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Nov
29
Wed
Easy recipes on a budget with Open Table @ Kathleen Syme Library
Nov 29 @ 16:00 – 17:00

Learn ways to better manage your grocery bills and make some healthy, easy meals. Facilitated by Open Table.

Nov
30
Thu
Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Nov 30 @ 18:30 – 21:00

This is a hands-on cooking experience teaching you how to make dumplings from scratch. Sit and eat together at the end with a glass of sparkling wine. The ingredients for the various dumplings will include a wide range of spices, seasonings, vegetables, meats and seafood.

La cucina della Puglia @ La Cucina di Sandra
Nov 30 @ 18:30 – 22:30

What you will learn:

  • Discover fish, pulses and greens cooked in a way you have never tasted before.
  • Learn about one of the most interesting and diverse cuisine in Italy.

What you will get:

  • A three-course meal with a complimentary glass of wine, plus finger food before the meal.
  • A full set of recipes for all dishes.
Kombucha brewing workshop @ The Good Brew Company
Nov 30 @ 19:00 – 23:00

Learn how to brew your own kombucha. Plus, receive your own kombucha SCOBY starter kit to create your own brew.

Dec
1
Fri
Rosa’s cooking class @ Private address
Dec 1 @ 10:15 – 15:00
Buche de noel workshop @ Living And Learning @ Ajani
Dec 1 @ 18:00 – 21:00

Tish will show you how to make buche de noel (Christmas log). You will be making your own buche de noel to take home and it can be kept in the freezer until Christmas.

Take an apron and a container.

Organised by Living And Learning @ Ajani.

Japanese cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Dec 1 @ 18:30 – 21:30

This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Japanese cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.

The menu in odd numbered months: sushi rolls; miso soup; tempura (mixed fried vegetables, prawn and soba noodles); and seaweed salad).

The menu in even numbered months: fish with citrus soy sauce; ramen (noodles); seafood stock; fried chicken; and fried and marinated eggplant.

Kombucha, jun, water kefir, wild mead and beet kvass @ The Fermentary
Dec 1 @ 18:30 – 20:30

Make four easy summer drinks. You will go home with 3 large jars full to be nurtured and ferment at home in your own kitchen of mead, beet kvass, kombucha and water kefir with the SCOBY – and a bottle of second fermenting water kefir that will be ready the next day.

Dec
2
Sat
Authentic Mexican @ CERES
Dec 2 @ 10:00 – 15:00

What you will learn: Mexican cuisine; improve your culinary skills; and work with seasonal ingredients.

Presenter: Matt Baker from Whe-Eat.

Menu: blackened chicken thighs with quinoa; Mexican corn on the cob; Mexican white bait fritters tortillas with salsa crude; cactus and tomatillos salsa; crispy pulled pork carnitas; and dark chocolate mole.

Baking for Christmas @ Japara Neighbourhood House
Dec 2 @ 10:00 – 14:00

Bake your own pressies for Christmas this year. Take an apron and reusable container to take your goodies home.

Organised by Japara Living & Learning Centre.

Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Dec 2 @ 10:00 – 12:30

This is a hands-on cooking experience teaching you how to make dumplings from scratch. Sit and eat together at the end with a glass of sparkling wine. The ingredients for the various dumplings will include a wide range of spices, seasonings, vegetables, meats and seafood.

Sourdough breadmaking @ Living And Learning @ Ajani
Dec 2 @ 10:00 – 12:30

Learn all the steps to make your own sourdough at home with this simple recipe. You will take home a sourdough starter and some dough to bake. Take a 2 litre container with a lid and an apron.

Organised by Living And Learning @ Ajani.

Wild fermentation class and edible forest tour @ Edible Forest Yarra Valley Estate
Dec 2 @ 10:00 – 13:00

Louise Ward will lead you through the techniques of wild fermentation and the importance of incorporating good gut health into your diet. You will sample and learn how to make fermented foods such as pickling, exploring the art of fermenting your own vegetables, and how to easily introduce these and other fermented foods such as miso into your diet for better gut health. After the class, enjoy a guided tour of the Edible Forest.

Please take 3 washed jars to take you made items home, 1 litre jars being ideal.

Rosa’s cooking class @ Private address
Dec 2 @ 10:15 – 15:00
Mexican cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Dec 2 @ 14:00 – 17:00

This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Mexican cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.

The menu: tacos de guisado (stewed beef); tortillas; salsa rojo + salsa verde (roasted tomato and tomatillo sauces); ceviche con tostadas (lightly cured seasonal fish); and sopa de tortilla (tortilla soup).

Dec
3
Sun
Beginners bread making @ Abbotsford Convent
Dec 3 @ 08:00 – 14:00

What you will learn:

  • Experimenting with bread.
  • The bread baking process with each step explained.
  • How to replicate the process at home.

What you will get:

  • 1 kilo of organic flour to take home.
  • Pizza for lunch, which you make, eat and take home.
  • An embroidered apron made from 100% Fairtrade cotton.
Become a junior chocolatier @ Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
Dec 3 @ 09:00 – 09:45

In a 45 minute ‘parent-free zone’, children aged 6–12 years can learn from their chocolatiers how to make their very own chocolate creations. Includes personalised badge, chef’s hat and apron, graduation certificate plus take home three chocolate creations to enjoy.

Sourdough bread baking @ CERES
Dec 3 @ 09:00 – 17:00

What you will learn: how to make your own bread; how to make your own handmade pizzas; and more about sourdough.

What you will get: handmade pizzas for lunch; your own bread to take home and some leaven; and recipes.

Presenter: Ken Hercott.

Become a junior chocolatier @ Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
Dec 3 @ 10:00 – 10:45

In a 45 minute ‘parent-free zone’, children aged 6–12 years can learn from their chocolatiers how to make their very own chocolate creations. Includes personalised badge, chef’s hat and apron, graduation certificate plus take home three chocolate creations to enjoy.

Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Dec 3 @ 10:00 – 12:30

This is a hands-on cooking experience teaching you how to make dumplings from scratch. Sit and eat together at the end with a glass of sparkling wine. The ingredients for the various dumplings will include a wide range of spices, seasonings, vegetables, meats and seafood.

Rosa’s cooking class @ Private address
Dec 3 @ 10:15 – 15:00
Christmas tree cake class
Dec 3 @ 13:00 – 16:00

Jade, from My Pantry Door, will guide you through the process of making Christmas tree cakes. You will also decorate your own cake to take home.

Pizza making party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Dec 3 @ 14:00 – 16:00

Learn to craft your own pizza dough from scratch. Taste a variety of topping combinations. Eat together at the end with complimentary drinks. Take homw some dough balls.

Dec
5
Tue
Nonna’s comfort food (Italian) @ La Cucina di Sandra
Dec 5 @ 18:30 – 22:30

What you will learn:

  • How to incorporate Australian ingredients into classic Italian dishes.
  • How to update traditional Italian dishes for modern living.

What you will get:

  • A three-course meal with a complimentary glass of wine, plus finger food before the meal.
  • A full set of recipes for all dishes.
Dec
6
Wed
Gluten-free Christmas baking @ Trentwood at the Hub
Dec 6 @ 10:00 – 12:30

Create some quick sweet and savoury treats.

Organised by Trentwood at the Hub.

Get your dad in the kitchen! @ Boroondara Youth Hub
Dec 6 @ 16:00 – 18:00

This event is for dads (or father figures/guardian) and their children (at least 10 years old) to learn how they can cook easy and yummy meals together at home.

Facilitator: Joel Feren.

Hamed Allahyari: salamati @ Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library
Dec 6 @ 18:30 – 20:00

Hamed Allahyari’s book, is called Salamati: Hamed’s Persian kitchen: recipes and stories from Iran to the other side of the world. Hamid will discuss his book and also make dadani dip.

Indian cooking – Punjabi (2 sessions) @ Hurstbridge Community Hub
Dec 6 @ 18:30 – 20:30

This is a two-session workshop, with the two sessions being on Wednesdays, 6th and 13th December, both 6.30-8.30pm.

Learn how to cook a healthy North West Indian vegetarian meal from scratch using authentic ingredients. At the end of the session, eat what you have made or take it home.

Tutor: Taariq Hassan.

Dec
7
Thu
Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Dec 7 @ 18:30 – 21:00

This is a hands-on cooking experience teaching you how to make dumplings from scratch. Sit and eat together at the end with a glass of sparkling wine. The ingredients for the various dumplings will include a wide range of spices, seasonings, vegetables, meats and seafood.

Gingerbread making with Mumma Sweden @ Work-Shop Melbourne
Dec 7 @ 18:30 – 20:30

You will make, and take home, a batch of freshly baked gingerbread delights, be they star-shaped cookies, gingerbread figures or something else.

Presenter: Mumma Sweden.

Sicilian food @ La Cucina di Sandra
Dec 7 @ 18:30 – 22:30

What you will learn:

  • How to prepare authentic Italian food from Sicily.

What you will get:

  • A three-course meal with a complimentary glass of wine, plus finger food before the meal.
  • A full set of recipes for all dishes.
Dec
8
Fri
Rosa’s cooking class @ Private address
Dec 8 @ 10:15 – 15:00
Christmas cooking gift ideas @ Diamond Valley Library
Dec 8 @ 13:30 – 15:00

Learn how to make some Christmas treats with Marie from Rie’s Kitchen.

Gingerbread house for adults @ Living And Learning @ Ajani
Dec 8 @ 18:00 – 21:00

Tish will show you how to bake, then build the house then ice and decorate the house with lollies. You will take home the finished product.

Organised by Living And Learning @ Ajani.

St John’s Christmas gingerbread house making event @ St John’s Anglican Church
Dec 8 @ 19:30 – 21:30

Create a gingerbread house complete with an abundance of lollies, gingerbread people and snow. Tickets are for two people, sharing one gingerbread house. Then partake in a light supper with tea and coffee, followed by a short Christmas talk from a guest speaker.

Organised by St John’s Anglican Church.

Dec
9
Sat
Christmas cookie creations @ Japara Neighbourhood House
Dec 9 @ 10:00 – 14:00

Bake and decorate a batch of festive cookies for Christmas. Take an apron and reusable container to take your goodies home.

Organised by Japara Living & Learning Centre.

Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Dec 9 @ 10:00 – 12:30

This is a hands-on cooking experience teaching you how to make dumplings from scratch. Sit and eat together at the end with a glass of sparkling wine. The ingredients for the various dumplings will include a wide range of spices, seasonings, vegetables, meats and seafood.

Festive preserves @ Strathdon House and Orchard Precinct
Dec 9 @ 10:00 – 13:00

You will be making two preserves, namely mango peach preserve and tomato and fresh herb preserve. Bring your own recycled jars.

No waste cooking demonstration with Open Table @ Keon Park Children's Hub
Dec 9 @ 10:00 – 11:00

Open Table will discuss how to reduce food waste whilst demonstrating how to cook use-it-up potato salad croquettes and panzanella salad.

Rosa’s cooking class @ Private address
Dec 9 @ 10:15 – 15:00
Chocolate discovery class @ Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
Dec 9 @ 11:00 – 12:00

This class includes indulging in a range of chocolate and truffle tastings, the chance to learn about how chocolate is made, and finding out about the inspiration behind each of their specialty ranges with their European Chocolatiers. Your chocolate education concludes with the chance to create your own personal chocolate bar and delve in giant lollipop making fun.

Cooking with Australian ingredients master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School
Dec 9 @ 14:00 – 17:00

This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about some bush foods, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.

The menu: smoked kangaroo tenderloin or lamb racks; murray cod or barramundi steamed in banana leaf; damper ‘flatbread’ with mountain pepper; and bush pesto and goat’s cheese dip.

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