COOKING FROM THE HEART(H)
January 13, 2007
Wyatt Whiteman teaches traditional cooking in an open fireplace. Make mulled cider, bacon-wrapped turkey breast, stew, cranberry sauce, biscuits, and pie. Apply these skills; camping trips and home entertainment will never be the same!

BEE-GINNING WITH BEES
February 10, 2007
Join Mark Moorman of Sprain Brook Apiary in Woodbury, CT, as he explains the basics of beekeeping. Buzz over the tools, taste varieties of honey and dip your own honey-scented beeswax candles.

WOOL GATHERING
March 10, 2007
Area "spin-sters" demonstrate carding, spinning, knitting, weaving and felting with natural wool. Revel in the soothing, tactile pleasure of traditional textile arts and take home your own efforts.

GET YOUR GOAT
April 14, 2007
Looking for natural bramble control? Enjoy a bit of chevre? Visit Rachel Gall and her backyard goats; disucss their care, feeding, fencing and how to get started.

WE' D WALK
May 12, 2007
Discover the wonder of foraging edible and healing traditional plants — a.k.a. weeds — just now popping up in your backyard with herbalist Alicia North of North Star Botanicals.

EGGS-PERIENCE CHICKENS
June 9, 2007
A hands-on inquiry into the marvelous creature that fertilizes your soil, turns your table scraps into eggs, and can be a tasty roast, which you prepare for the oven.

KEEPING A FAMILY COW
July 14, 2007
Learn about finding, feeding, housing, fencing, breeding, and caring for your own cow with Debra tyler of Local Farm. Try your hand at milking; make butter, soft cheese, ice cream and MOOre. ($35 per person/$50 per family of up to 4. Also held May 5, June 2, August 4, September 1)

YES, WE CAN CAN
August 11, 2007
Wyatt Whiteman will demonstrate methods of putting-food-by (that is, preserving food) in glass jars. Go home with a few jars of this summer's harvest so you can eat local all winter long.

"Canned" Cookies

Gather ingredients;
1/2 cup softened butter
1 egg
1 Tablespoon milk
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 jar cookie mix

Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease two cookie sheets. Beat butter until smooth. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla. Add cookie mix and stir until blended. Drop rounded Tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the greased cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 11 minutes or until edges of cookies are golden brown. Let cookies stand on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. *Makes two doz.

SOMETHING CORNY IN CORNWALL
Join us shucking and grinding corn at the Cornwall Agricultural Fair where we'll also be selling freshly cooked sweet corn and tamales for lunch. Fair Admission is Free! September 8, 2007

IN A PICKLE?
October 13, 2007
Master pickler Thea Harvey explains the marvels of using lacto-bacillus to preserve food, improve health and make delicious pickles, sauerkraut, and drinks. Taste hers, begin your own and take it home.

CREATE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE
November 10, 2007
Join Wyatt Whiteman in making an old-fashioned gingerbread house centerpiece for your table. Learn how to mix and bake gingerbread walls and roofs. Make Royal Frosting to use as "glue." Work together with your family to create your own unique edible decoration. Bring your own "brown bag" lunch to eat "on the job."

SERIOUS DOUGH
December 8, 2007
Studies have shown that the smell of fresh bread cheers up seasonal grumps—but your great grandmother knew that. Grind wheat, mix and knead dough, form and bake your own loaf of bread to enjoy as night falls.