Culinary Collaboration: Harvest Feast was a fantastic evening at the Folk School. The hall was packed with jubilant faces enjoying great friends, food and festivities. I had a wonderful time taking pictures and sampling foods. I especially enjoyed the… hmmm… I can’t pick one thing that I enjoyed most. It was all spectacular― from the [...]
I know that to most of us the phrase “sitting in meeting” holds a slightly negative context. I am sure that this brings thoughts of long drawn-out conferences with tons of charts and graphs written on colored paper. But, here at the Folk School meetings never seem to follow that precedent. For example, yesterday I [...]
The outdoor brick oven has taken a long time to get from idea to reality, but becoming part of the cooking program happened fast! The oven was built in the spring of 2009 by a class of enthusiastic students headed by John Steely and Mary Daschiell. In August that year, a magnificent timber frame shelter was erected by local builder [...]
There’s a catchy saying that you’ve probably seen printed on various kitchen decor in specialty shops: “I love cooking with wine; sometimes I even put it in the food!” A recent cooking class at the Folk School took this idea quite seriously, meanwhile having a great time. Martha Vining taught “Forks & Corks: Cooking with [...]
It’s officially fall in the mountains and we are still overcome with fruit. Apples have made their appearance, along with pears, and raspberries are here a second time to seduce us with their sweet red juiciness. The temperature is dropping which means we might stand the heat of the oven. We better make some pie. [...]