True Local Daikon radishes are in season, and there’s no better time to learn how to incorporate them into your next meal. Chef Zen returns this fall, teaching participants how to use this versatile root vegetable 3 different ways – Daikon Salad, Daikon + Beef Stir Fry, and Daikon + Carrot Soup.

Hosted by Zen Wang

Zen is a polymath renaissance man who is drawn to anything that is challenging and worthwhile. He was introduced to cooking by his late mother. She taught him five easy meals in order to prepare him for University. Today his repertoire has expanded to more than 50 dishes from many different traditions and cultures. He has won cooking contests and has been educating seniors on nutritional balances and the culinary arts.  When he’s not teaching or cooking, Zen volunteers at the firehall as a certified Fire Rescuer and makes sculptures for the Castlegar Sculpture Walk. He also hosts a weekly radio show on Kootenay Coop Radio.