Whole Fruit Canning and Summer Jam Making Workshops

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present two more FREE community workshops!

Whole Fruit Canning - The Joy of Sweet and Sour Fruit

Monday, July 29

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Newcomers Centre (7009 Kingsway / Burnaby - map)

Learn with Karen DarWoon how to can local, fresh whole fruit (in a sweet and sour style). You get a jar of jam to take home with you! This will be a hands-on workshop.

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Karen DarWoon is a personal chef and Board Member of the Richmond Sharing Farm Society, who is passionate about urban farming and the fun of food!

Summer Jam Making - Raspberry Jam

Tuesday, August 6

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cameron Rec Centre (9523 Cameron Street / Burnaby - map)

Learn how to make your own jam. Janice Bobic will show us how to use summer raspberries to make jam. You get a jar of jam to take home with you! This will be a hands-on workshop.


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Janice Bobic is a Burnaby bee expert who also owns and operates My Father's Garden, a Burnaby-based small business focusing on local artisan food production.

Correction: The original post on July 10, 2013 for the Summer Jam Making workshop said that we will be making blueberry jam. This has been changed to raspberry jam, not blueberry.

Upcoming Food First Workshops: Bee-Keeping and Pickling

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present two more FREE community workshops!

Introduction to Bee-Keeping

Tuesday, May 28
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Tommy Douglas Library (7311 Kingsway / Burnaby - map)

Source: Josh Gitalis

Under certain conditions, the City of Burnaby allows residents to keep bees. Come and learn how to start your own hive and how to plant your garden for pollinators. The workshop is led by Janice Bobic, a Burnaby community member and bee-keeping expert -- and also includes a honey tasting!

This workshop will be demonstration-style and is offered in partnership with the Burnaby Public Library.

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Janice Bobic is a Burnaby bee expert who also owns and operates My Father's Garden, a Burnaby-based small business focusing on local artisan food production.

Secrets of Pickling

Wednesday, May 29
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Newcomers Centre (7009 Kingsway / Burnaby - map)

Source: Serious Eats

Join master chef Andrea Potter and learn how to make your own pickled foods using fermentation. Take home samples! We will be fermenting fresh local radishes from Urban Digs Farm in Burnaby.

This workshop will be hands-on and is funded by VanCity. 

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Andrea Potter is a Red Seal Chef and a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She teaches whole-foods cooking classes and also offers nutrition counselling. She is passionate about the benefits of whole, local and slow foods. For more information on Andrea Potter, visit her website: http://wholefoodscooking.ca/.

Summer Workshop Series

Burnaby Food First is pleased to announce our next workshop series! Each workshop has two dates to choose from. All workshops are FREE.

Canning for Life
Learn the basics of jams and chutneys

August 8 / 5-7pm
Newcomers Centre / 7009 Kingsway (map)

August 20 / 6-8pm
Cranberry Commons / 4272 Albert St. (map) 

Join chef Alice Macpherson to learn about the benefits of canning your own food, including about what's going into your food and what you are feeding your family, as well as the cost savings of buying produce fresh and in season. Join us and make your own batch of jam and another of chutney for yourself and your family. All materials are provided, and participants take home two 250 ml (8 oz.) jars of finished product.

Modern Pantry Canning
Learn how to make fresh, local relishes and salsas

August 13 / 5-7pm
Newcomers Centre / 7009 Kingsway (map)

August 27 / 1-3pm
Cranberry Commons / 4272 Albert St. (map) 

Eat local and save money by learning how to preserve fruit and vegetables in season with Chef Karen Dar Woon. Using produce from local farms, participants will make and take home Ginger Plum Sauce, Sweet Virginia Pickle Relish. This workshop requires very basic kitchen skills.

Canning for the Sweet Life
Learn how to can local fresh whole fruits

September 5 / 5-7pm
Byrne Creek Secondary / 7777 18th St. (map)
Topic: Spiced Pears

September 6 / 5-7pm
Cranberry Commons / 4272 Albert St. (map)
Topic: Apple Butter

As the kids head back to school, delicious local apples and pears from some of BC’s finest organic producers head to market. Come learn how to store the bounty, with Chef Antonietta Gesualdi of Foodwisdom, as she demonstrates how to make spiced pears and apple butter. Either of these will make for a great treat in the school lunch box in February.

Please help us spread the word to your friends!

Spaces are limited. Register now by emailing us or by calling (604) 570-3623. When registering, please tell us the name and date of the workshop you are interested in, the name(s) of who will be attending, and provide a contact phone number or email address.

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See you at the workshops!