Host: Now You're Cooking

Chef: Ali Waks-Adams

Join Now You're Cooking and Chef Ali Waks-Adams for a cooking class to benefit Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program on Wednesday, September 25 from 5-7pm. September is National Hunger Action Month and all of the proceeds from this class will go directly to work MCHPP does in its mission to offer dignity and empowerment by providing all members of our community with access to healthy food.

Here's what you will learn to make (and eat!): 

• Butternut squash soup + buttered crumbs & ginger oil

• Pan seared chicken breasts+ mustard caper pan sauce

• Roasted garlic mashed potatoes

• Radicchio pear local blue cheese salad

• Apple crumble + cinnamon ice cream

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE before they’re gone! This event is limited to 12 lucky guests.

About the chef: Ali Waks-Adams is the chef /owner of Balaboosta Food Made for You & Willie & Chet's Pop Ups. A native NYer, Ali has lived in Brunswick Maine for 10 years and counting. Her move from Philadelphia to Maine was spurred by the taste of a locally grown potato, and she has been working with local farmers, fishers and producers ever since.  She was the chef at Delicatessen, a Modern Jewish Deli in Philadelphia. Former Exec Chef at The Brunswick Inn (aka 165 Park Row), Chef Partner with Butter & Salt Pop Ups, Private Chef & Caterer, Consulting Chef with Dog Bar Jim and others, Ali ran the successful underground Pop Up Wille & Chet's Food to Go during the pandemic. Her newest venture is Balaboosta, a meal service company providing weekly meals to go. She also caters small events & private dinners. Ali is on the Board of  MCHPP, Mid Coast Hunger Prevention, the advisory Kitchen Cabinet for MCHPP's Community Kitchen, and she is a sometime storyteller at The Community Plate dinners.