Please see below about upcoming workshops on preparation of local food and eating local food throughout the year.
Eat Local Food throughout the Year!
Just Food and the Weston A. Price Foundation NYC are pleased to announce
Community food education Workshops with
the creators of the
Local Foods Wheel New York Metro Area
Jessica Prentice, Maggie Gosselin & Sarah Klein
These two special community food education events with local foods experts Jessica Prentice (author of Full Moon Feast), Maggie Gosselin, and Sarah Klein will demonstrate how eating local food is as easy as turning the dial! As the creators of the recently released "Local Foods Wheel New York Metro Area," they will lead two workshops on easy and time-saving cooking and preserving techniques that can help you eat local and healthfully throughout the entire year.
Slow Food for the Urban Kitchen:
Nourishing Local Food from the Slow Cooker
a demonstration class with food samples
Friday, October 2, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street
(Thompson Street at Washington Square South)
subway: a/c/e/b/d/f/v to West 4th Street
Eating nourishing local food during the late fall and winter doesn't need to be time consuming. Stocks, soups, and stews from sustainably-raised meat along with breakfast porridges are incredibly warming and nourishing foods that can be made in a time-saving and inexpensive slow cooker or crockpot (oven and stove top methods of preparing these foods will also be shared). Jessica, Maggie and Sarah will demonstrate how to create quick, easy and local meals - breakfast, lunch and dinner!
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Interested in both classes? Register for both and save!
Preserving the Local Harvest with Lacto-fermentation
a demonstration class with food samples
Saturday, October 3, 2009, 2:00-4:30 pm
Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street
(Thompson Street at Washington Square South)
subway: a/c/e/b/d/f/v to West 4th Street
Preserving the fall harvest can provide you with local food throughout the year that is delicious and highly nutritious. Jessica, Maggie and Sarah will show you why fermentation is an easy and inexpensive way to preserve the bountiful harvest of fruits, vegetables and herbs grown locally.
You will learn about the health benefits of lacto-fermented vegetables and beverages and how to turn the fall harvest into sauerkraut, kimchee, chutneys, salsa, and sauerruben. Kombuchas, ginger bug, and whey-based sodas will also be discussed.
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Interested in both classes? Register for both and save!
Registration Fees:
The cost of the workshop includes the beautifully designed and full-color "Local Foods Wheel New York Metro Area." (a $12.95 value).
individual workshop
General Admission: $30.00
Just Food & Weston A. Price Foundation Members: $27.00
both workshops
General Admission: $55.00
Just Food & Weston A. Price Foundation Members: $49.00
For more Information, contact:
Angela Davis angela@justfood.org or Claudia Keel claudia@wprice-nyc.org
About the creators
Jessica Prentice
Jessica Prentice is a professional chef, passionate home cook, local foods activist, and author who coined the word "locavore." Her book, Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection, follows thirteen moons of a traditional agrarian calendar through the year, weaving together ecology, culture, mythology, and personal history into a nourishing whole that reconnects us with the natural rhythms of the earth. In 2006, Jessica joined four business partners in founding Three Stone Hearth (www.threestonehearth.com), a Community Supported Kitchen in Berkeley that uses local and sustainable ingredients to prepare nutrient-dense, traditional foods on a community scale.
Sarah Klein
Sarah Klein is an artist who has widely presented her work both nationally and internationally. She uses her line drawings in original animation work, some of which combines her love of food with her love of art. Also an educator, she teaches cooking to people of all ages. Sarah was invited to be a cast member on the first season of the PBS television show called Endless Feast and is currently a host on a new kids cooking show called Twyla's Kitchen. Sarah's website is www.sarahklein.com
Maggie Gosselin
Maggie Gosselin has worked for several environmental nonprofits including the Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens, the Community Environmental Council, and the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA-sponsor of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco) where she served as Special Programs Manager for almost five years. She is currently pursuing a Master's in Agriculture, Food, and Environment at Tufts University in Boston.