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Come join us for a fun night of chocolate making. In this course we will use a variety of different types of candy molds to make professional looking chocolates. You will learn how to make solid chocolates using milk and dark chocolate, and also how to make yummy filled chocolates with caramel and peanut butter. We will end the class by using a variety of decorative boxes, bags and foil wrappers to package up our chocolates. Each participant will leave with a variety of two dozen handmade chocolates. Please let us know during registration if you prefer milk or dark chocolate, or both. For students aged 13 and older. Children aged 8 and up are welcome to join with an adult caregiver who is also registered.

The exquisite éclair. The classic profiterole. The addictive gougère. All of these famous French snacks have something in common; they’re made from choux pastry. The strange, gummy dough resulting from water, flour and eggs mixed together and cooked twice creates a wonderfully airy and crunchy casing begging to be filled with chocolate, pastry cream, cheese or anything the heart desires. These wonders of the pastry art can seem as daunting as building a croquembouche, but with practice and the right technique, delicious crunchy treats are only an oven away. Learn how to perfect your choux dough and assemble classic pastries, how to use craquelin to make your creations even crunchier, and practice famous fillings such as crème légèar, beurre au chocolate, and of course cheese. Join us for an evening of choux pastry delight and bring home the joys of a French Patisserie to your own home kitchen. This is a participatory cooking class. A small group of 3-4 students will work together at each cooking station to complete the recipes on the night's menu.

Ruah Swennerfelt, a homesteader and sourdough lover will share about the magic of sourdough in this two-part course. Sourdough becomes your yeast for bread, and so much more. Dream of wild yeasts living all around you! You'll go away with starter, recipes for bread and more, and the hands-on knowledge to create sourdough baked goods at home. On the first night you will get your starter going, taste some artisan sourdough bread baked earlier that day, and see the dough in action, readying for a loaf to be baked the next day. Walk away with a recipe for how to make your own starter, how to take care of it, keep it alive and play with it. Take home a bread recipe to try. We’ll look at various resources and items to have in your kitchen to make sourdough successfully at home. Between classes you'll have some homework: keep your own starter alive using Ruah's expert tips and the instructions provided. In the second class you'll bring your starter and make some yummy baked goods like coffee cake, cookies, and more. You will need a digital kitchen scale for feeding your starter; if you don't already own one, please plan to purchase one ahead of the first class (similar to this). This is a participatory class. While each student will make their own starter on the first night, a small group of 3-4 students will work together at each cooking station to complete the baking recipes on the second night. "I cannot recommend this workshop enough! Ruah completely took away all my fears about working with a starter. I finally feel confident and excited to care for my starter at home. We learned not only how to nurture our starters but also how to get creative with the discard in delicious recipes. Ruah's vast experience and approachable teaching style made the class enjoyable and easy to follow, regardless of our varying skill levels. It was such a positive and inspiring experience that I would absolutely take this class again and invite my friends to join me. It's a must for anyone interested in baking!" CF This class is generously sponsored by City Market: