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Artisanal Food Crafting Workshop

The Ecology Center

37201 Alipaz CA

33.48786236876248 -117.67285569516959

Description

Discover the joy of making sustainable, homemade food crafts. Learn hands-on how to create simple, yet sophisticated, artisanal edible gifts for your own pantry and your loved ones.Homemade food crafts, such as jared goods, culinary and medicinal herb mixes, flavored salts and sugars, infused oils, snacks, and dry food mixes, have been part of people’s pantries for millennia. As gifts, the love and effort that go into making them always enhanced their value in the community. Technological advancements and industrialization in food crafting made it easy for people to buy these goods for their pantries and gifts. In the process, the thoughtfulness, creativity, and human productivity attached to homemaking has become lost, and environmental degradation increased. Homemade artisanal food crafts replace the energy, water and natural resources wasted in big-commercial-industrial operations with human ingenuity, purposeful effort and love. A home food craft maker is a promoter and supporter of health, abundance and sustainability for all!Join Us to learn hands-on and enjoy the art and science behind artisanal food crafting. In this workshop we will: Learn hands-on how to use edible ingredients to create beautiful artisanal food crafts for your pantry and for gifting Make herb bundles, flavored salts and sugars, infused oils, simple syrups, heirloom dried soup mixes and more Taste a variety of artisanal food crafts Each participant will take home a personalized salt blend, herb bundle and choice of infused oil or simple syrup!Instructor: Chef Kerri CacciataInstructor Bio: Kerri was born and raised in Orange County. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in community organizing in San Francisco and studied culinary arts locally, finding harmony when the two subjects come together. She has worked in non-profit agencies, farmers markets, and in a number of professional kitchens. Kerri has spent over 10 years working and volunteering in the city of Santa Ana, and has worked hard to help bring a new farmers’ market to the community, launching the DTSA Certified Farmers' Market March 2014.In Southern California we’re blessed with a passionate group of farmers, artisan food crafters, and creative chefs. Supporting these amazing people brings consciousness and community into the kitchen. “There is communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.” -M.F.K. FisherThe Ecology Center is a non-profit educational center that teaches hands-on environmental solutions at the household and community scale. Your participation supports our programs and our mission to inspire and create a healthy and sustainable future for all.*Become an Advocate of The Ecology Center to receive member discounts. Plus, after you complete 5 workshops and 5 eco actions, you are eligible to receive 1 free workshop! Cancellation Policy: We understand your plans may change. We will give you credit toward a future program if you cancel at least 24 hours in advance. Credit must be redeemed within 90 days of issue. To account for our preparation and our instructor's time, we cannot give refunds or credits if cancelled with less than 24-hours notice or in the event of a no-show.

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Start: 2015-11-21T13:00:00-08:00

End: 2015-11-21T15:00:00-08:00

Tickets

Members 40.0 USD 15

Non-members 50.0 USD 15