a hen party, post coming. I can’t wait to do the Little Havana Tour for a hispanic version!

South Florida Foodies: This is a closed group, you have to request to join but what a fun group of foodies! They organize gatherings at the latest, trendiest, yummiest restaurants. A recent gathering I participated in was an ‘Avant Garde Pot Luck’ in a private penthouse apartment for just 30 and I got in! I’ll be posting about this event soon.

South Florida Food Swap: I made kimchi to swap with Marie’s (founder) aji (Colombian chili sauce) but didn’t quite make it to the swap cause I was on my way to Hong Kong. You can find out how it all works as well as upcoming swaps in your area!

South Florida Food and Wine Blog

The go-to resource for all things food, wine and events from Palm Beach to South Beach. We write about and share what is hot, hip and happening! Christine is a hospitality marketing specialist, freelance writer, certified sommelier and the owner of a gourmet food company. Christine and the team at South Florida Food and Wine bring you fabulous food and wine experiences and information from Palm Beach to Key West, only writing about places they are “enthusiastic” about; “we’re enthusiasts not critics”. I first met Christine at a foodie gathering at Hakkasan where she ‘won’ my cooking class certificate.
Latest update, Christine just came out with her new book, Food Lover’s Guide to Miami & Fort Lauderdale: The Best Restaurants Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Food Lovers’ Series), you can order it here.

South Florida Gourmet is a Miami-based company dedicated to local and world wide distribution of information on food and wine.
Simone Diament, editor and publisher has graciously included my cooking classes on her site for many years.
Together with Carole Kotkin, Simone also host a radio show, FOOD & WINE TALK WSFG

Twitter Live Chats

1. FoodieChats is a twitter live chat and also has an interview series on Facebook. I was honored to be chosen as their first guest! I love this idea, you’re able to view the complete interview here.

Use #FoodieChats with @stevegogreen on twitter every Monday at 8pm ET for themed foodie chats.

2. The Hungry Goddess, A Food Blog to satisfy the Ravenous Soul by Kimberly Moore in conjunction with FoodiesUnite, Beverly Pipes who also produce a few other food blogs as well as a food chat.

Join #HGEats on twitter for foodie topics and entertaining tweeps every Wednesday, 12 – 1pm ET with @HGEATS @HungryGoddess @Healthy_Goddess @DrunkenGoddess

3. Please join @TableFare and @MySpiceSage for #SpiceChat, first Wednesday of each month from 4:00 to 5:00pm EST.
Myspicesage is one of my partners that sponsors my Wok Star Kit with their curry powder and 5 spice powder. You can find out more about them here.

Katy Lynch has evolved from publishing Dine magazine to creating events for food and wine enthusiasts, visiting the latest South Florida restaurants with Savor Tonight. It’s a perfect way to get a taste before you go full throttle at a restaurant and a fun way to meet people. I’ve been to one at Lucky Strike and got a game of bowling in and another at Haven South Beach where the lychee cocktails were addictive!

Sample great food. Meet great people is Dishcrawl’s slogan. I’ve not attended so can’t give any personal recommendation but sounds interesting. When the time is right, I’ll go. They have these in other states too.