Mission Viejo, California

Come cook at my mother's table

A workshop table with a rolling pin, piping bag and a sunflower in a jar

Manash is a small kitchen where you learn traditional Persian cooking, bread and pastry by hand — then sit down together to a full meal, and carry home everything you made.

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Next workshopOct 18 · 11:00 AMCake baking & cake decoration10 seats leftBook a seat

10–16: seats at one table
Certified: in Culinary Arts, Saddleback
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You will not just watch

Every seat has its own board, its own dough, its own apron. Whatever you shape with your hands that day goes home with you in a basket.

What a seat includes

Hands-on from the first minute

Your own station, your own dough. I work the table beside you the whole way through.

A full Persian meal

Brunch, lunch, or dinner depending on the session — I cook it at home, and we eat at one long table.

Everything you made, boxed up

The bread you baked, the pastry you shaped, the preserves you jarred. It leaves with you, still warm.

An apron and a recipe booklet

Yours to keep, so the recipes work the same way in your own kitchen.

Saeedeh cutting dough at her kitchen table

Why “Manash”?

If today I have something to offer and to teach, it is all thanks to the model of my life — my mother.

Manash is what my sons called my mother. She filled our home with cardamom, rosewater and freshly baked sweets, and turned every Yalda night into something nobody forgot. She was my first teacher — everything I share at this table began at hers.

Read her story

Upcoming workshops

Seats are limited to keep one table, one conversation.

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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Cake baking & cake decoration

A hands-on cake workshop where you’ll learn to bake, fill, frost, and decorate a beautiful cake from scratch.

$170

per person

11:00 AM

10 seats left

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Stuffed “Shekam-Pareh” Bread with an All-Purpose Dough for Stuffed Breads

In this class, we’ll work with a versatile, all-purpose dough that can be used to create a variety of delicious and creative stuffed breads

$105

per person

5:30 PM

12 seats left

Brunch

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Barbari & Persian breakfast

Learn to make authentic Persian Barbari bread from scratch and enjoy it fresh from the oven.

$91

per person

11:00 AM

10 seats left

From past tables

Every workshop leaves something behind. Here are a few.

Welcome to the barbari workshop

Barbari, straight out of the oven

A full table, mid-workshop

Warm bread being torn apart on a wooden board

A guest shaping dough at the workshop table

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Before you book

Do I need any cooking experience?

None. Most guests have never shaped a loaf or laminated a pastry before. The whole point is that you learn it with your hands, next to someone who has done it a thousand times.

Can you work around allergies or dietary needs?

Yes — tell me when you book and I'll plan around it. Vegetarian is always easy; please give me a week's notice for anything more involved.

Is the workshop in English or Persian?

Both. I teach in whichever language the table speaks, and usually a warm mix of the two.

What if I can't make it?

Seats are limited, so each one is held just for you. Seven days or more before the workshop, what you paid becomes 100% credit toward a future one; between 48 hours and seven days, 50%. Under 48 hours, or if you don't arrive, no credit is issued. Fees aren't refunded in cash.

Can I book for a group or a private session?

Yes. Private workshops for birthdays, showers, and team gatherings can be arranged — get in touch and we'll find a date.

There is always room at the table

Pick a date, bring your appetite, and leave with bread under your arm.

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