Learn how to make chicken adobo with a boiled egg, chicken tinola (soup) and other dishes during the upcoming Sitka Kitch class, Filipino Cooking with David Felts and Sonia Malabot-Felts. This class takes place from 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at the new location of the Sitka Kitch community rental commercial kitchen at the Sitka Lutheran Church (224 Lincoln Street, please use the back entrance through the alley by Bev’s Flowers & Gifts, off Harbor Drive). This class is part of our Cooking Around the World series and is a fundraiser for the Sitka Kitch.

David and Sonia are husband and wife, and they have lived in Sitka about seven years. They met in the Philippines, and ran a restaurant together for 7-8 years in the town of Makati. Over the years, they have hosted Fourth of July and other booths around Sitka. They both work at the University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus.

The menu will include chicken adobo and chicken tinola as the main dishes; pork lumpia, pancit bihon and rice as the side dishes; and banana turon as the dessert.

The registration deadline for the Filipino cooking class is 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, so register now since space is limited. We need at least eight students to register and pre-pay to make this class happen. The class costs $40, which is part of our new all-inclusive fee system (you no longer have to pay a class fee to register, then a separate food/supply fee). You can register and pre-pay using credit/debit cards or PayPal on our EventSmart page, http://sitkakitch.eventsmart.com (click on class title). For those wanting to pre-pay with cash or check, please call Claire Sanchez or Clarice Johnson at Sitka Conservation Society (747-7509) to arrange a payment. For more information about the class, contact Jasmine Shaw at 747-9440. We do offer one potential scholarship spot per class for people with limited incomes, so long as we have enough students registered to make the class happen. Contact Claire at SCS for more details about the scholarship. This class is a fundraiser for the Sitka Kitch.

Students should enter the Sitka Lutheran Church through the back entrance (through the alley off Harbor Drive by Bev’s Flowers and Gifts). The door on the right should be open for students to enter. Please do not park in the church’s back parking lot. Please use the public parking lots off Harbor Drive.

The Sitka Kitch also has a new class cancelation policy. If you register for a class, then find out you can’t attend, please email us at sitkakitch@sitkawild.org and we may be able to help fill your slot through our waiting list. If you cancel from the class at least five days in advance (eg, by Wednesday for a Monday class), you are eligible for a partial refund of your class fee, minus $5 for processing (in this case, $35). If you need to cancel with less than five days advance notice, there is no refund.