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Chicago Botanic Garden
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The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.
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Soil, the Mystery Under Our Feet
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Uncover the secrets hidden beneath your garden's surface in a comprehensive exploration of soil science. Gain invaluable insights into the true nature of soil, its profound impact on plant health, and effective strategies for enhancing soil quality through targeted amendments. Elevate your gardening expertise with a deeper understanding of the vital role soil plays in nurturing thriving plant life.
Sat, Jun 15th, 1–3pm CDT
(2 hours)
Cookie Decorating: Summer Vegetables
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL
Transform your summer harvest into edible works of art! Join us for a delightful cookie decorating class where you'll learn to craft vibrant vegetable designs using royal icing. From red bell peppers to sliced cucumbers, master techniques like outlining, flooding, and creating textures to bring your sweet veggies to life.
Wed, Jun 5th, 6–8pm CDT
(2 hours)
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Hands-on Cooking: Tea Tasting & Blending
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Explore and taste several types of tea. Learn the differences between various origins, how to compare blends, and methods to brew at home. Make your own blend using different tea bases such as black, green, and lemongrass, customized with fruits, herbs, and flowers, such as apple, mint, and hibiscus, to enjoy at home.
May 24th
11am–1pm CDT
$93
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Jun 29th
2–4pm CDT
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Umami in Winter Vegetables
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Umami has been described as the “fifth taste.” Learn new techniques including specialized knife cuts and how to work with sushi rice, and apply these to recipes that bring out the umami in winter vegetables. Assist in cutting vegetables to use in the featured recipes that highlight this savory taste sensation, such as Mushroom Stroganoff over Cabbage “Noodles” and a California Roll Salad. Students will sample the dishes made in this...
$50
Hands-on Cooking: Pasta
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Master the art of making fresh pasta. You will learn techniques for mixing and rolling pasta dough from scratch to use in chard- and cheese-stuffed ravioli with herb butter sauce and linguine with jumbo cheesy meatballs. Take home a batch of ravioli. Alcohol will be served in this class.
$112
Demo Cooking: Fresh Pasta Winter Edition
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Learn the art of making fresh egg pasta from scratch in this hands-on cooking class. Discover the secrets to creating the perfect dough and transforming it into mouthwatering lasagna sheets, linguine, and fettuccine. Elevate your pasta-making skills and impress your friends and family with delicious homemade dishes.
$87
Pasta: Online Cook Along
Making fresh pasta is easier than you think and well worth your time and effort. Learn to make two kinds of fresh, homemade pasta: a basic egg pasta dough suitable for rolling into sheets for lasagna or cutting into fettuccine, and a semolina dough for hand-formed pasta such as orecchiette. A stand mixer and countertop pasta roller are helpful for this class, but not necessary. A full ingredient list, preparation instructions, and recipes...
Hands-on Cooking: Knife Skills
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Improve your knife skills by practicing mince, dice, julienne, and chiffonade cuts in this cooking class. You will cut up vegetables for a classic rice pilaf, and watch how to prepare, cook, and carve a classic roast chicken. Take home a portion of prepped, uncooked vegetables.
$87
Hands-on Cooking: Garden Party Apps
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Spend a fun night exploring delicious recipes perfect for outdoor entertaining. As you make corn fritters with aged cheddar, zucchini-cilantro soup shooters, tomato crostini with whipped feta, scallion crepes with roasted eggplant filling, and shochu watermelon lemonade, learn knife cuts, crepe-making, and frying, braising, and marinating techniques. Alcohol will be served in this class; participants must be 21 years of age or older.
$112
Hands-on Cooking: Knife Skills for Salad
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Salads can be either side dish or the main attraction in a meal. Learn and practice basic knife skills in order to prepare summer salads that are full of color and flavor reflective of the harvest season. Featured recipes include: Spinach strawberry salad with a mint lime vinaigrette Kohlrabi salad with summer berries and fennel Snap pea radish salad with vegan green goddess dressing Roasted asparagus with dill, lemon, and shallots...
$87
Hands-On Cooking: Stir Fry Party
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Stir-fry recipes are an easy way to incorporate flavors, colors, and textures into meals. Learn to cut ingredients in consistent sizes for quick cooking. Featured recipes include: cauliflower and maitake mushroom orange-cilantro salmon with bok choy Kung Pao chicken white and brown rice blend. Alcohol will be served in this class; participants must be 21 years of age or older.
$70
Demo Cooking: Luscious Lemons
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Versatile lemons work in everything from drinks to main courses to breakfast muffins. Discover a multitude of easy recipes that feature lemons as a primary flavor in this cooking class. You will learn: how to make limoncello, a golden aperitif from Italy’s Amalfi Coast that you can serve to guests or give as a gift simple syrups you can use in chilled cocktails or frosty lemonade on a hot summer day a quick Sicilian lemon and pistachio...
$109
Brines, Marinades, and Rubs
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Get ready for summer grilling with enhanced flavors in the form of spice rubs and marinades in this cooking class. Taste the difference the process of brining has on meat, and take home a batch of sage-garlic brine to use at home. Taste and take home recipes for spicy ribeye with salsa butter and chicken artichoke kabobs. In addition, participants will mix up batches of provençal herb rub and fragrant chili rub to put the sizzle in their grilled...
$75
Hands-on Cooking: Gingerbread House
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Assemble and decorate a gingerbread house in this cooking class. Learn how to make royal icing and use a pastry bag. As students decorate, a light dinner will be prepared featuring liptauer cheese spread with pumpernickel, beet, horseradish, and apple salad with poppy seed dressing, and mushroom stroganoff with cabbage and buttered noodles. Decorations will be provided; students are encouraged to bring additional candies to add to their 4- x 6- x...
$85
Demo Cooking: All About Lentils
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Lentils are a convenient and nutritious source of plant-based protein eaten worldwide. In this cooking class, you will learn about the many varieties of lentils, including green, brown, red, and black, as well as how to incorporate them into your cooking. Menu: Two lentil-based recipes will be prepared: a French-inspired lentil salad and a Middle Eastern red lentil soup. Take home a bonus recipe for no-bake lentil...
$75
Hands-on Cooking: Seasoning Techniques
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Using proper seasoning adds personality to your dishes. In this cooking class you will: learn how to apply salt balance acidity add character with fresh herbs or warm spices You will prepare: lemon sage brined pork chops chicken artichoke kabobs chickpea arugula and pickled carrot salad Make and take home a bag of brine and a portion of Provençal herb rub.
$87
Demo Cooking: Seasoning Techniques
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Salt is perhaps the most important ingredient in all of cooking. It amplifies flavors and alters textures. Home cooks are often confused about which kind of salt to use (table, kosher, or sea salt), when to use it, and how much to use. In this class, you will learn when and how to add salt when cooking, the differences between the many kinds of salt, the science behind how salt transforms foods, and how to brine meat
$87
Demonstration Cooking: Summer Sides
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Summer is the perfect time of year for picnics, potlucks, and backyard barbecues. Whether you are the host or bringing a dish to share, you need go-to summer side dishes that can feed a crowd and stand up to hot weather. In this demonstration cooking class, you will learn how to make summer sides that will be the star of the party, including green and yellow wax bean salad with tarragon vinaigrette, penne with lentils and feta, and Lebanese potato...
$68.75
Hands-On Cooking: Make-Ahead Snacks
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Do you feel like you are constantly on the go? It is crucial to nourish your body with something energizing and delicious. In this cooking class, you will learn how to prepare snacks for every type of snacker: healthy-ish chocolate chip cookies will satiate your sweet tooth without the crash and burn of a sugary treat, nourishing carrot soup for a warming reset, and nutrient-rich satisfying dips to pack along with vegetables fruits, or crackers. ...
$87
Hands-on Baking: Pate a Choux
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Discover the secrets of French pastry with our hands-on baking course. Master the art of Pâte à choux and learn to make delicious éclairs, gougères, and churros in this immersive class. Take home a selection of treats to enjoy!
$87
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