The Art and Science of Kombucha
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 – 5:30pm to 7:00pm
City Market, Downtown Store (map)
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. Note: this class will only go over the first or primary fermentation process. This class will be led by Suzanna Bliss, Licensed Acupuncturist, Nutritionist, Educator, and Director of Bliss Healing Acupuncture in Montpelier.
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
Crop Mob at the
Intervale Community Farm
Saturday, October 19, 2019 – 9:00am to 12:00pm
Intervale Community Farm (map)
Join us for a volunteer work party at Intervale Community Farm with Andy and his crew down in Burlington’s Intervale. ICF is a member-owned, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm that has been in operation since 1990, serving the Burlington community through their summer and winter shares.
Come get your hands dirty and celebrate the fall harvest. Light snacks will be provided. Please come prepared with appropriate layers, sturdy shoes, work gloves, and water. City Market Member Workers can earn hours for their time.
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Free
Mindful Eating Workshop
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Community Room, South End Store (map)
Join us for an interactive and engaging discussion about mindful eating. You’ll learn what mindful eating is, how it can support your health and well-being, and strategies for incorporating more mindfulness into your current eating routine. We’ll wrap up our time together with a tasty, full-sensory, mindful eating exercise (and don’t worry, it’s not a raisin).
About the Instructor: Dana Notte MS, RD, CD
Dana is an experienced non-diet registered dietitian, nutrition educator, and mindful eating expert committed to helping people heal their relationship to food, body, and self. She is the owner of ThrivInspired Nutrition, a Burlington-based nutrition counseling practice that specializes in working with individuals who experience eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, and emotional eating through mindfulness and intuitive eating based interventions. In addition to her private practice Dana also sits on the board of directors for The Center for Mindful Eating and teaches at the University of Vermont.
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
Drop In: Healthy Halloween
Snacks for Kids
Thursday, October 31, 2019 – 9:30am to 11:30am
Community Room, South End Store (map)
Join us for a fun morning of making healthy Halloween-themed snacks! We will make pretzel & cheese broomsticks, clementine “pumpkins”, and fruit monster faces. 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
Intro to Veggie Fermentation
with Sobremesa
Monday, November 4, 2019 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Community Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)
In this class, we will learn about the time-honored tradition of fermentation to preserve vegetables as well as the benefits of consuming nutrient-dense raw fermented foods. This will be a fun and casual evening of preparing veggie ferments, from traditional sauerkraut to variations on the traditional stuff, using seasonal veggies. All participants will go home with their own prepared jar of kraut and a wealth of knowledge about this fascinating form of food preservation. You will also receive a recipe card for sauerkraut.
About the instructors: Jason and Caitlin Elberson own Sobremesa, which they founded in 2014. They make a diverse line of flavorful kimchis and krauts using organic Vermont grown vegetables, as well as produce micro-batches of bubbly kombucha. They are passionate food preservers and are excited to share their knowledge with fellow City Market shoppers. When they’re not fermenting, Jason and Caitlin enjoy working on their Charlotte homestead with their two year old son and tending to their Icelandic sheep and flock of laying hens.
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
Neapolitan Pizza: Origins, Culture
and Baking Techniques
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Community Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)
Join us on a culinary journey to 18th century Naples as we learn about the birthplace of pizza, the craftsmanship of the pizzaio (the expert pizza-maker), and the unique geographical and environmental conditions that make the Campania region of Italy world-renown for its pizza. The class will cover the origin, culture and customs surrounding pizza-making (and eating!) in Italy. We will explain the rules set by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana for a “True Neapolitan Pizza.” We will learn techniques for preparing Neapolitan-style dough, including flour types and high-temperature baking methods. We will demo how to make a tomato sauce that concentrates peak tomato flavor and we will discuss cheese selection and application of traditional pizza toppings. Learn about the ancient art of pizza making, with recipes you can prepare in a home kitchen. Instructor Anna Mays is an anthropologist who enjoys teaching about world culinary traditions, agricultural practices and the intersection between food, diet, culture and well-being. Anna trained at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School and apprenticed with pizza makers in Naples.
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
A Filipino Feast:
Lumpia (Egg Rolls)
Thursday, November 7, 2019 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Community Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)
Join us for a Filipino feast! In this class we will learn how to make Lumpia (also known as egg rolls). Lumpia is a traditional snack commonly found in the Philippines and Indonesia. These rolls can be made with a variety of fillings, but in this class we will make two different kinds of Lumpia: seasoned ground pork and a vegetable mix. This class will be taught by Maria Garrido. Maria was born and raised in Florida in a Chamorro and Filipino household. After living in Louisiana and San Francisco, she moved to Vermont in 2005 to attend the New England Culinary Institute (NECI) and was most recently at the Burlington School Food Project.
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
Winter Farmers’ Market:
Pre-Thanksgiving Fun!
Saturday, November 9, 2019 – 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. In November, swing by our table to pre-order your Thanksgiving turkey and sample some tasty sides that the whole family will enjoy!
Free
Taste of Eritrea: Key Wat,
Gomen and Yemesir Wat
Monday, November 11, 2019 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Community Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)
Join us for an evening of Eritrean cooking! Together, we will be making three dishes popular in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Together, we will make a beef stew called Key Wat, spiced generously with berbere. Then we will make two vegetarian dishes, Gomen, a kale and tomato dish also made with onion, tomato, garlic and fresh ginger and Yemisir Wat (spicy lentils), a popular dish in Eritrea and Ethiopia made up of lentils, cooked with tomatoes, ginger and garlic. We will also have injera, a fermented flatbread made from teff and barley flours. This class will be taught by Mulu Tewelde, who came to Vermont from Eritrea in 2006 and enjoys sharing her knowledge and love of Eritrean and Ethiopian cooking. Together with her friend Alganesh Michael, Mulu cooks for Ethiopian Night at ArtsRiot once a month and caters for private events.
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
Cheese 101: The Fundamentals
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 – 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Community Room, South End Store (map)
How would you like to snack on some cheese while you learn about it? In Cheese 101, we will explore the different major styles of cheese, what makes them unique, how they are made and where they originated from. Some of the styles of cheese we will talk about include Alpine, milled curd, bloomy rind, lactic curd, wash rind, natural rind, pasta filata, washed curd and a few others.
About the Instructor: In 2007 Vito Forte started making cheese on his kitchen stove as a hobby. Over time, he has been lucky to have had cheese bring him to creameries and farms all over America and Europe in the pursuit of knowledge. Currently, Vito works as the Cheese & Bakery Buyer at the South End City Market!
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
A Mosaic of Flavor:
Hearty Sudanese Gayima
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Community Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)
This monthly series is a collaboration with the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants in Vermont (USCRI). Together we will make a traditional Sudanese meat stew called Gayima. Gayima is a dish consisting of ground meat, potatoes, onions, carrots, peats, tomato paste, garlic and ground cinnamon sticks. Samya Elzareif, the instructor was born in Sudan and came to the U.S. three years ago. She has been cooking since she was a little girl and is well known for her mastery in cooking the dishes she learned from her mother and father. Samaya is also famous for her intricate henna paintings.
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
Southern Comfort:
Chicken and Biscuits
Thursday, November 14, 2019 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Community Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map)
Nectar’s Co-owner and private chef, Jason Gelrud, welcomes you to a class on Southern style chicken and biscuits—the ultimate comfort food! Learn how to make creamy, scratch-made chicken soup and light and airy buttermilk biscuits! You will learn about stock, mirepoix, biscuit dough troubleshooting, as well as a few other culinary techniques! At the end of the class, students will be able to sit together and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
$10 City Market Members, $25 Non-Members
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