Olenka Orjeda of Santa Rosa made it her mission to bring her native country’s authentic, home cooking to the North Bay with pop-up dinners, private parties and cooking classes.

Cooking Class: Peruvian Flavor – Chef Colomba leads a class in learning Peru’s classics the purple potato, ahi salad and green rice with chicken. Tuesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Maiz Concha Chulpi. Rocoto sauce. Aji Panca. Aji Mirasol. All are foods I learned about at Luis Pagan’s recent cooking class at Chefs. Pagan is the chef/owner of Restaurante Sabores del Peru ...