Pad See Ew + Thai Spring Rolls with Chef Wilma

As the holidays are near, it’s time to up your kitchen game. Add some flare to the table with some Asian flavors. In the last of the three-part Noodles & App series, you’ll make the dish that should be more famous than Pad Thai because it’s so much better — Pad See Ew — and some crispy golden Spring Rolls.

About Chef Wilma: Journalist-turned-chef Wilma B. Consul is the director of culinary, outreach and media at ECO City Farms in Edmonston, MD. She also teaches team-building cooking classes for Sidewalk Food Tours. She received her cooking and pastry certificates from L’Academie de Cuisine and Carlos Rosario Charter School for adults, where later she taught in its culinary arts program that included ServSafe (food safety and sanitation) and life skills. Her kitchen experience includes Susan Gage Caterers, Centrolina’s Mercato and J. Chocolatier in Washington, DC and Purple Yam in Brooklyn. For five years, she has planned and cooked the Breakfast of Hope fundraiser for the homeless advocacy of St. Augustine, the mother church of Black Catholics in DC. She also was executive chef of Fly by Light youth peace-arts retreats, serving vegetarian and vegan meals. In 2023, she received her master’s in World Food Cultures and Mobility from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy. She plans and cooks the Breakfast of Hope, the annual fundraiser of St. Augustine’s homeless ministry. She served vegetarian/vegan meals as executive chef at Fly by Light youth retreats. Last year, she was the featured chef at APIA Vote’s Taste of Democracy.