A Guide to Fresh Herbs, with Sarah Owens

Explore the many flavors and uses of fresh herbs from root to leaf with James Beard award-winning cookbook author Sarah Owens. Guests will receive tips on how to grow, purchase, store, and use an array of fresh herbs from the herbaceous chervil to the woodsy sage.

Each guest will go home with a jar of freshly made gremolata, which they will taste in the class on Sarah’s famous sourdough bread. Sarah will also provide recipes to keep you herb-inspired throughout the season.

This one-hour class is limited to 25 people.

About Sarah:

Sarah Owens is a New York City-based cookbook author, baker, professional horticulturist, and culinary instructor. She was awarded a James Beard for her first book Sourdoughand released her second in 2017 titled Toast and Jam. Her much anticipated forthcoming title Heirloom: Time Honored Techniques, Nourishing Traditions, and Modern Recipeswill be released September 2019. Sarah believes strongly in the power of baking to foster community and social change; she is an advocate of sustainable agricultural practices to rebuild global grain sheds and believes stone milling can bring good bread back to the table. As a teacher of nourishing food traditions, she travels globally to encourage an interest in fermentation and has helped establish a bakery in Tripoli, Lebanon working with Syrian refugees as well as an annual Fermentation Summit in Oaxaca, Mexico. Her business and workshop space is Ritual Fine Foods located at The Castle in Rockaway Beach, NY where she teaches the alchemy and digestive benefits of natural leavening.

Cancellation policy: We do not offer refunds on purchased tickets. Persons who notify us at least seven (7) days in advance that they cannot attend will receive credit and may register for another class of equal value held within the subsequent two months.

Notes: Cooking class attendees receive 10% discount on kitchenware purchases on class day. Classes are geared to adults unless otherwise noted. However, children over 7 are welcome to attend with an accompanying adult.