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This event is limited to Darebin residents.
Open Table will demonstrate two use-it-up recipes: potato croquettes and anything goes pesto. They will then discuss the world of food waste recycling. Plus there will be an opportunity to speak to Darebin’s Climate Emergency team to give your feedback on their draft Climate Emergency Strategy.
Jean Silk will demonstrate the process of creating hokkien char (stir-fried yellow noodles with prawns) and pan-fried vegetarian dumplings.
Discover the goodness of fermented soda, brimming with probiotics, compared to traditional sugary options. Learn about the basics of fermented drinks. Make three soda flavours.
Presenter: The Fermented Mumma.
Frankie Cox will show you how to incorporate more plant-based ingredients in our everyday meals. She will talk about eating for impact and sharing some tips and tricks for using vegetables in cooking. There will also be some tasty samples to share as well!
Jean, from Jean’s Asian Cooking, will demonstrate some recipes from China and Thailand.
Join them to make social connections, learn new skills and create baked items for the Caravan Cafe – a social enterprise pop up cafe each Friday run by Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House.
This workshop will explore the qualities of different fruits, including apples and plums in baking and in salads.
Although this workshop is free, you must have an entry pass to the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
Anna the Urban Nanna will show you how to make the absolute most of your weekly shop. Learn how to cook with scraps and discover scraptastic creations plus examples of useful books and resources to help you get the most out of your scraps.
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.
Learn about the cooking and entertaining opportunities of ambrosia apples.
Although this workshop is free, you must have an entry pass to the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
Menu: samosa and mint coriander chutney.
Learn to craft your own pizza dough from scratch. Taste a variety of topping combinations. Eat together at the end with complimentary drinks. Take home some dough balls.
Learn how to pick, clean, boil, mash, sieve and bottle fresh tomatoes.
Relax and enjoy the music.
They recommend only wearing red – or clothes you are happy to get dirty in.
Presenter: Rita. Organised by NECCHi (Newlands and East Coburg Neighbourhood Houses).
Learn how to make sourdough hot cross buns.
Organised by Arrabri Community House.
Italian food. See Rosa’s website for the menus.
This workshop will explore the qualities of different fruits, including apples and plums in baking and in salads.
Although this workshop is free, you must have an entry pass to the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
Learn how plums can uplevel your next BBQ.
Although this workshop is free, you must have an entry pass to the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Spanish cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.
The menu: ham and cheese croquettes or salt cod croquettes; rice with seafood and chicken; capsicum sauce; and ham and manchego toast.
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).
Celebrate the tomato and make passata. You will have a hands on role in making the passata and leave with two bellissimo bottles of sauce. The event includes a vegetarian lunch.
This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Italian cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.
The menu: eggplant and ricotta cooked with tomato sauce; fresh egg pasta; stewed beef chuck; and veal or pork cutlet with rocket salad.
You will learn a variety of vegan sweet treats from different backgrounds and different techniques. The menu will include: baked cheese cake; raw fruit tart; fruit pierogi; Portuguese tarts; coconut jelly; and tiramisu.
Presenter: Nase Supplitt.
Master the art of piping delicate buttercream sunflowers starting from plain pre-baked cupcakes. Take home 7 adorned cupcakes. Presenter: Maria from Enchanted Pots.
Organised by Arrabri Community House.
This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Greek cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.
The menu: handmade pita bread; stuffed eggplant with lamb and cheese; lamb and chicken souvlaki; tzatziki; and zucchini fritters with feta.
Master the art of piping delicate buttercream roses starting from plain pre-baked cupcakes. Take home 7 adorned cupcakes. Presenter: Maria from Enchanted Pots.
Organised by Arrabri Community House.
oin Jane, dietician from CoHealth, to learn new tips and tricks for cooking healthy and delicious meals, even without all the bells and whistles of a full kitchen. This is a social, no cost session where all experience levels are welcome. Go and cook your lunch, and then eat it too.
You will learn how to make miso, starting with the preparation of the soybeans and ending with the shaping of your miso. You will also make tsukemono pickles from fresh vegetables. You will take home some miso, which will then mature into robust flavours over time.
Presenter: The Fermented Mumma.
Learn how to create your own Easter egg decorations. All art & craft materials, plus the eggs, will be provided.
Organised by Greenhills Neighbourhood House.
Learn how to brew your own kombucha. Plus, receive your own kombucha SCOBY starter kit to create your own brew.
Join them to make social connections, learn new skills and create baked items for the Caravan Cafe – a social enterprise pop up cafe each Friday run by Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House.
The Fermented Mumma will discuss ingredient selection, starter care, and the processes of sourdough fermentation and baking. At the end, you will take your fermenting dough home to bake in the morning.
Calling all mini cooks, make healthy apple cookies drizzled with passionfruit icing.
BYO apron and container to take the cookies home in.
Organised by Strathdon House.
Calling all mini cooks, make rainbow pasta with herbed butter sauce. Make different coloured pasta using autumn vegetables such as beetroot and spinach. You will also make a herbed butter sauce using fresh herbs from the garden.
BYO apron and container to take the pasta and sauce home in.
Organised by Strathdon House.
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.
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.
You will learn all there is to know about making feta, halloumi and mascarpone, including: the cheese making process using cultures and rennet; sourcing the best quality local milk; salt-brining and dry-salting cheese; marinating feta in olive oil; and the health benefits of whey.
Presenter: Kristen Allan.
This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Thai cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.
The menu: fish sauce dressing; green or red curry paste; fried corn fritters; green papaya salad; and green curry chicken or red curry duck.
This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Vietnamese cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.
The menu: fish sauce; mango/papaya salad; rice noodles with aromatic chicken broth; fried fish with dill and turmeric; and Vietnamese spring rolls.
Learn how to make easy, delicious and healthy vegetarian Indian recipes. At the end of the workshop, you will sit down together for a shared feast of your own making.
Presenter: Aditi Daware.
This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Latin American cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink.
The menu: Peruvian lime-cured Fish with sweet potato; Venezuelan corn bread; Venezuelan stewed shredded beef and black beans; Puerto Rican steamed plantain and chicken dumplings; and sponge cake soaked in milk.
Join them to pickle excess rescued food over a cuppa.
Organised by Greenhills Neighbourhood House.
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