Schedule
of Classes & Events
Spring/Summer 2013
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If you need to know what is scheduled beyond these dates, check out the monthly calendar. You are welcome to register for classes as soon as they are posted on the calendar or you can wait until further details are listed on this Schedule of Events.
For a list of class organized by categories such as Demonstration Classes, Hands-on Classes, Classes for Vegetarians, Kids & Family Classes, etc., please see the Class Index by Topic.
May
Downtown Healdsburg Foodie Day Tour (partial hands-on)
Friday,
May 3
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$159 (limited to 16 guests)
Spend the day in Healdsburg, enjoying tastes, sips, visits, activities and conversations with some of the unique artisans that make Healdsburg a recognized culinary destination. We'll introduce guests to a variety of "makers"—cheese makers, coffee roasters, grain millers, winemakers, bakers and farmers—who will share their passion, knowledge and foods.
We'll meet at the Relish Culinary Center in downtown Healdsburg then...
We'll walk a block to the newest addition to Healdsburg's culinary community SHED, a "modern grange" market, café and gathering place, driven entirely by local ingredients. We'll learn about SHED's in-house grain mill where they mill locally-grown grains to order.
- We then return to Relish where participants will savor a cheese tasting led by the wonderful Jacquelyn Buchanan of Laura Chenel's Chevre. Jacqueline will talk about all aspects of the incomparable Laura Chenel's cheeses as guests enjoy a tasting.
- Next, a local artisan wine maker Karin Warnelius of Garden Creek Vineyards will lead a wine tasting of her two Alexander Valley wines, discussing their individual approaches to wine making, favorite varietals, and much more.
After these tastes, guests can don an apron and contribute to the finishing touches on a farm-style lunch, featuring ingredients harvested by local farmers Earl & Myrna Fincher of Early Bird's Farm who have been farming locally for 50 years (that is not a typo!)- Then we'll relax and savor our farm-style lunch with all the "makers", providing copies of lunch recipes for guests to take home.
- After lunch we'll stroll across the Healdsburg plaza to Downtown Bakery & Creamery where baker, owner and Chez Panisse alum Kathleen Stewart leads participants in a hands-on baking activity. Our day ends with us devouring our fresh-from-the-oven fruit galettes.
This Relish class includes a wine tasting and one glass of premium wine per person with lunch served to all participants over 21 years of age.
Asian Street Food (hands-on)
with chef Mei Ibach
Saturday, May 4
6:00 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$92
Chef Mei Ibach is back from one of her amazing culinary tours to Asia just in time to share recipes and inspiration from her trip. Participants will make all these delicious items from scratch, learning about unique Asian ingredients and authentic regional cooking techniques. Chef Mei always has so much useful and engaging informatin to share and everyone enjoys her wonderful and entertaining stories about growing up and learning to cook in her homeland of Malaysia. Our street food feast will be served with Asian beer and local wine.
This Relish class includes 2 glasses of wine and/or beer per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine and beer is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
Downtown Healdsburg Foodie Day Tour (partial hands-on)
Friday,
May 10 SOLD OUT. Thank you.
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$159 (limited to 16 guests)
Spend the day in Healdsburg, enjoying tastes, sips, visits, activities and conversations with some of the unique artisans that make Healdsburg a recognized culinary destination. We'll introduce guests to a variety of "makers"—cheese makers, coffee roasters, grain millers, winemakers, bakers and farmers—who will share their passion, knowledge and foods.
We'll meet at the Relish Culinary Center in downtown Healdsburg then...
- We'll walk a block to the newest addition to Healdsburg's culinary community SHED, a "modern grange" market, café and gathering place, driven entirely by local ingredients. We'll learn about SHED's in-house grain mill where they mill locally-grown grains to order.
- We then return to Relish where participants will savor a cheese tasting led by the wonderful Jacquelyn Buchanan of Marin French Cheese. Jacqueline will talk about all aspects of the Marin French cheeses as guests enjoy a tasting.
- Next, local artisan wine maker Kathleen Kelley of Kelley & Young Winery will lead a wine tasting of her Alexander Valley wines, discussing individual approaches to wine making, favorite varietals, and much more.
- After these tastes, guests can don an apron and contribute to the finishing touches on a farm-style lunch, featuring ingredients harvested by local farmers Earl & Myrna Fincher of Early Bird's Farm who have been farming locally for 50 years (that is not a typo!)
- Then we'll relax and savor our farm-style lunch with all the "makers", providing copies of lunch recipes for guests to take home.
- After lunch we'll stroll across the Healdsburg plaza to Downtown Bakery & Creamery where baker, owner and Chez Panisse alum Kathleen Stewart leads participants in a hands-on baking activity. Our day ends with us devouring our fresh-from-the-oven fruit galettes.
This Relish class includes a wine tasting and one glass of premium wine per person with lunch served to all participants over 21 years of age.
Spring in Southern India (hands-on)
with chef John Lyle
Friday, May 10
6:00 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$92
After the monsoon season, the waters recede from the fields on the bank of the Ganges river and Spring brings renewal. India celebrates the new hope and joy brought by the new season. Chef John Lyle shares foods, recipes and stories from his time in Southern India, including colorful and flavorful dishes from the region. Participants will learn about classic Indian ingredients and spices and Chef John will share authentic techniques learned cooking in India.
This Relish class includes 2 glasses of wine (8 oz.total) per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
This class combines a visit to the Healdsburg Farmers Market with a hands-on wood-fired pizza workshop,
using ingredients just gleaned from the market.
Farmer's Market-to-Pizza Workshop (hands-on)
with Relish Owner Donna del Rey
Saturday, May 11 (repeats monthly thru November)
9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$99
Everyone loves pizza. And here in Healdsburg delicious, gourmet wood-fired pizza represents the joie de vivre of the wine country lifestyle. Live like a local for the day as you meet local farmers and artisans, taste and explore locally-grown and -made ingredients, learn about wood-fired cooking, and make and savor a wood-fired pizza lunch.
Our day starts with a chef-led visit to the Healdsburg Farmers Market where guests will meet market purveyors, taste and learn about their exquisite products, and explore new flavors. Participants will choose ingredients for pizza toppings with direction from our chef and have extra time to purchase farm-fresh and artisan goodies to take home.
After our time at the Market, participants will walk across the street to the beautiful Relish Culinary Center where the Mugnaini wood-fired oven will be ready and waiting at 650°F. Our chef will lead a hands-on pizza-making workshop where guests will stretch and throw pizza dough and prep the just-gathered ingredients which could include local sausage, seasonal veggies, artisan cheeses, local olive oil, and other items from the market. We'll spend some time talking about the versatility of cooking in the wood-fired oven as we fire the pizzas. We'll also make a seasonal salad and a festive dessert before we sit, relax and savor our pizza feast served with specially selected local wines.
This Relish class includes 2 glasses of wine (8 oz. total) per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
Monthly dates: June 8, July 13, August 17, September 14, October 12 and November 9
Downtown Healdsburg Foodie Day Tour (partial hands-on)
Friday,
May 17 SOLD OUT. Thank you.
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$159 (limited to 16 guests)
Spend the day in Healdsburg, enjoying tastes, sips, visits, activities and conversations with some of the unique artisans that make Healdsburg a recognized culinary destination. We'll introduce guests to a variety of "makers"—cheese makers, coffee roasters, grain millers, winemakers, bakers and farmers—who will share their passion, knowledge and foods.
We'll meet at the Relish Culinary Center in downtown Healdsburg then...
- We'll walk a block to the newest addition to Healdsburg's culinary community SHED, a "modern grange" market, café and gathering place, driven entirely by local ingredients. We'll learn about SHED's in-house grain mill where they mill locally-grown grains to order.
- We then return to Relish where participants will savor a cheese tasting led by a local artisan cheese maker such as Karen Bianchi-Moreda from Valley Ford Cheese, Carlene Weirach of Weirach Cheese and Seana Doughty of Bleating Heart. These cheese makers will talk about all aspects of their cheeses and creameries as guests taste through a variety of cheeses.
- Next, a local artisan wine maker such as Kathleen Kelley of Kelley & Young Winery, Oded Shakked of Longboard Winery or Ciara Meaney of Aldrich-Browne, will lead a wine tasting of three of their wines, discussing their individual approaches to wine making, favorite varietals, and much more.
- After these tastes, guests can don an apron and contribute to the finishing touches on a farm-style lunch, featuring ingredients harvested by a local farmer, such as Yael Bernier of Bernier Farms, Earl & Myrna Fincher of Early Bird's Farm or Lou Preston of Preston of Dry Creek Vineyard and Farm.
- Then we'll relax and savor our farm-style lunch with all the "makers", providing copies of lunch recipes for guests to take home.
- After lunch we'll stroll across the Healdsburg plaza to Downtown Bakery & Creamery where baker, owner and Chez Panisse alum Kathleen Stewart leads participants in a hands-on baking activity. Our day ends with us devouring our fresh-from-the-oven fruit galettes.
This Relish class includes a wine tasting and one glass of premium wine per person with lunch served to all participants over 21 years of age.
Spanish Tapas Party (hands-on)
with chef Ciara Meaney
Friday, May 24
6:00 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$92
Chef Ciara Meaney has put together a Spanish Tapas class that is sure to inspire menus for your Memorial Day weekend celebration and beyond. Designed to encourage conversation (and sustain drinking), Tapas are shared "small plates" of flavorful hot and cold dishes served at bars throughout Spain. Tapas have evolved into a cuisine of its own, reflecting the flavors of various regions of Spain. Chef Ciara's menu is inspired by recent trips so Spain and combines classic Spanish ingredients like Jambon and Chorizo with seasonal, local produce. Participants will create all the dishes from scratch and share the family-style meal con mucho gusto with Spanish varietal wines and Sangria.
This Relish class includes 8 ounces of wine per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
Pork Butchery Skills
with master butcher Rian Rinn
Sunday, May 26
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$89
Join master butcher Rian Rinn as he demonstrates and instructs in the step-by-step process of pork butchery. Using a whole, sustainably- and locally-raised 200-pound Berskhire pig as a model, particiants will learn how to safely and efficiently transform a whole carcass into primal cuts and then into a variety of individual cuts. Throughout the class, guests will enjoy snacks and wine and lots of Q&A time with Rian. All the freshly butchered meat cuts will be available for purchase at the end of the class.
Orientation on carcass handling, safety, and butchering station details- Knife selections and skills
- Butchery demonstration
- Best practices for wrapping and storage
- Discussion about curing meat
- Demonstration of pancetta curing process
- Take-home booklet
- Butchering Diagram
- Rian's Basic Curing Mixture
- Rian's Basic Sausage Formulas
- Snacks and wine
This class repeats on Sunday, July 14.
This Relish class includes one 4 ounce glass of wine per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
June back to top
This class combines a chef-lead visit to the Healdsburg Farmers Market with a hands-on wood-fired pizza workshop,
using ingredients just gleaned from the market.
Farmer's Market-to-Pizza Workshop (hands-on)
with Relish Owner Donna del Rey
Saturday, June 8 (repeats monthly thru November)
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$99
Everyone loves pizza. And here in the wine country delicious, gourmet wood-fired pizza is especially beloved. Live like a local for the day as you meet the market purveyors, taste and learn about their exquisite products, and explore new flavors as you stroll through the market. Our intrepid chef-instructor for the day will lead a brief demonstration at the Farmers Market, followed by a stroll through the Market selecting ingredients for our pizza toppings. Participants will have extra time to purchase farm-fresh goodies to take home.
After our time at the Market, participants will walk across the street to the beautiful Relish Culinary Center for a hands-on pizza making workshop, stretching and throwing pizza dough and topping with the just-gathered ingredients, such as local sausage, seasonal veggies and artisan cheeses. We'll also make a seasonal salad and a festive dessert before we sit, relax and savor our pizza feast served with specially selected local wines.
This Relish class includes 2 glasses of wine (8 oz. total) per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
The Food of Rancho Pescadero at Alderbrook Winery (hands-on)
with chef Jeff Mall of ZIN Restaurant
Sunday, June 9
11 am - 2 pm
Alderbrook Winery, Healdsburg
$150 | $130 for Alderbrook Wine Club Members
PLEASE CALL ALDERBROOK TO REGISTER:
Contact Joanna Donati
at 707.433.5987
Chef Jeff Mall of ZIN Restaurant in Healdsburg consults for Rancho Pescadero, a coastal resort in Todos Santos on the Baja Peninsula where the seasonal menu always features just-caught Pacific seafood and resort-grown organic produce. At this event Chef Jeff will transport guests from the sun-drenched lawn at Alderbrook to the beach in Baja as they work together under his guidance to make this gorgeous summer resort menu. We'll be using local north coast seafood and farm-fresh ingredients (some from Chef Jeff's own Eastside Farm) to create lunch inspired by and infused with the flavors of Mexico. Guests will sit and savor their lunch with lovely Alderbrook and Terlato wines.
This Relish class includes 3 glasses of wine (12 oz. total) per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
Homemade Mozzarella: Quick & Easy
with The Beverage People's Bob Peak
Thursday,
June 13
7:30 - 8:30 PM
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$69
Authentic fresh Italian Mozzarella is one of the most difficult cheeses to make consistenty well, taking about three days to make start to finish. But we all love it, right? So here's a home version of the process that takes less than one hour and makes delicious, luscious, warm mozzarella, ready to eat or serve.
At this class a local home cheese maker and representative from The Beverage People, a home wine-, beer- and cheese-making business in Santa Rosa, will demonstrate the entire cheese-making process, transforming one gallon of Clover whole milk first into curds and then into a pound of mozzarella balls in less than one hour.
We’ll start with a brief introduction to the concepts of home cheese-making and end with tastes of the just-made-and-stretched mozzarella with heirloom tomatoes and olive oil. After the class, guests are welcome to come up and practice stretching the curds by hand.
The Beverage People bring fantastic homemade wine to share with our over-21 guests as they taste the just-made mozzarella.
The Beverage People will have Mozzarella Cheese Kits (thermometer, cultures, rennet and other needed materials, and gloves for stretching) for sale at the end of the class to make it easy for you to get started making fresh mozzarella at home.
This class is repeats through the summer and fall: July 11, August 8 & 22, September 12 & 26 and October 3.
Grilling with Asian Flavors (hands-on)
with chef Mei Ibach
Saturday, June 15
6 - 9 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$92
We love Asian flavors but traditional Asian dishes can be daunting to prepare at home. We're excited that Chef Mei Ibach has created a very approachable grilling menu that features our favorite Asian flavors without all the work of traditional dishes. Participants will make all dishes, creating rubs, marinades, sauces and other ways to easily infuse exotic flavors into summer grilling menus. Chef Mei will show guests how these recipes and ingredients can easily be adapted to transform everyday dishes into new culinary adventures. Chef Mei will share stories from her recent culinary tour to Asian as we enjoy our Asian feast.
This Relish class includes 2 glasses of wine (8 oz. total) per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
Summer Baking: Sweet & Savory (hands-on)
with pastry chef Shelly Kaldunski
Saturday, June 22
1 - 4 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
$92
Our favorite pastry chef Shelly Kaldunski is back to lead a fantastic baking class featuring the flavors of summer. Chef Shelly will lead guests as they make these scrumptious baked goods, some sweet and some savory, learning classic, practical baking techniques along the way. Chef Shelly will start with an introduction to basic baking concepts and demonstrating pâte à choux dough for gougères, cream puffs, profiteroles, etc.; guests will then pipe the individual gougère puffs. Participants will create the other menu items, using a combination of hand-mixing and Kitchenaid mixers. This class contains a lot of baking activities, from learning how to adapt batter for both sweet and savory uses, make perfect galette dough (way easier than tart dough), and make a classic yellow cake batter for upside-down cake. Not only are these particular items relatively easy to make, they are all incredibly versatile. So once you learn the techniques, you can adapt and combine flavors, ingredients and variations for infinite seasonal options! Participants will taste and savor all the items at the end of the class with a glass of wine.
This Relish class includes 1 glasses of wine (4 oz. total) per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
Summer in France (hands-on)
with chef Ciara Meaney
Saturday, June 29
6 - 9 pm
Relish Culinary Center, Healdsburg
Price TBD
Save the date for this delicious class with the charming chef Ciara Meaney and a delicious menu that will transport you to the south of France. More info coming soon!
This Relish class includes 2 glasses of wine (8 oz. total) per person served to all participants over 21 years of age. Additional wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
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