Impress your friends and family this holiday season with a show stopping dessert…shortcuts and all! Whether you’re a novice baker wondering where to start, a busy bee with only so much patience, or an aesthetic aficionado looking to go all out, Lauren Ko of Lokokitchen fame is here to prove that a piece de resistance can be easy as pie!

In this hands-on class, Lauren will share the low-down on combining store bought, ready-made components with design techniques that elevate this traditional holiday dessert from basic to BOOM, BABY. 

In this class you will learn:

• Two super easy, no-cook pie fillings

• How to incorporate seasonal produce for maximum flair, texture, and flavor

• Multiple design techniques to level up your pie art game

Select a filling--cinnamon sweet cream or fluffy strawberry cloud--to pair with your graham cracker crust. You’ll leave with a ready-to-serve masterpiece, two delicious filling recipes, and the techniques to make endless edible works of art all holiday season long!

TICKETS HERE!

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie from scratch and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process.

Lauren will share her all-butter pie dough recipe, walk participants through hand-making dough, and demonstrate several of her signature designs. Participants go home with a self-made, ready-to-bake masterPIEce (bonus: the pie can be baked for immediate enjoyment or frozen for a future occasion--perfect for upcoming holiday celebrations!)!

Book Larder is delighted to welcome Edd Kimber back to the shop on Wednesday, October 2nd to celebrate his newest book, Small Batch Cookies! Edd will be in conversation with local author and baker Lauren Ko of @lokokitchen. 

Reservations are non-refundable and include a signed copy of the $26.99 book. Applicable sales tax and a $0.75 transaction fee are also included. Can't attend but still want a signed book? Order here for shipping or in-store pickup.

About the Book: The need for an emergency solitary cookie or two can strike at any time, but baking recipes typically serve large groups, which is perfect for a party, a celebration or a crowd, but not when there's just one (or two) of you and you would rather not spend the money on making a big batch or be faced with eating the same thing all week.

In Small Batch Cookies, Edd showed that good things really can come in small packages. For this new book he wants to focus on cookies, probably the easiest - and arguably most popular - kind of baking there is. Nothing has quite the allure of a cookie straight out of the oven! The classic cookie is chocolate chip, but there is no one single perfect version - the variations are endless and range from double and triple chocolate to dark chocolate and cherry, and white chocolate and lemon. Other less familiar but no less delicious types of cookie include vanilla, peanut butter, ginger, oat and raisin and coconut. The recipes also include vegan cookies and cookies for those with allergies and intolerances.

Edd Kimber is a baker and food writer based in London. He is the author of The Sunday Times bestseller One Tin Bakes (2020) which also won the BBC Good Food, Guardian, New York Times and Washington Post Best Food Books 2020, as well as One Tin Bakes Easy (2021) and Small Batch Bakes (2022). Edd was the inaugural winner on the original series of The Great British Bake Off. 

Tickets HERE.

Book Larder is delighted to welcome back Kristina Cho on Friday, September 27th to celebrate her new book, Chinese Enough: Homestyle Recipes for Noodles, Dumplings, Stir-Fries, and More. Kristina will be in conversation with Lauren Ko (@lokokitchen), local baker and author of Pieometry. 

Reservations are non-refundable and include a signed copy of the $35 book. Applicable sales tax and a $0.75 transaction fee are also included. Can't attend but still want a signed book? Order here for shipping or in-store pickup.

About the Book: In an exploration of her own experience as a first-generation American, Kristina Cho, author of the award-winning baking book Mooncakes and Milk Bread, offers 100 recipes that blend the flavors of traditional Cantonese cooking with California ingredients and a midwestern sensibility. In Chinese Enough, Cho turns to the savory side of cooking with recipes that are neither entirely Chinese nor entirely American, but Chinese enough. 

Kristina Cho is an award-winning cookbook author, recipe developer, home cook, baker, food stylist, and photographer. Her groundbreaking debut cookbook, Mooncakes and Milk Bread, won two James Beard awards and was described as an instant classic by The New York Times. Follow Kristina at eatchofood.com and on TikTok and Instagram @eatchofood.

Tickets HERE.

More details soon!

This is a design-focused class that provides insight into Lauren’s creative process and equips you with the techniques to create your own stunning tart art.

Every student will be provided with a delicious shortbread tart shell, a homemade fluffy whipped filling, and the tools to assemble and decorate their own fruit tart top. Students will have a hands-on opportunity to make their own Instagrammable Lokokitchen-inspired creation featuring beautiful local fruit, and will take home a ready-to-serve edible masterpiece.

Purchase your ticket HERE!

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie from scratch and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process.

Join Lauren for a morning in the beautiful Pastry Project kitchen, where she will share her all-butter pie dough recipe, walk participants through hand-making dough, and demonstrate several of her signature designs. Every participant leaves with an arsenal of pie-making skills and a ready-to-bake miso caramel apple masterPIEce!

Note: class ingredients are gluten and dairy full. Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another name.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie from scratch and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process.

Join Lauren for a morning in the beautiful Pastry Project kitchen, where she will share her all-butter pie dough recipe, walk participants through hand-making dough, and demonstrate several of her signature designs. Every participant leaves with an arsenal of pie-making skills and a ready-to-bake miso caramel apple masterPIEce!

Note: class ingredients are gluten and dairy full. Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another name.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

Impress your friends and family this holiday season with a show stopping dessert…shortcuts and all! Whether you’re a novice baker wondering where to start, a busy bee with only so much patience, or an aesthetic aficionado looking to go all out, Lauren Ko of Lokokitchen fame is here to prove that a piece de resistance can be easy as pie!

In this hands-on class, Lauren will share the low-down on combining store bought, ready-made components with design techniques that elevate this traditional holiday dessert from basic to BOOM, BABY. 

In this class you will learn:

• Two super easy, no-cook pie fillings

• How to incorporate seasonal produce for maximum flair, texture, and flavor

• Multiple design techniques to level up your pie art game

Select a filling--cinnamon sweet cream or chocolate peppermint--to pair with your graham cracker crust. You’ll leave with a ready-to-serve masterpiece, two delicious filling recipes, and the techniques to make endless edible works of art all holiday season long!

Buy your ticket HERE!

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie from scratch and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process.

Join Lauren for an evening in the beautiful private dining room of Harry’s Fine Foods, where she will share her all-butter pie dough recipe, walk participants through hand-making dough, and demonstrate several of her signature designs. Every participant leaves with an arsenal of pie-making skills and a ready-to-bake miso caramel apple masterPIEce (the pie can be baked right away or frozen and served later…perfect for upcoming holidays!)!

Harry’s Fine Foods will offer beverages and appetizers for purchase during the event, but consider securing a dinner reservation beforehand to make a full evening of it!

Note: tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another name.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie from scratch and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process.

Join Lauren for an afternoon at the beautiful Wyldwood Creative shop, where she will share her all-butter pie dough recipe, walk participants through hand-making dough, and demonstrate several of her signature designs. Every participant leaves with an arsenal of pie-making skills and a self-crafted ready-to-bake miso caramel apple masterPIEce (the pie can be frozen and baked later…perfect for upcoming holidays!)!

Ingredients, tools, and light refreshments will be provided.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie from scratch and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process.

Join Lauren for an afternoon at the beautiful Olive & Vine Guesthouse, where she will share her all-butter pie dough recipe, walk participants through hand-making dough, and demonstrate several of her signature designs. Every participant leaves with an arsenal of pie-making skills and a self-crafted ready-to-bake miso caramel apple masterPIEce (the pie can be frozen and baked later…perfect for upcoming holidays!)!

Ingredients, tools, and light refreshments will be provided.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

Lauren will be popping up at the West Seattle Farmers Market to demo fun apple tart designs and sell signed copies of PIEOMETRY!

Lauren will be popping up at the University District Farmers Market to demo fun apple tart designs and sell signed copies of PIEOMETRY!

This is a design-focused class that provides insight into Lauren’s creative process and equips you with the techniques to create your own stunning tart art.

Every student will be provided with a delicious shortbread tart shell, a homemade fluffy whipped filling, and the tools to assemble and decorate their own fruit tart top. Students will have a hands-on opportunity to make their own Instagrammable Lokokitchen-inspired creation featuring beautiful local fruit, and will take home a ready-to-serve edible masterpiece.

Purchase your ticket HERE!

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie dough from scratch, and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process, and teaches participants how to replicate some of her signature creations. Participants go home with a self-made, ready-to-bake pie.

Refreshments will also be provided.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

Curated Cuisine is a monthly series examining all things edible, from the chefs cooking the food to the writers reviewing the recipes. Meet the people shaping the food industry, both local and national and enjoy a post-show bite inspired by the conversation.

If a classic basketweave on top of your apple pie seems like a feat, prepare yourself for next-level pie design with Lauren Ko, author of New York Times bestseller, “Pieometry: Modern Tart Art and Pie Design for the Eye and the Palate.” Ko doesn’t have formal culinary training but has transformed her piemaking into an eye-catching art form. The Seattle-based artist has also found her way to internet stardom posting beautiful pies and tarts — and puns — to her popular instagram that is filled with brilliant colors and geometric shapes.

Join Here & Now co-host Scott Tong for a special Pi Day conversation with Ko and an onstage demonstration of her technique. Copies of “Pieometry” will be available to purchase from our bookstore partner Brookline Booksmith. Ko will sign after the conversation and in-person attendees will enjoy a bite from the book.

This event is co-produced by Boston University Metropolitan College Programs in Food & Wine.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie dough from scratch, and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process, and teaches participants how to replicate some of her signature creations. Participants go home with a self-made, ready-to-bake pie.

Refreshments will also be provided.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie dough from scratch, and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process, and teaches participants how to replicate some of her signature creations. Participants go home with a self-made, ready-to-bake pie.

Refreshments will also be provided.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

Join Mocel x Lokokitchen on 02/10 at 6:30pm at The Pastry Project for an interactive mezcal and pie tasting experience.

Rosalinda Mendoza, Co-founder of Mocel, will guide you through an engaging mezcal tasting featuring two small-batch mezcals from Michoacán, Mexico, where her family is from. Enjoy these artisanal mezcals paired with a Tomatillo Short Rib pie and a Butternut Squash Mac n Cheese pie prepared by Lauren Ko of Lokokitchen from her best-selling cookbook, Pieometry*. Lauren will also share some signature design techniques you can use to impress your family this holiday season. Guests will have the opportunity to create their own ready-to-eat mini tart masterpiece to take home.

This will be an immersive tasting experience where you learn about drinking mezcal, different agave expressions plus quick tips on pie and tart art. You will leave with great mezcal + pie ideas to host your family and friends over the holiday season!

This is a 21+ event. IDs will be checked at the door.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

*Please note that we are unable to accommodate dietary restrictions and allergies for this event. Apologies for the inconvenience.

About Lokokitchen
Lauren is an artist, self-taught home baker, founder of the popular Instagram account @lokokitchen, and author of the best-selling cookbook, PIEOMETRY.

Her colorful geometric style made all hell bake loose on the frontier of contemporary pie art, and her iconic signature spoke design has been dubbed the “modern lattice.” Her work has been featured in publications such as Vogue, O Magazine, Buzzfeed’s Tasty, and on-screen in Martha Bakes, CBS’ Sunday Morning, and HULU’s Bakers Dozen.

About Mocel
Mocel is inspired by the mountainous region of Michoacán, Mexico, where the Mendoza family comes from, and the region’s centuries-old mezcal artisanship and culture. Mocel crafts small-batch artisanal mezcal using Michoacán’s traditional wooden still and distillation methods. Mocel's limited batch is available at mocelmezcal.com.

Join Lauren at the beautiful Vivienne Kitchen & Pantry, an independent, woman-owned cookbook store, in Portland, OR for a 2-hour comprehensive pie workshop.

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie dough from scratch, and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process, and teaches participants how to replicate some of her signature creations. Participants go home with a self-made, ready-to-bake pie.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

This 2-hour complete pie class breaks down the notoriously intimidating process of making pie dough from scratch, and offers a window into Lokokitchen’s design process, and teaches participants how to replicate some of her signature creations. Participants go home with a self-made, ready-to-bake pie.

Refreshments will also be provided.

Purchase your ticket HERE.

Lauren will be selling signed copies of PIEOMETRY, and her limited edition Aplat pie tote and covers and her Mur by Ayca tangram bandanas!

Impress your friends and family this holiday season with a show stopping dessert…shortcuts and all! Whether you’re a novice baker wondering where to start, a busy bee with only so much patience, or an aesthetic aficionado looking to go all out, Lauren Ko of Lokokitchen fame is here to prove that a piece de resistance can be easy as pie!

In this hands-on class, Lauren will share the low-down on combining store bought, ready-made components with design techniques that elevate this traditional holiday dessert from basic to BOOM, BABY. 

In this class you will learn:

• Three super easy, no-cook pie fillings

• How to incorporate seasonal produce for maximum flair, texture, and flavor

• Multiple design techniques to level up your pie art game

Select a filling--cinnamon sweet cream, strawberry, or chocolate peppermint--to pair with your graham cracker crust. You’ll leave with a ready-to-serve masterpiece, three delicious filling recipes, and the techniques to make endless edible works of art all holiday season long!

Buy your ticket HERE!

Place an order at the Lokokitchen store and skip the shipping fee! Pick up your items at The Chicken Supply on December 10 between 9am and 12pm.

Impress your friends and family this holiday season with a show stopping dessert…shortcuts and all! Whether you’re a novice baker wondering where to start, a busy bee with only so much patience, or an aesthetic aficionado looking to go all out, Lauren Ko of Lokokitchen fame is here to prove that a piece de resistance can be easy as pie!

In this hands-on class, Lauren will share the low-down on combining store bought, ready-made components with design techniques that elevate this traditional holiday dessert from basic to BOOM, BABY. 

In this class you will learn:

• Three super easy, no-cook pie fillings

• How to incorporate seasonal produce for maximum flair, texture, and flavor

• Multiple design techniques to level up your pie art game

Select a filling--cinnamon sweet cream, strawberry, or chocolate peppermint--to pair with your graham cracker crust. You’ll leave with a ready-to-serve masterpiece, three delicious filling recipes, and the techniques to make endless edible works of art all holiday season long!

Buy your ticket HERE!