18 Reasons: Nostalgic Southern Thai

We’re welcoming a new teacher to our classroom! Kitiya Ditpare is the chef behind Kitiya, a San Francisco based company, catering and making curry pastes. We have a plethora of Thai restaurants in the Bay where you’ll find popular, iconic favorites. But there is regional nuance within Thai cuisine, and Kitiya is eager to show you the way! This class features dishes Kitiya craves the moment she returns to the South of Thailand—the ones that taste like home. In this class, we will cook a Southern Thai menu built around her favorite flavors: bold heat and rich sweetness.

Using Kitiya’s Prik Gang Tai as our flavor foundation, we will work through the techniques that make Southern cooking so distinctive—from dry-frying aromatic pastes to balancing heat, salt, and sweetness. You’ll leave class with the knowledge and confidence to cook Southern Thai flavors at home!