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Summer In A Jar teaches safe food preservation methods: canning, drying, freezing, quick pickling and fermentation. Additionally, we offer an invitation to remember, or taste for the first time, honest, fresh, flavorful food in season. We teach how to put up the current seasonal crop so it’s available the next winter and how to weave the bounty of your pantry into workable daily menus. There’s a rhythm to it that looks different in every home but the invisible thread that holds it all together is an affirmation to choose healthy, real food, sustainably grown to nourish our families.
This has been a difficult spring for growing food in this region. Our farmers depend on our support and appreciation of their efforts on our behalf so, we raise a toast to those stalwart CSA supporters who have graciously stood by their farmers during this spring of anticipation and hope. You will reap your reward! (or possibly have it reaped for you) Read more on this subject.
KidsCooK ,which Terrie and friends have been teaching since it began on May 4th, has been such a lot of fun. You can read a River Current News article about the successfully completed first KidsCooK course.
These kids are fast learners; they keep us on our toes. They will definitely be leaders in changing the way America eats. We completed our first course on June 15th with the next course scheduled to start July 27. We are currently searching for lead donors to fund the next two courses while we continue developing the organizational end of the non profit.
Community Kitchens continue to be big in our viewfinder. 
They are a means to bring people together for no cost, other than groceries, to learn how to cook real food focusing on locally available produce and healthy cooking methods. Groups of 6 to 12 people work together to cook up food to take home as well as sharing a meal together. Whether you are a cooking veteran or have just recently mastered boiling water, Community Kitchens are a wonderful venue to increase your skills, efficiently put up a few meals for later in the week and share in the magic that happens when people cook together. Please call us if you might have interest in joining up or starting a Community Kitchen of your own. We are always on the lookout for large, centrally located kitchens that would be available to support this good work.
…just a little– bit– better. A little more flavor, a little less processed, a little more nutrition, a few less empty calories, a few more meals with family and friends and a bit less fast food on the run. Come and join us.
We’re all waiting for you!
