CORONA DEL MAR TODAY

“What’s Cooking” at the Library

Chef Rochelle Taylor will add a little Italian flavor to the What’s Cooking at the Library series on Tuesday March 16.

Taylor will demonstrate her skills by creating five dishes, including a re-imagined Caprese Salad, made with tomato paper and Burrata cheese, and an olive oil cake made with strawberries, basil and limoncello. (Yes, guests get to sample.)

The event, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Central Library Friends Room, is part of an ongoing series that previously featured Executive Chef Dennis Brask of Five Crowns and SideDoor and Chef Zov Karamardian from Zov’s Bistro and Zov’s Café Bakery and Bar.

Taylor, a graduate of the Culinary Arts Program at the Art Institute of Los Angeles/Orange County, is the culinary manager at Sur la Table in the Corona del Mar Plaza. Previously, she has worked at Charlie Palmer’s, Wild Fish, and The Clubhouse and is the former owner of The Ohh Factor, a private catering company.

The event is $20 to cover food costs. Reservations are required, and past events have sold out. For more information, call (949) 717-3800, extension 2 or visit the library’s website. The library is located at 1000 Avocado Ave.

Upcoming experts to be featured in the What’s Cooking series include cheese ace Pamela Thompson from Bristol Farms, plus Trader Joe’s wine buyer James Vorse on April 20; Alan Greeley, owner and chef of The Golden Truffle on May 18; and Chris Russom, owner and cake designer of Christopher Garren’s Let Them Eat Cake on June 15. All events are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.