Trocadéro Wine School presents the French Wine Scholar Study and Certification program. The eight-class course provides current, accurate and in-depth information on the wines and all wine regions of France. This is an advanced class and intended for students with prior wine knowledge.
Intuitive Cooking Experience: Farm-to-Table Cooking Class
Want to learn how to cook with different farmer-fresh organic ingredients? Do you receive your produce from your CSA or the farmers’ market and are puzzled on how to cook with them?
Learn how to cook produce from your CSA or farmers’ market with simple culinary techniques and the skill of intuitive cooking led by Melanie Albert, Intuitive Cooking Expert and author of A New View of Healthy Eating.
Join The Farm at South Mountain and Melanie Albert of Experience Nutrition for a unique, hands-on cooking opportunity to create delicious dishes with simple culinary skills and fresh, in-season organic ingredients.
During the experience you’ll learn culinary skills and dishes from Melanie’s book, A New View of Healthy Eating. We will create a unique Asian salad with ginger dressing, seasonal hummus with fresh herbs, and veggie stir-fry with lots of greens. Once you intuitively create your dishes, you’ll enjoy mindfully eating your beautiful creations with community in the beauty of The Farm.
Meet the Chef!
Melanie A. Albert, intuitive cooking expert, author, and speaker, is Founder and CEO of Experience Nutrition Group, LLC, in Phoenix, Arizona and author of “A New View of Healthy Eating, Simple Intuitive Cooking with Real Whole Foods.” Melanie has been active in wellness, integrative medicine, and nutrition for over 15 years. She is a 2007 graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City, 2001 Integrative Medicine Fellow and 2003 Intuition Fellow of the Kaiser Institute, former marketing consultant for Weil Lifestyle, LLC / Andrew Weil, MD, current Holistic Nutrition instructor of Whole Foods Cooking and Conscious Eating at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, in Tempe, Arizona, and 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher. She received culinary training with the Rouxbe Cooking School Plant-Based Professional Cooking Certification. Experience Nutrition was an Official Health & Wellness Partner of the NFL Alumni Association in 2011. You can always find Melanie shopping at farmers’ markets, experimenting in the kitchen, or practicing yoga. Learn more at http://www.EXPNutrition.com
FAQs
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
All ages welcome, although the agenda is geared for adults.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The Farm has parking at the end of the lane or across 32nd street.
What can/can’t I bring to the event?
Please wear shoes for walking and sunscreen if you need.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please email classes (@) thefarmatsouthmountain.com with any questions.
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Tickets are non-refundable. Please email classes (@) thefarmatsouthmountain.com to discuss transfers.
Kids Cooking Class at The Farm
Sat, February 25, 2017
11:30am- 12:30pm
$25 per person+tax
Hands-on cooking class, just for kids. Fun cooking experience with Intuitive Cooking Expert and Author, Melanie Albert, at The Farm at South Mountain.
During the class, kids will enjoy making their own culinary creations with their favorite local, in-season farmers’ market veggies and fruit. The kids will learn how to make a salad by massaging kale and spiralizing veggies. They will have fun decorating their own plates and enjoy eating with new friends in the beauty of The Farm.
Meet the Chef!
Melanie A. Albert, intuitive cooking expert, author, and speaker, is Founder and CEO of Experience Nutrition Group, LLC, in Phoenix, Arizona and author of “A New View of Healthy Eating, Simple Intuitive Cooking with Real Whole Foods.” Melanie has been active in wellness, integrative medicine, and nutrition for over 15 years.
Melanie loves inspiring kids to enjoy food and has led hands-on cooking experiences with youth organizations since 2010 including The First Tee, Future for Kids non-profit, NBA Phoenix Suns / Mercury Kids Camps for 4,700 kids, Arizona Youth Sports Day, and The First Tee Western Region Meeting on Childhood Obesity.
Learn more at http://www.EXPNutrition.com
FAQs
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
All ages welcome, although the agenda is geared for adults.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The Farm has parking at the end of the lane or across 32nd street.
What can/can’t I bring to the event?
Please wear shoes for walking and sunscreen if you need.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please email classes (@) thefarmatsouthmountain.com with any questions.
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Tickets are non-refundable. Please email classes (@) thefarmatsouthmountain.com to discuss transfers.
Spring Intuitive Cooking Experience
Sun, March 19, 2017
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
$45 per person +tax
Spring Intuitive Cooking Experience
Want to learn how to cook with various farmer-fresh organic ingredients? Do you receive your produce from your CSA or the farmers’ market and are puzzled on how to cook with them?
Learn how to cook a variety of Spring produce from your CSA or farmers’ market with simple culinary techniques and the skill of intuitive cooking led by Melanie Albert, Intuitive Cooking Expert and author of A New View of Healthy Eating.
Join The Farm at South Mountain and Melanie Albert of Experience Nutrition for a unique, hands-on cooking opportunity to create delicious dishes with simple culinary skills and fresh, in-season organic ingredients.
During the experience you’ll learn culinary skills and dishes from Melanie’s book, A New View of Healthy Eating. We will create a unique, beautiful heirloom tomato gazpacho, veggie salad with fresh herb dressing, and bamboo steamer root veggies. Once you intuitively create your dishes, you’ll enjoy mindfully eating your beautiful creations with community in the beauty of The Farm.
Meet the Chef!
Melanie A. Albert, intuitive cooking expert, author, and speaker, is Founder and CEO of Experience Nutrition Group, LLC, in Phoenix, Arizona and author of “A New View of Healthy Eating, Simple Intuitive Cooking with Real Whole Foods.” Melanie has been active in wellness, integrative medicine, and nutrition for over 15 years. She is a 2007 graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City, 2001 Integrative Medicine Fellow and 2003 Intuition Fellow of the Kaiser Institute, former marketing consultant for Weil Lifestyle, LLC / Andrew Weil, MD, current Holistic Nutrition instructor of Whole Foods Cooking and Conscious Eating at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, in Tempe, Arizona, and 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher. She received culinary training with the Rouxbe Cooking School Plant-Based Professional Cooking Certification. Experience Nutrition was an Official Health & Wellness Partner of the NFL Alumni Association in 2011. You can always find Melanie shopping at farmers’ markets, experimenting in the kitchen, or practicing yoga. Learn more at http://www.EXPNutrition.com
FAQs
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
All ages welcome, although the agenda is geared for adults.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The Farm has parking at the end of the lane or across 32nd street.
What can/can’t I bring to the event?
Please wear shoes for walking and sunscreen if you need.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please email classes (@) thefarmatsouthmountain.com with any questions.
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Tickets are non-refundable. Please email classes (@) thefarmatsouthmountain.com to discuss transfers.
The Art of Cooking with Lavender Class
Come enjoy the flavor, fragrance, and fun of cooking with culinary lavender with award-winning cookbook author, Nancy Baggett. She’ll show you how to make lavender sugar and harvest your own culinary lavender buds to take home. She will also demonstrate several recipes, and let you taste samples from her brand new cookbook, The Art of Cooking with Lavender. Finally, you’ll depart with a personal copy of her inspiring, beautifully photographed lavender book to further explore the tempting art of cooking with lavender at home.
Bio:
Nancy Baggett is an award-winning cookbook author, food journalist, hobbyist gardener, and food photographer with nearly twenty books and hundreds of articles to her credit. Her cookbooks include The International Chocolate Cookbook, an International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Best Baking Book winner, and her very popular The All American Cookie Book, which was both a James Beard Foundation and IACP cookbook award nominee. Her articles have appeared in numerous well-known publications, including Better Homes and Gardens, Country Gardens, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Eating Well, and The Washington Post. She also has dozens of stories, photos, recipes, and cooking videos on her website, http://www.kitchenlane.com, and lots of lavender-related information, resources, and photography on her all-lavender website, http://www.nancyslavenderplace.com She has guested on numerous radio and television shows around the country, including NPR’s “All Things Considered-Weekend,” and “Good Morning America.”
Sun, January 29, 2017
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
$35
FAQs
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
All ages welcome, although the agenda is geared for adults.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The Farm has parking at the end of the lane or across 32nd street.
What can/can’t I bring to the event?
Please wear shoes for walking and sunscreen if you need.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please email classes (@) thefarmatsouthmountain.com with any questions.
Is my registration/ticket transferable?
Tickets are non-refundable. Please email classes (@) thefarmatsouthmountain.com to discuss transfers.
https://www.thefarmatsouthmountain.com/event/art-cooking-lavender/
From Scratch Cake Workshop
Patty cake, patty cake baker’s man…..well you know the rest! In this workshop, each participant will bake, fill and frost a chocolate cake from scratch. Basic piping techniques will be covered and each participant will leave the workshop with a moist, flavorful cake they created. Proper kitchen attire is required which includes: close toed shoes, long pants and long or short sleeve shirt. Please restrain hair while in the kitchen.
$29 each or 2 for $49
For details, link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-scratch-cake-workshop-tickets-30276479766
Pizza for Beginners
Learn to make delicious pizzas at home from a professional chef. This 2 hour hands-on workshop will cover all of the basics of making a great pizza including making and proofing dough, making sauce, how to properly stretch a pizza, loading a pizza into the oven and a pizza toppings discussion. Enjoy slices of pizza for dinner towards the end of the workshop. Proper kitchen attire is required which includes: close toed shoes, long pants and long or short sleeve shirt. Please restrain hair while in the kitchen.
$25 each or 2 for $40
For details, link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pizza-for-beginners-tickets-30329591625
Basic Knife Cuts for Beginners
This class is designed for the beginner and those looking to improve their knife skills. Demystify terms such as dice, brunoise, julienne and mince. Learn pointers for sharpening your knives and keeping them sharp. You’ll then take everything you honed your skills cutting and whip together a few evening snacks! Proper kitchen attire is required which includes: close toed shoes, long pants and long or short sleeve shirt. Please restrain hair while in the kitchen.
$18 each or 2 for $30
For details, link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/basic-knife-cuts-for-beginners-tickets-30330308770
Flavors at The Farm Cooking Class
DESCRIPTION
Join The Farm at South Mountain and Culinary Wellness Coach Candy Lesher for a one of a kind, hands-on cooking class to create a delicious dishes with simple culinary skills and fresh, organic ingredients.
During the class you’ll learn the fresh, healthy techniques of Black Rice Bahn Mi Bowl – made from antioxidant-rich black rice topped with thin slivers of slow-cooked pork, crisp-pickled vegetables, shredded cabbage, mint and cilantro, then drizzled with a tart/sweet Nuoc cham sauce. For dessert, learn how simple (and simply delicious) a traditional coconut custard can be! (Note – a vegetarian version of the Bahn Mi Bowl made with pickled egg will also be demonstrated!)
Once the class has create these dishes, you’ll enjoy eating at a community table while enjoying the surroundings of The Farm.
Come cook with us at The Farm at South Mountain! Limited Tickets available get yours quickly as they may run out!
Price: $35 per person
About the Chef!
Chef, instructor, restaurateur, editor-in-chief of a food-focused magazine, Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame inductee, and producer/host of her own Telly-award-winning television show – are all part of Candy Lesher’s solid culinary background. A cancer survivor, she became a passionate advocate of nutritional wellness in the home kitchen; as a Culinary Wellness Coach she now helps clients transition to viable, healthier lifestyles by developing both their culinary skills and nutritional mindfulness.
FAQs
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The Farm at South Mountain has plenty of parking. Our main lot is across from The Farm on 32nd St.
What can/can’t I bring to the event?
Please bring sunscreen and walking shoes as The Farm is an outdoor space.
What is the refund policy?
Refunds are not available as supplies will be purchased depending on number of tickets sold.