Food Education

Join us for a guided wine and cheese pairing at Shelburne Vineyard. We’ll tour the vineyard and winery and hear from staff about the emerging Vermont wine industry.

Adele Berrier from Jasper Hill will lead this tasting and workshop and provide a behind the scenes look into their award-winning cheeses. We will explore the art and science of Sensory Evaluation and how and why this occupies a great place in this iconic Vermont business.

Join us for a Filipino feast! In this class, we will learn how to make Siopao (sho-pow). Siopao literally means “hot bun” and is a Cantonese steamed or baked bun with a variety of fillings.

Join our very own Chef Michael Clauss for a lesson in making homemade pasta. In this class, we will learn the basics of making pasta dough. After we make the dough, we will learn how to roll out and form three traditional Italian pasta shapes, garganelli, orecchiette, and strozzapreti!

Join us for an evening of Eritrean cooking! Together, we will be making three dishes popular in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Yemisir Wat is a dish made up of lentils cooked with onions, tomatoes, curry, ginger, and garlic.

Square Foot Gardening 2.0 is open and accessible to anyone! The Square Foot Gardening method is an easy way to plan and plant your garden, using permanent beds to maximize production in small spaces.

Start your Sunday with a yoga flow practice led by Sangha Studio yoga teacher Carrie Pratt followed by make-your-own smoothie bowls from City Market!

Start making kombucha at home! Kombucha is a fermentation of sweetened tea. In this class, we’ll learn how to make it and also discuss why fermented foods are so beneficial. Participants will take home a “scoby” (a starter culture) to get started.

Have you ever been curious about how to bake delicious, nutrient-dense treats that are both gluten and grain free? Have you been struggling with how to incorporate treats into your life while honoring food allergies and taking a health-focused approach to diet and wellness?

Together we will prepare an Indian rice pilaf, a nutritious lentil soup and a quick vegetable dish. Participants will learn that cooking with spices in Indian cuisine can be quite simple with delicious and healthy results.