living kitchen/urban foraging workshops fall 2008

living kitchen/URBANFORAGE
localizing the palate in the landscape

Are you looking for a different taste? Do you like to cook with others? Are you wondering what to do with your cabbage/apples/dandelions? Are you curious about foraging for wild plants?

Living kitchen/URBANFORAGE is a series of foraging and cooking workshops that aims to re-envision our connection to land, ourselves and our communities through the processing and sharing of local and regional foods. In these workshops we use foods that are locally cultivated, as well as foraged in order to foster exploration of our environs and our relationship with what’s growing around us.

Living Kitchen/URBANFORAGE is about direct experience with what’s living and growing around us, new tastes, simple food-making processes, and sharing with others.

Autumn 2008 offerings…

SEPTEMBER 2008

**28th, sunday 2-4pm - by donation** (this does not mean free!)
urbanforage walk washington park - 59th and king drive
**(note: these foraging walks are not “free”. there is always an exchange of energy and while cash is preferred but you could offer a zine you’ve made, a bottle of raw milk or honey, homemade hooch or mole…just a few suggestions to get you thinking creatively.)

OCTOBER 2008

02nd, thursday 6-9pm – $70 ($30 deposit due by Monday, 29th)
raw & wild cider, cyser and mead
pears, apples crabapples and honey! what could be more divine? we will be pressing foraged and cultivated fruit and learning some variations on fermenting. You will go home with two bottles of fermenting beverage of your choice.

**19th, saturday, 9-11am (NEW TIME) - by donation ** (this does not mean free!)
urbanforage walk TBA
**(note: these foraging walks are not “free”. see note about september’s urbanforage walk)


NOVEMBER 2008

05th, wednesday 6-9pm - $60 ($20 mailed deposit due by nov 01st)
wild sourdough and crackers wild starters, bread and cracker making basics
learn different methods of attracting wild yeast and walk home with a loaf of bread and a bag of crackers.


12th, wednesday, 6-10pm - $100 ($40 mailed deposit due nov 12th)
raw milk cheese 2 –mozzarella & feta
renneted cheeses are a whole different ball of milk! we are using local raw milk and to be sire, you will be taking home some of both cheeses.


** price includes all materials, tastings, light meal and take homes **


all classes are for 6-10 participants, and are held at 2446 south sawyer, chicago. 60623
(If more than 10 register, we will move to another location.)


I am also willing to teach any workshop (or a walk) of your choice to a small group of friends or neighbors.
If these fees make these workshops inaccessible to you, I allow 1-2 people to cover some cost of the classes on exchange. TERMS OF EXCHANGE: If you are interested, offer several goods or services for me to choose from. One of these will be selected and exchange must happen within one week of either side of the workshop.

QUESTIONS? Contact: nance nettlesting@yahoo.com, 773.762.0277