Sunday, November 19, 2017 – 11:00am to 1:00pm
City Market Downtown (map)

Join us for a fun morning of cupcake-decorating! We will have house-made, fall-flavored cupcakes and homemade frosting available for kids of all ages. This is a drop-in event, so no need to sign up. We’ll also have coffee and music to enjoy. Feel free to drop in for a few minutes, or stay for the morning.

The entrance for this event will be through the door just to the west of our outdoor café (near the outdoor café trash station).  Look for a sandwich board and volunteer to guide you!

Free/Drop-In

Cooking Oils: How to Choose and Use the Healthiest Oils

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm
City Market Downtown (map)

This class will demystify the complicated world of cooking oils. When are you supposed to use walnut or avocado oil instead of olive oil or canola? What does cold-pressed mean? And what’s the deal with smoke point? We’ll go over the different nutritional profiles of cooking oils, how to select the healthiest oils and when to use them in the kitchen. This class will be taught by Kerri-Ann Jennings, a registered dietitian who has taught nutrition and cooking classes for over 10 years. This class will be presented demonstration-style and will include samples.

$5 City Market Members, $10 non-members

German Holiday Baking

Saturday, December 2, 2017 – 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Brot Bakery and Bakehouse (map)

This event will be a traditional German Advent baking class and tasting, featuring a demo and hands-on instruction on some best known holiday specialties from Germany. In this class, we’ll introduce you to the rich history of German holiday baking. We will start with some history on traditional baking in Europe and how it changed over time. Then you will see a baking demo and – if you like – get your hands in the dough yourself! You will learn the basics of making much loved holiday pastries like Stollen, Lebkuchen, Zimtsterne and more. We will finish the class with a traditional Advents-Kaffeetrinken (the German coffee/tea time during the holiday season with classic baked good). Come and celebrate the holiday season at Brotbakery – an authentic German micro-bakery that celebrates hand-made breads and pastries made with organic ingredients.

*All participants who attend this class will receive a $20 gift certificate to City Market upon their arrival.

$40 Members, $45 Non-Members

Easy Pureed Vegetable Soups

Monday, December 4, 2017 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)

Learn how to make healthy, delicious pureed soups without a recipe. Using loose guidelines (and an abundance of vegetables), you and your classmates will whip up a variety of velvety soups that you’ll then sample. Whether you’re looking for a quick weeknight dinner, or something healthy to offset decadent holiday meals, these soups are the answer. Instructor Kerri-Ann Jennings, MS, RD is a registered dietitian and recipe developer for WebMD and other magazines.

$5 City Market Members, $10 non-members

Cooking with Indian Spices

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)

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. During the class, we will go over benefits of spices and how they aid in our digestion. We will also learn how recipes don’t have to be time consuming to offer health benefits. Akshata Nayak MSACN, MS is a Clinical Nutritionist who practices at Alternative Roots Wellness Center in Essex Junction.

$5 City Market Members, $10 non-members

Make This Your Healthiest Winter Yet: Strategies for Preventing Winter Woes

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – 5:30pm to 7:00pm
City Market, Downtown Store (map)

The winter season can be stressful, and your physical and mental wellness can take the hit. Suzanna Bliss, Med, Mac, DiplAc is a nutritionist and licensed acupuncturist with a wealth of experience in health, medicine, herbalism, wellness, and natural therapies. This workshop is meant to offer holistic and thorough strategies to care for your body and to both address and prevent the unique challenges we face in the cold, from suppressed immune function to slips and falls on the ice.

$5 City Market Members, $10 non-members

Exploring Taste and
Terroir with Jasper Hill

Thursday, December 7, 2017 – 5:30pm to 7:00pm
City Market Community Room, South End Store (map)

Join us for a tasty collaboration between Jasper Hill and City Market in our new Teaching Kitchen in the South End. Leigh Harding from Jasper Hill will lead this tasting workshop and provide a behind the scenes look into their award-winning cheeses. We will explore the art and science of cheese making while getting an inside look into the history of this iconic Vermont business. Leigh will lead a guided tasting of cheeses aged in the famous Cellars at Jasper Hill leaving participants with a newly trained palette and understanding of “taste of place.”

*All participants will leave with a complimentary piece of Jasper Hill cheese.

$5 City Market Members, $10 non-members

Edible Gifts in Jars

Sunday, December 10, 2017 – 10:30am to 12:30pm
Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)

Hand-making gifts is economical and adds a thoughtful, personal touch. Join us for a make-it-and-take-it activity, where you will not only learn how to make some of these delicious and tasty edible treats, but will also get started on making them all! (All materials are included in the workshop). Together, we will make items like limoncello, kahlua, beautifully dipped pretzel rods, cookie mix, and mulled spices. Participants will have the option of choosing 3 recipes to make and take home.

$10 City Market Members, $15 Non-Members

Herbal Consultations

Monday, December 11, 2017 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm
VCIH at Burlington Herb Clinic (map)

Have you ever been interested in using herbs to improve your health? Join the clinical interns from Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism (VCIH) for a personalized, confidential consultation, and leave with valuable information tailored to suit your specific needs. Students are supervised by professional herbalists and have already completed over 1000 hours of training. VCIH offers consultations and herbs using a sliding-scale and gift model–this means you only pay what you can, when you can. All sessions are held on the second Monday of the month at Burlington Herb Clinic and last two hours. By appointment only. Contact VCIH at info@vtherbcenter.org or 802-244-7100.

Sliding Scale

Pennywise Pantry

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
City Market, Downtown Store 

With this interactive and hands-on tour, participants will learn how to shop for affordable, fresh, long-lasting, and nutritious foods at City Market. We will begin by exploring the Produce and Bulk departments, learning a simple method for finding the best value on fruits, vegetables, grains, and beans by paying attention to the price per pound. Then we will enter the Grocery aisles and Perishables coolers, to learn to become savvy label readers as we shop for nourishing, long-lasting foods that contain 5 ingredients or fewer. No matter what kind of diet you follow, these pennywise tools will help you stock your kitchen with a variety of healthy, local, and even organic foods and develop a better understanding of Co-op sales.

If the date and time above doesn’t work for your schedule, or if you would feel more comfortable with a one-on-one individualized tour, please contact our Outreach and Education Coordinator, Meredith Knowles, at mknowles@citymarket.coop or 802-861-9757.

Free

A Mosaic of Flavor: Chamorro
Chicken and Vegetable Escabeche

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)

This monthly series is a collaboration with the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. The Chamorro people are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, which includes Guam. Local Chamorros Maria Garrido and Ita Meno will teach participants how to make Chicken Kelaguen and Vegetable Escabeche as part of a traditional Chamorro meal. Chamorro cuisine is heavily influenced by the Pacific trade routes, Spanish and Portuguese exploration in the 16th Century, and the island’s status as an American territory after the Spanish-American war. Many dishes are adaptations of ones found in traditional Spanish, Mediterranean, Asian and American cuisines. The chosen dishes reflect the tradition of preserving foods using acidic ingredients, such as citrus juice and vinegar. Chicken Kelaguen is a spicy cold salad that is marinated in citrus and coconut milk. Escabeche is a dish adapted from the original Spanish dish where local seasonal vegetables such as bok choy, long beans, opo squash and Chinese eggplant are cooked in a mixture of spices and vinegar.

$5 City Market Members, $10 non-members

UVM Winter Farmers’ Market:
Holiday Room Sprays

Saturday, December 16, 2017 – 10:00am to 2:00pm
UVM Davis Center (map)

The Burlington Farmers’ Market goes indoors from November through April and features seasonal meats, produce, and handmade crafts from dozens of local producers. Once a month, stop by our activity table for fun, hands-on activities for all ages. Our December activity is all about aromatherapy!

Free

Drop-In Holiday Cookie Decorating

Sunday, December 17, 2017 – 10:00am to 1:00pm
Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)

Join us for a fun morning of cookie-decorating! We will have winter-themed sugar cookies and homemade frosting available for kids of all ages. This is a drop-in event, so no need to sign up. We’ll also have coffee and music to enjoy. Feel free to drop in for a few minutes, or stay for the morning.

Free/Drop-In

Bolstering Your Immunity
for Winter

Tuesday, December 19, 2017 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm
City Market, Downtown Store (map)

Cold and flu season is upon us! The winter season can be stressful, and your immune system can take the hit. In this class, Eric will talk about some immune-boosting foods and herbs we can use to bolster our immune systems. He will also talk about the links between our immune systems and chronic inflammation, and how broader dietary adjustments can reduce inflammation and not only support our immune health, but reduce the risk of many other illnesses believed to arise due to chronic inflammation. Eric will share samples of home-brewed fire cider, and perhaps a few other goodies.

$5 City Market Members, $10 non-members

Conscious Kitchen:
Nourishing Bone Broth

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)

Join Candace from Conscious Kitchen for our series on ancestral food practices focused on integrating nourishing traditional cooking into your life by making it accessible, affordable and fun. The benefits to bone broth are plentiful; from lived full-circle eating practices to supporting the body’s mobility and strength, regenerative capabilities, immunity and overall nourishment.  Broths are versatile in use beyond soups and stews and they are affordable and able to be stored for long periods. In this workshop we will learn the difference between a stock and broth, tips and tricks to getting what you need to make a broth and store it on a budget. This workshop will focus on a live demonstration, tastings and take home recipes.

$5 City Market Members, $10 non-members

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