Miriam from Miriam's pierogis will be showing us how to make fresh pierogis at home from scratch. We will learn how to make the dough, filling, and how to cook them. Perfect food for this cold weather.

It's meat month!! This January we will be showing you useful skills pertaining to using a whole pig. We will kick this month off with a butchering demo showing you how to break down a whole pig into popular cuts and sneak in some useful knife skill lessons as well. This is a lesson you …

Pig butchering demo Read More »

Learn how to grind your own meat in the correct ratio of fat to flesh, season it, select casings, soak them, and stuff your own sausage! This is part of meat month and we will be using fresh, Ohio pork for this demo.

Learn how to brine, smoke, and age a pig belly to turn it into bacon. As always we will be using fresh local pork for this demo.

We are kicking off fermentation in February with a kombucha demo so you can make this ancient probiotic drink at home. Called the elixir of life in some cultures, kombucha is a delicious fermented beverage that does wonders for gut health. It is easy and inexpensive to make, and when you make it at home …

Kombucha Demo Read More »

Learn how to make this European staple the old-fashioned way! Sauerkraut is a healthy probiotic that is great raw or cooked. We will learn how to make it and will discuss recipes and ways to incorporate sauerkraut into more meals. Homemade sauerkraut has a complex flavour that is very different from the acidity of store-bought …

Sauerkraut demo Read More »

Learn how to turn fruit scraps into vinegar! This is a great way to use all the apple cores, or pineapple rinds, or strawberry tops for something useful before they go into the compost. In this class, you will learn how to make delicious, unusual vinegar that can be used in dressings, marinades, cocktails in …

Vinegar demo Read More »

Learn how to make your own Sake at home! This delicious probiotic beverage is a favorite at parties. Impress your friends and create a truly delicious drink. Sake develops seriously complex flavors and tastes fruity, floral, and sweet. It is astonishing that koji can create all those flavors from simple rice! Learn how to ferment …

Sake demo Read More »