BVA
OFFERS FRESH VEGETABLES COOKING CLASS SEPTEMBER 7th
Looking for new and easy ways to prepare the variety of fresh vegetables
available this
time of year? Sign up today
for BVA’s cooking class, titled From
Garden to Table: Cooking the
Bounty of Your
Garden, Saturday, September 7 from 9:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The class is designed
to provide useful tips and preparation techniques so you can savor,
instead of squander, the various
delectable produce your garden yields. Local chefs Marsha Biderman and
Ron Barron, whose
culinary expertise ranges from catering and restaurant preparation to
teaching classes on cooking as
medicine, will be the cooking instructors.
The class schedule is as follows:
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A 9:00 a.m. tour of BVA’s one-acre organic vegetable garden, lead by
BVA Education Director Ellen Lake and BVA Board Member Duncan Allison.
Participants will see firsthand how BVA uses various insect control and
water conservation methods and then harvest a variety of vegetables to prepare
with the instructors.
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At approximately 10:30 a.m. participants will carpool to the chefs’
home to prepare lunch. There Barron and Biderman will introduce recipes that are
healthful, low fat and easy to prepare. The class will culminate with a sit-down
meal featuring recipes taught during the session.
BVA’s garden, which includes various fruit and vegetable crops and a
small demonstration orchard, is used to teach school students and summer campers
about agriculture and is maintained by a variety of adult and student volunteers
from the community. More than 80 percent of the produce harvested is donated to
the Kennett Food Cupboard.
The garden is located at
BVA’s Myrick Conservation Center on Route 842, six miles west of West Chester
and three east of Unionville.
The class fee is $35 for BVA and Red Clay Valley Association (RCVA)
members and $40 for non-members. Space is limited, so pre-registration with full payment is necessary. A registration form can be downloaded and then mailed with payment to
BVA’s office at 1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road, West Chester, PA 19382. Checks
should be made payable to: Brandywine
Valley Association.
For more details about the class, please call the BVA office at
610-793-1090 or e-mail your questions to [email protected].