Women in Food of WNY presents:
Cooking Class with Chef Piper Wadsworth
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sausage, Roasted Vegetables and Sauteed Greens
Join me (Missy) along with Alex Levine from Yelp, as your hostess & host for this Virtual gathering of the Women in Food of WNY. In this Free Class with Piper Wadsworth, Chef in the Rochester, NY area she’ll teach all about gluten-free cooking and how to make something seasonal and delicious while also keeping it gluten-free!
Gluten-free cooking can have it’s tricky moments because alternatives to wheat don’t always act the same as the wheat equivalent. Join Piper to learn how to adjust your meals for gluten-free including different gluten-free options and which ones to pick for different kinds of meals. We’ll then make a delicious dinner treat of homemade Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sausage, Roasted Vegetables and Sauteed Greens, that will (obviously) be gluten-free as well as using some of the local season’s bounty! I hope you’re ready to sit down to the delicious dinner after our class because you are going to want to eat it all up!
Along the way, I’ll be asking her questions and chatting about her culinary journey, being a woman chef in WNY and whatever spontaneously comes in our shared storytelling. I’ll also share some bits about Crown HIll Farm and my own passion for food and YOU will have a chance to ask questions as you cook and enjoy along with us!
Whether you cook along with us or just sit at the “table” and enjoy the conversation, I’m sure you’ll learn a few new things to add to your own culinary creations! In addition to learning with us during this live, play-along, how-to adventure in the kitchen with Chef Piper, you will get a copy of the recipe to use over & over again and revisit this delicious gluten-free meal!
About Chef Piper Wadsworth: Piper attended Johnson and Wales University in Providence RI, where she obtained a bachelors in Culinary Arts and Food Service Management. She has worked in many different facets of the service industry from high end restaurants to bakeries, cafes and catering. A Geneseo NY native, she has spent the past several years honing her culinary skills in Boston. She currently runs a cafe that is part of a software company in Lexington MA, but is home in Geneseo for the summer working with her family to pivot their wedding business by organizing brunches, take out meals and free concerts. Piper focuses mainly on gluten free and paleo foods that can be easily adjusted to fit any lifestyle, allergy, or preference.
About the Women in Food of WNY series: Being a solo Woman Farmer and Woman Entrepreneur I have always kept my eye out for fellow women in business with whom to connect (and commiserate). As i’ve established myself in the WNY area, I have loved meeting new chefs and farmers alike. However, one thing that I noticed was a serious lack in attention towards women Chefs and Farmers of the region, despite the fact that there are many of us. Here at Crown Hill Farm, we love to host Farm-to-Table dinners featuring local chefs preparing seasonal foods. From there, I saw a vision: A series of dinners highlighting the women chefs of WNY. Now, in 2020 with COVID keeping us all away from social gatherings in person, I had to get creative while hanging on to this vision of featuring women in food in WNY. And so, after many conversations with incredible women, this series was born! This is the first step to what I hope will be a Conference of WNY Women in Food. For now, let’s gather around our respective kitchens to chat, cook and learn together.