Make your own dozen cupcakes with spring buttercream flowers and shape them into a spring bouquet for yourself or someone special. Materials fee of $30.00 is due by cash or check, payable to the instructor, at the start of class. All baking classes with Steve Watts are hands-on and students take home their finished products.

Sourdough isn't just for bread! Did you know you can add it to cakes, cookies, pastries, and other baked goods? Discover how to properly incorporate sourdough into some favorite recipes while keeping the balance and integrity of the other ingredients and giving them flavor complexity that you will love! This is a demonstration class, however, students are welcome to either watch or join us in the kitchen. Bring an apron and baggies for leftovers. Recipes provided.

Mary Bailey, pastry chef and past owner/chef of Thyme and Honey Bakery in Biddeford, is passionate about baking bread and teaching people how to incorporate homemade bread into their daily lives.

Participants will learn how to season, care for, and use a Chinese wok and cleaver. The recipes for the class will include stir-frying, oven roasting, and preparing steamed rice. Each student will take home a specially selected kit including a lightweight cast iron wok, wok spatula, carbon steel cleaver, honing steel, a heavy duty cutting board, and one of Chris Toy's 6 cookbooks. The retail value of the kit is $230, but participants will pay Chris just $120 on the night of class. Those in the know bring containers just in case! Class size is limited to 6 so register today!

Pickling Spring Vegetables

Maine spring vegetables have a short season, join us to learn how to preserve these tender green vegetables to enjoy year-round. Discover how to safely preserve pickled fiddleheads or asparagus using the boiling water bath method and leave with recipes and a jar of pickles. Bring a potholder with you to class.

Kate McCarty, Food Preservation Community Educator at UME Cooperative Extension, served with the AmeriCorps VISTA program and has completed the Master Food Preserver Program.

A Buddha Bowl is essentially a grain, a bean, and veggies piled up and topped with a yummy sauce. This nutrient-packed meal is a delicous and easy way to incorporate more plants into your diet. You will prep, cook, and combine ingredients in the kitchen to create a simple Buddha Bowl that can be eaten before you leave class or brought home for later. Ingredients fee is included in registration.

Take the Food Manager Certification TEST & REVIEW ONLY!

Dates: MAY 14, 15 & 16th 2 hour REVIEW & TESTING

$80 TEST ONLY 

Call 225-1010 for more information.

MSAD 52 Adult & Community Education along with Dave Roberts, MSAD 52 Food Service Director can help you achieve your ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Certification right here in TURNER!

ServSafe® has become the industry standard in food safety training and provides all employees with accurate and up-to-date information on all aspects of food safety and handling, from receiving and storing food, to food preparing and serving.

Topics include:  

• Preventing cross-contamination

• Cleaning and sanitizing

• Food safety regulations

• Time and temperature control

• Safe food preparation

Dates: MAY 14, 15 & 16th 4-8pm @ The Turner Adult Learning Center

$160 course fee includes textbook & exam.

Call 225-1010 for more information.

Did you ever know all the amazing things you can make from dandelions? Join us in this class to learn how to collect and process these amazing plants. Learn recipes with dandelion greens. Use the flowers to make jams, teas and wines. Go over the beneficial properties of dandelion roots. We will create and taste some delicious dishes!