November
Thurs Nov 5
Festive Fruit Preservation Class with Happy Girl Kitchen
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Learn how to preserve apples and pears, just in time for the festive season. Learn how to make wonderful gifts and delicious treats for those special occasions. Jordan Champagne and Lauren Jones of Happy Girl Kitchen will teach you how to transform apples into chutney and preserve pears in honey syrup. Surprise everyone with homemade treats this season! The class is located in CUESA's Dacor teaching kitchen. Cost: $55
Sat Nov 7
Olive-O-Rama
10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Olive Booth
Join us for a tasting to compare and contrast several varieties of oil from Bariani and Sciabica & Sons, including newly pressed Fall Harvest oils. Learn about how olive oil is graded (what does extra-virgin mean, anyway?) and how characteristics such as bitter vs. fruity lend themselves to cooking. Take away handouts with tips on growing your own olive tree and curing raw olives.
11:00 am
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration David Bazirgan, Chez Papa Resto
11:45 am
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration James Stolich, CookWithJames
Tues Nov 10
Food Wise Booth
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Guest Chef Amy Fothergill, The Family Chef will be preparing an easy meal using market ingredeints. Samples and recipe cards will be available.
Thurs Nov 12
Pasta (gnocchi!) & Pesto Workshop
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The class will be broken into two groups, with each group taking a turn at making pesto and gnocchi. Recipes will utilize seasonal ingredients: the gnocchi class will focus on handmade potato and pumpkin gnocchi, while the pesto class will create a sage and roasted garlic pesto (a great match to the pumpkin gnocchi!) as well as a cilantro and pistachio pesto. Everyone will learn both gnocchi and pesto making, and participants will go home with a starter kit including recipes, samples of their creations (unless it's eaten in class...), and dough to freeze for future gnocchi-making
The class is located in CUESA's Dacor teaching kitchen. Cost: $45
Sat Nov 14
Market to Table
11:00 am
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing Laura Werlin, author of Great Grilled Cheese
Thurs Nov 19
Market to Table
12:00 pm
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing Lucinda Scala Quinn, host of the PBS show Everyday Food and author of Mad Hungry
Sat Nov 21
Market to Table
11:00 am
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration Chris Borges, Taste Catering
11:45 am
Thanksgiving Cooking Demonstartion
Marc Vogel, chef and author of The Perfect Holiday Meal
Thursday Nov 26
The Thursday market is CLOSED for Thanksgiving
December
Wed Dec 2
Winter Farmers' Market Cocktail Night
details TBA
Sat Dec 5
Brassica Festival
Brassica activities to be anounced
11:00 am
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing Ivy Manning, author of The Adaptable Feast: Satisfying Meals for the Vegetarians, Vegans, and Omnivores at Your Table
11:45 am
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration Amy Wisniewski and Christine Gallary, CHOW.com
Sat Dec 12
Market to Table
10:00 am
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration Peter McNeee, Poggio with farmer Martin Bournhonesque
11:00 am
Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing Georgeanne Brennan, author of Gather: Memorable Menus for Entertaining Throughout the Seasons
Thurs Dec 24
The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is OPEN for Christmas Eve
Sat Dec 26
The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is CLOSED for Boxing Day
January
Culnary education programs will resume February 6th.