Learn about using wild mushrooms. The various mushrooms are like vegetables. They have different flavors and widely varying textures, colors, moisture content and water absorbency. Hence, the various species respond to cooking processes differently. We will learn about matching mushroom species to cooking techniques. Also discussed will be the appropriate foods and wines to match with wild mushrooms and which species may be mixed together in a recipe.

You will learn how to make calendula salve, a beeswax and oil-based hand moisturizer, using calendula flowers and other natural and safe ingredients. There will also be a presentation on medicinal flowers where you will have a template for planting a happy medicinal flower patch in your own garden. You will walk away with a tin of salve, two lip balms and a bag of Calendula seeds. A $20 materials fee is payable to the instructor at class.