SUSTENANCE FESTIVAL 2012 WORKSHOPS @ THE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE

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TICKETS AVAILABLE AT GROUNDEDINVANCOUVER.CA

WEED EATING!

Friday, October 19th, 7pm – 8pm
Tickets $10 each

Location: Roundhouse Community Centre

Join local forager/chef Alexander McNaughton (Umami Consulting/Late Nite Art) for a fascinating and tasty workshop on foraging, growing and harvesting what most people think of as ‘weeds’ that are tasty, nutritious, and edible! Alexander will introduce you to a variety of greens that will open your mind – and your taste buds – to think beyond the supermarket produce aisle and welcome a whole new world of edible delights that will enhance your culinary repertoire.

FONDUE REVISITED & REVAMPED

Saturday, October 20th, 11am – 12pm
Cost: $25

Location: Roundhouse Community Centre

Join Executive Chef Ned Bell (Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver) to learn the secrets of fondue in today’s gourmet foodie scene. Watch, learn and taste 3 different fondues, and leave with recipes and inspiration to dust off your fondue pot and start impressing your friends with fondue nights – revamped!

 CHEESEMAKING 101

Saturday, October 20th, 1pm – 3:30pm
Cost $40

Location: Roundhouse Community Centre

Join David Asher, an organic farmer and farmstead cheesemaker from Mayne Island, as we explore the fascinating realm of cheese. David will demonstrate and explain the techniques for making 3 basic styles of cheese: paneer, yogourt, and camembert, an aged rennet cheese – complete with a cheese-tasting after the demonstrations. Bring your pen and notebooks!

 QUEEN OF GREEN HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS

Sunday, October 21st, 11am – 12pm
Cost: $20

Location: Roundhouse Community Centre

Reduce the toxins in your home. Join Bonita Jo Magee for this hands-on workshop making the 3 most popular green household cleaner recipes from David Suzuki’s Queen of Green Lindsay Coulter: Borax-free liquid laundry soap: all-purpose cleaner spray, and all-purpose cleaner scour. Bring a clean, empty pickle jar and a 500ml yogurt/sourcream container. We’ll give you spray bottles and you’ll leave with 3 labelled containers of cleaners that you’ve made, along with more recipes from David Suzuki’s Queen of Green.

 HEALTHY DESSERTS & DECORATING TIPS

Sunday, October 21st, 1pm – 2:30pm
Cost $25

Location: Roundhouse Community Centre

You can have your cake and your health, too! Join Tricia Sedgwick, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist (The World In A Garden) and Bonita Jo Magee for a fun, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn what makes a healthy dessert,  how to make delicious and nutritious desserts for your family and friends, and fast and easy decorating tips that will impress your guests and make you look like a pro! Take home our goody bag with decorating toys, recipes and a colour print out of beautiful visual ideas!