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  • Saturday, December 14, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Warmth and Comfort: Cooking with Pleasure through the Depths of Winter

    As the snow falls and the temperatures dip, we can turn on the stove, pour a glass of wine, and bring our friends and family together around the warmth of the table.

    Join cookbook author Alana Chernila on December 14 from 2 – 5 at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge for a hands-on class where the comfort foods of winter play a starring role. Recipes will include polenta with all the greens, shredded brussels sprouts with crispy shallots and pecans, and pear gingerbread with whipped cream. BBG members $55, nonmembers $65. Register at http://berkshirebotanical.org. Image courtesy of www.foodnetwork.com

  • Saturday, September 22, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Dinner from the Ground Up: A Menu to Welcome Fall

    Join cookbook author Alana Chernila on Saturday, September 22 from 2 – 5 in the Center House at Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge for a meal to honor the gorgeous vegetables of the New England Fall with a menu from her new book, Eating From the Ground Up: Recipes for Simple, Perfect Vegetables. This will be a hands-on class, so push up your sleeves and get ready to make watermelon radishes with herb compound butter, scarlet turnip galettes with from-scratch pie pastry, miso greens, and butternut squash custard with bourbon pecans. All vegetables will be sourced locally and at their peak. We’ll discuss how to find and store the best vegetables, as well as tricks to bring out the best in every root and leaf. Students will share a light meal together to truly celebrate the bounty of the Berkshires. All participants will receive a free signed copy of Eating From the Ground Up.

    Alana Chernila is the author of three books: The Homemade Pantry, The Homemade Kitchen, and Eating From the Ground Up: Recipes for Simple, Perfect, Vegetables. She also writes, cooks, teaches cooking and cheese making, and blogs at EatingFromTheGroundUp.com. Alana is the Marketing and Special Events Manager for Guido’s Fresh Marketplace in Great Barrington and Pittsfield.

    Kitchen classes are sponsored by Guido’s Fresh Marketplace.

    Advance registration is highly recommended, but walk-ins are always welcome, space permitting. $55 for BBG members, $65 for nonmembers. Register at www.berkshirebotanical.org.

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  • Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The Homemade Kitchen: Recipes for Cooking with Pleasure

    How do we help our children become more confident, able, and independent in the kitchen? Join Alana Chernila for an evening of exciting ideas, strategies, and simple ways to empower kids in the kitchen. This night in the Parkman Room of the Elm Bank Education Building at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, will be useful for parents, caregivers, and educators of children of all ages.

    Alana Chernila writes, cooks, sells fresh vegetables, and teaches cheese making. She is a graduate of St. John’s College in Santa Fe and lives with her husband and two young daughters in western Massachusetts. Her first cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making, was published by Clarkson Potter in Spring 2012. Her second book The Homemade Kitchen: Recipes For Cooking With Pleasure, will be published by Clarkson Potter in Fall 2015. Visit Alana online at eatingfromthegroundup.com. Proceeds will help support the Garden to Table Program. Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $20, Non-Members $25. Register on line for this November 18 lecture, which begins at 7 pm, at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/198/422|427|430|433/the-homemade-kitchen-recipes-for-cooking-with-pleasure?filter_reset=1

  • Thursday, September 17, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Cooking from the Garden

    How do we help our children become more confident, able, and independent in the kitchen?  Join cookbook author Alana Chernila at Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Putnam Building on Thursday, September 17 at 7 for an evening of exciting ideas, strategies, tastings, and simple ways to empower kids in the kitchen.  This night will be useful for parents, caregivers, and educators of children of all ages.  Alana’s new book will be available for sale and signing.  $20 for Mass Hort members, $25 for non-members.  Register at www.masshort.org.