Learn to make different types of breads including baguettes, focaccia, and dinner rolls. All baking classes with Steve Watts are hands-on and students take home their finished products. Materials fee of $30.00 is due by cash or check, payable to the instructor, at the start of class.

You’ll learn a basic tried and true sauerkraut recipe, technique and troubleshooting. Then we'll add various vegetable shapes and designs along the sides for a beautiful presentation - these make excellent gifts. Local delicious cabbage makes ferments that last for months, and maintains flavor and nutrient content. You'll learn about the marvelous microorganisms that surround us, give us “terroir” and keep us healthy by replenishing our microbiomes. This hybrid class will include both microbiology and ferment creation. Instructor Emma Holder, Masters in Micro/Immuno, McGill University.

Learn a basic, tried-and-true sauerkraut recipe, technique, and troubleshooting topics. Add various vegetable shapes and designs along the sides for a beautiful presentation-these make excellent gifts! Delicious, locally-grown cabbage makes ferments that last for months, and maintains flavor and nutrient content. Discover the marvelous microorganisms that surround us, give us 'terroir' and keep us healthy by replenishing our microbiomes. This hybrid class (live or via Zoom) will include both microbiology and ferment creation. Registration closes at noon on 2/26. Zoom link, in-person address, and materials list provided by instructor.

Emma Holder attended McGill University, earning a BSc in 1991 and a Masters in 1993 in microbiology and immunology. Her passion is to connect with people and provide enjoyable learning experiences to create healthy, happy lifestyles.

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Make pasta sheets for lasagna noodles, ravioli, and tortellini with common kitchen ingredients. Watch demos on filling and folding and cook some filled pastas to enjoy with a browned butter and sage sauce or en brodo (in chicken broth). Chef Mary will bring a traditional family recipe to enjoy as a special treat. This is a demonstration class, however, students are welcome to either watch or put on an apron and get their hands dirty. Recipes provided. Bring an apron, baggies for leftovers and your appetite!

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.

Fermenting vegetables preserves them, and adds nutritional value and probiotics. It's so easy - you’ll be a master in no time, fermenting all the things. Basic fermentation techniques will be demonstrated, and then you can use it on pretty much any vegetable. This hybrid class (in-person and zoom) will include both microbiology basics, troubleshooting and ferment creation. Instructor Emma Holder, Masters in Micro/Immuno, McGill University.

Fermenting vegetables preserves them, and adds nutritional value and probiotics. It's so easy - you'll be a master in no time, fermenting all the things! Basic fermentation techniques will be demonstrated, and then you can use it on pretty much any vegetable. This hybrid class (in-person and zoom) will include both microbiology basics, troubleshooting and ferment creation. Registration closes at noon on 3/5. Zoom link, in-person address, and materials list provided by instructor.

Emma Holder attended McGill University, earning a BSc in 1991 and a Masters in 1993 in microbiology and immunology. Her passion is to connect with people and provide enjoyable learning experiences to create healthy, happy lifestyles.

Learn the fundamentals of making Chinese dumplings at home.  Make fresh scratch-made dough, and learn how to roll, fold, and pleat potstickers with pork fillings.  Enhance the final product with your own ginger-scallion oil and other common Chinese condiments used for dipping sauces.  All ingredients, materials, equipment and recipes will be provided.  Plant-based ground meat can be substituted for the pork upon request. Dumpling wrappers include gluten.

Hands-on instruction from a pro - Chris Toy will be in the house providing expert instruction and lots of fun!  Learn how to season, care for, and use a Chinese wok and cleaver.  You'll take home a specially selected kit with a seasoned wok, wok spatula, sharpened cleaver, honing steel, and a cutting board (kit valued at over $100).  Of course, to learn all these steps, there must be food involved!  Bring a container for left-overs!

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