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All events All once-off events (Cooking, Everything else, Free) Community gardens Food swaps Free meals Markets Farmers’ markets Garden tours Garden clubs

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			1 Dumpling party 18:30 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 1 @ 18:30 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...] The cuisine of Central Italy 18:30 The cuisine of Central Italy @ La Cucina di Sandra Jun 1 @ 18:30 – 22:30 Tickets What you will learn: Discover the food of Abruzzo. How to prepare authentic Italian food from the Abruzzo region. How to adapt Australian produce to Italian dishes. What you will get: A three-course meal with [...]	2 Korean cooking master class 18:30 Korean cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 2 @ 18:30 – 21:30 Tickets This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Korean cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink. The menu: kimchi, Korean style spicy chicken; [...]	3 Carlton Farmers’ Market 08:00 Carlton Farmers’ Market @ Carlton North Primary School Jun 3 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Enter via O’Grady Street. The Fitzroy Mills Market 09:00 The Fitzroy Mills Market Jun 3 @ 09:00 – 14:00 Tickets Every Saturday except during January. Dumpling party 10:00 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 3 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets 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 [...] Collingwood Food Swap 10:30 Collingwood Food Swap @ Collingwood Children's Farm Jun 3 @ 10:30 – 11:30 Tickets No swap in December. Fitzroy Urban Harvest Food Swap 10:30 Fitzroy Urban Harvest Food Swap @ Smith Reserve Jun 3 @ 10:30 – 12:00 Tickets Open Table, Fitzroy North 13:00 Open Table, Fitzroy North @ Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library Jun 3 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets Open Table “take surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away, and turn it into nutritious meals to share with the community, in order to reduce food insecurity and food waste”. It appears that there [...] Thai cooking master class 14:00 Thai cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 3 @ 14:00 – 17:00 Tickets 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 [...] Japanese cooking master class 18:30 Japanese cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 3 @ 18:30 – 21:30 Tickets 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 [...]	4 Dumpling party 10:00 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 4 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets 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 [...]
5	6 Pasta e basta! 18:30 Pasta e basta! @ La Cucina di Sandra Jun 6 @ 18:30 – 22:30 Tickets What you will learn: How to create, mix and match different types of pasta and sauces. How to incorporate Australian ingredients into classic Italian dishes. What you will get: A three-course meal with a complementary [...]	7 Shrubs and herbal infusions with Kelly Burns 18:30 Shrubs and herbal infusions with Kelly Burns @ The Fermentary Jun 7 @ 18:30 – 20:00 Tickets Kelly Burns will discuss herbalism and medicinal herbal infusions. You will make two types of shrub which you will then take home. A shrub is essentially a herb- or fruit-steeped sweet vinegar that you can [...]	8 Dumpling party 18:30 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 8 @ 18:30 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...] Kraut M.O.B. 18:30 Kraut M.O.B. @ The Fermentary Jun 8 @ 18:30 – 20:00 Tickets Choose between a red or white cabbage as your base and flavour with the plethora of herbs, spices and vegetables that they will provide. You will take home a jar of kraut plus all the [...]	9	10 Abbotsford Farmers’ Market 08:00 Abbotsford Farmers’ Market @ Abbotsford Convent Jun 10 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Carlton Farmers’ Market 08:00 Carlton Farmers’ Market @ Carlton North Primary School Jun 10 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Enter via O’Grady Street. The Fitzroy Mills Market 09:00 The Fitzroy Mills Market Jun 10 @ 09:00 – 14:00 Tickets Every Saturday except during January. Dumpling party 10:00 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 10 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets 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 [...] Type 2 diabetes: prevention and reversal 11:00 Type 2 diabetes: prevention and reversal @ Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library Jun 10 @ 11:00 – 12:00 Tickets Nina Trinquet will discuss whether or not reversing diabetes is possible. Open Table, Fitzroy North 13:00 Open Table, Fitzroy North @ Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library Jun 10 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets Open Table “take surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away, and turn it into nutritious meals to share with the community, in order to reduce food insecurity and food waste”. It appears that there [...] Indian cooking master class 14:00 Indian cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 10 @ 14:00 – 17:00 Tickets This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Indian cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink. The menu: chicken tikka masala; naan, mint [...] Japanese cooking master class 18:30 Japanese cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 10 @ 18:30 – 21:30 Tickets 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 [...]	11 Sri Lankan cooking master class 10:00 Sri Lankan cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 11 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Sri Lankan cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink. The menu: fried pea cakes with [...] Street food of Asia 14:00 Street food of Asia @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 11 @ 14:00 – 16:30 Tickets This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Prepare and cook a varied menu, utilising a wide range of techniques along the way. Finish the class by tasting all of your creations [...]
12	13	14 Herbalism and gut health with The Perma Pixie 18:30 Herbalism and gut health with The Perma Pixie @ The Fermentary Jun 14 @ 18:30 – 20:30 Tickets Taj Scicluna, The Perma Pixie, will share some herbalism insights. For example, probiotics need to be nurtured, and ingesting a variety of phytochemical can help with this. Herbs are high in phytochemical compounds that can [...]	15 A night in Rome 18:30 A night in Rome @ La Cucina di Sandra Jun 15 @ 18:30 – 22:30 Tickets What you will learn: How to prepare authentic authentic Roman dishes. How to adapt Australian ingredients to Italian dishes. What you will get: A three-course meal with a complimentary glass of wine, plus finger food [...] Dumpling party 18:30 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 15 @ 18:30 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...]	16 Japanese cooking master class 18:30 Japanese cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 16 @ 18:30 – 21:30 Tickets 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 [...]	17 Carlton Farmers’ Market 08:00 Carlton Farmers’ Market @ Carlton North Primary School Jun 17 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Enter via O’Grady Street. The Fitzroy Mills Market 09:00 The Fitzroy Mills Market Jun 17 @ 09:00 – 14:00 Tickets Every Saturday except during January. Dumpling party 10:00 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 17 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets 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 [...] Open Table, Fitzroy North 13:00 Open Table, Fitzroy North @ Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library Jun 17 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets Open Table “take surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away, and turn it into nutritious meals to share with the community, in order to reduce food insecurity and food waste”. It appears that there [...] Mexican cooking master class 14:00 Mexican cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 17 @ 14:00 – 17:00 Tickets 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); [...] Greek cooking master class 18:30 Greek cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 17 @ 18:30 – 21:30 Tickets 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 [...]	18 Beginners bread making 08:00 Beginners bread making @ Abbotsford Convent Jun 18 @ 08:00 – 14:00 Tickets 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 [...] Dumpling party 10:00 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 18 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets 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 [...] Pizza making party 14:00 Pizza making party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 18 @ 14:00 – 16:00 Tickets 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.
19 Demystifying wine 18:00 Demystifying wine @ Cardwell Cellars Jun 19 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets Learn from Jenny Polacke how to taste wine and a little bit about winemaking. By the end, you will understand what you like and don’t like in a wine and be able to describe it.	20 Milk kefir magic 18:30 Milk kefir magic @ The Fermentary Jun 20 @ 18:30 – 20:30 Tickets They will show you how to easily incorporate this little SCOBY into your daily routine. You will make some milk kefir and then move onto flavouring, making butter, labneh, catching the whey and then making [...]	21 Kombucha / Jun M.O.B. 18:30 Kombucha / Jun M.O.B. @ The Fermentary Jun 21 @ 18:30 – 20:00 Tickets They will demonstrate how to feed your mother/SCOBY (choose between kombucha or jun). You will then flavour their own batch ready for second phase fermentation using fruits, herbs and spices. Take home your selected SCOBY [...]	22 Dumpling party 18:30 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 22 @ 18:30 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...] Sicilian food 18:30 Sicilian food @ La Cucina di Sandra Jun 22 @ 18:30 – 22:30 Tickets 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 [...]	23 Chinese cooking master class 18:30 Chinese cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 23 @ 18:30 – 21:30 Tickets This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Chinese cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink. The menu: sichaun wontons; chilli and sesame [...]	24 Carlton Farmers’ Market 08:00 Carlton Farmers’ Market @ Carlton North Primary School Jun 24 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Enter via O’Grady Street. The Fitzroy Mills Market 09:00 The Fitzroy Mills Market Jun 24 @ 09:00 – 14:00 Tickets Every Saturday except during January. Dumpling party 10:00 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 24 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets 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 [...] Open Table, Fitzroy North 13:00 Open Table, Fitzroy North @ Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library Jun 24 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets Open Table “take surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away, and turn it into nutritious meals to share with the community, in order to reduce food insecurity and food waste”. It appears that there [...] Cooking with Australian ingredients master class 14:00 Cooking with Australian ingredients master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 24 @ 14:00 – 17:00 Tickets 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 [...] Flavours of Latin America cooking master class 18:30 Flavours of Latin America cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 24 @ 18:30 – 21:00 Tickets 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: Venezuelan arepas (corn bread [...]	25 Good health and gourmet bread making class 08:00 Good health and gourmet bread making class @ Abbotsford Convent Jun 25 @ 08:00 – 14:00 Tickets What you will learn: experimenting with bread; the bread baking process with each step explained; and how to replicate the process at home. What you will get: 1 kilo of organic flour to take home; [...] Dumpling party 10:00 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 25 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets 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 [...] Fermenting for justice – with Dolly Kikon 13:00 Fermenting for justice – with Dolly Kikon @ The Fermentary Jun 25 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets This workshop will include a presentation on Naga ferments and tasting a few dishes. Dolly will share Naga fermented food cultures and the importance of recognising indigenous knowledge and tradition for a sustainable shared future.
26	27	28	29 Dumpling party 18:30 Dumpling party @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 29 @ 18:30 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...] La cucina della Sardegna 18:30 La cucina della Sardegna @ La Cucina di Sandra Jun 29 @ 18:30 – 22:30 Tickets What you will learn: How to prepare authentic Italian food from Sardinia. Discover new ingredients to use and where to shop for them. What you will get: A three-course meal with a complimentary glass of [...]	30 Indonesian cooking master class 18:30 Indonesian cooking master class @ Otao Kitchen Cooking School Jun 30 @ 18:30 – 21:30 Tickets This is a hands-on cooking experience with an expert cooking instructor. Learn about Bali cuisine, watch some cooking demonstrations, then enjoy eating the food with a complementary drink. The menu: fragrant spice paste; peanut sauce [...]

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Lisa says:

May 22, 2022 at 11:49

Oh wowza fantastic thank you for the calender!
Lisa

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