Cook and dine – Middle East feast
Tuesday 26th May : 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£38 – £79
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Middle Eastern cuisine brings together centuries of culinary influence from the Greeks, Romans, Ottomans and Arabs. It’s known for its generous use of fresh herbs, grains, spices, olive oil, legumes and vegetables – food that’s colourful, fragrant and designed to be shared
Join us for a relaxed, hands‑on workshop where we’ll prepare a selection of vibrant vegetarian dishes before sitting down together to enjoy the feast and chat about the Middle Eastern approach to eating: sociable, generous and full of small plates made for sharing.
On the menu:
- Ful medames — a comforting fava bean stew with tomatoes, herbs and olive oil
- Baba ghanoush — smoky baked aubergine blended with garlic and lemon
- Green herb falafels — crisp, fresh and packed with flavour
- Shakshuka — eggs gently poached in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce
- Harissa roasted carrots with yoghurt and dukkah — sweet, savoury and warmly spiced
- Fatayer — soft pastries filled with feta and herbs
- Fattoush — a bright Lebanese salad with toasted pitta and sumac
- Basbousa — an orange and cardamom semolina cake
- Ma’amoul — delicate walnut, cinnamon and orange‑scented cookies
All dishes are suitable for vegetarians.
Our workshops are friendly and informal, with plenty of guidance from your tutor as you prepare each recipe. You’ll leave with new skills, fresh ideas and a delicious appreciation of Middle Eastern flavours.
The Lang Spoon Community Kitchen
The Lang Spoon Community Kitchen is part of Greener Kirkcaldy’s community building. We’re based in the heart of Kirkcaldy, close to the High Street and the train and bus station. Find out how to get here.
Our purpose built training kitchen has eight workstations, to replicate the ease and comfort of cooking at home.
Our cookery school is complemented by a productive and climate-friendly garden, where we run volunteer training sessions and grow seasonal herbs, fruit and vegetables to use in our classes and events. We also have a larger community training garden and orchard in Dysart.
We host a wide range of events, courses and workshops on all aspects of food and drink. Both our Community Training Kitchen and Production Kitchen are available for hire too.
Booking Information
Full price: £47
Friends / couples*: £79
Greener Kirkcaldy members/volunteers: £42
Concessions**: £38
*Two people enjoy the cooking experience together using the same ingredients.
** Greener Kirkcaldy is committed to accessibility and we offer a concession rate to people in receipt of the following benefits: Students (full time), Senior Citizens (65+), eligible benefits (Income Support, Working Tax Credit, Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income based Employment and Support Allowance, Housing Benefit and Universal Credit).
We also offer a free basic community cooking skills and household budgeting programme to help people on a low income cook healthy and affordable meals: Smart Cooking
Our booking form includes a series of optional anonymous questions. These help us learn more about the people we reach through our events. Any information you choose to share about your background is managed separately to information that you give us to process your booking (for example, your name).
If you have any problems booking or any questions, please phone 01592 858458 or email info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk.
Refund policy – We can refund your order up until 7 days before the event. If you cancel your order less than 7 days before the event we will be unable to provide a refund.
Accessibility
There are accessible parking bays available outside 8 East Fergus Place. There is a ramp into the building and level access throughout. There is also an accessible toilet. Our kitchen has an adjustable cooking station. This is suitable for those in wheelchairs or who need to sit while cooking.
If you have any other accessibility questions or would like the resources at the event to be in large print please phone 01592 858458 or email info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk.
About our events
Our paid courses and workshops are run as a social enterprise. By taking part, you are helping to make a difference in our community.
Your support helps us continue to work with beginner cooks; people in training and on placement young people and support people in food insecurity access food in a dignified way.
Greener Kirkcaldy Gift Card
You can buy a Greener Kirkcaldy gift card online. You can use them to purchase tickets for any of our social enterprise workshops. You can use them more than once so if you do not spend the full amount in one go you can spend the rest at a later date.
