November 20th — Winter Vegetables as Delicious and Seasonal Medicine: Mother Nature has her reasons for bringing certain things in at different times to help our bodies adjust to the changes. Join me and Dr. Elizabeth Mc Elligott as we talk and taste our way through a variety of winter vegetables that may help you through the holidays as well! 6:30 – 8pm. Sign up in the online store $25/ person

November 28th — Eating for Adrenal Fatigue: Do you struggle with burnout? Is your energy gone and you almost feel hyper because you are so spent? Having trouble sleeping? Do you lean on caffeine and quick energy supplements just to get through the day? headaches? You may struggle with adrenal fatigue. These little hormone factories are especially susceptible to stress and often just give in and give out. Join me and Dr. Elizabeth Mc Elligott as we talk about dealing with this popular phenomenon with real foods to restore your body and your mind back into balance. It can be done and we’ll feed you too! 6:30-8pm $35/ person.

Preserving Meats is a seasonal favorite as this is the time for building that healthy and organ insulating layer to protect us from the cold. It is also a time for deep rich flavors. This class is designed to give you and understanding of the role that you can play using salt as your primary cooking tool. It is also a preservation technique and a way to lacto-ferment your meats! Students will have a chance to take home products that we make and taste extensively finished foods to create a strong foundation for using these things at home. I will demo (and you will help to make) Pork Rillettes, Gravlax, Homemade Bacon and Pickled Herring, perfect for holiday entertaining and food gifts. This class runs 2 1/2  hours so please come prepared to stay a while. 6:30pm

 Homemade Fermented Sodas: want to learn how to make delicious bubbly drinks at home? Come learn how to make Kombucha, lacto fermented sodas and ginger ale. You’ll even get to take a few bottles home! Please note that this can be a messy class, so be prepared to get a little soaked yourself and we’ll even send you home with a few bottles to taste too and your own SCOBY! 6:30pm $40/person (this class tends to run late, so please prepare to stay 2-3 hours)

December 6th: Eating for Seasonal Affective Disorder. Do you struggle with with feeling depressed or low energy in the winter? As the days shorten our bodies’ needs change too and many people experience this as seasonal depression; however, for most of them this is just a nutritional deficiency that can be corrected with simple changes to your diet to fortify yourself for this time of year. Come learn as Dr. Elizabeth McElligott and myself talk about a whole foods approach to SAD with tips on menu plans and tasting too. $35/ person Please sign up in the online store

The Pregnancy Nutrition Series is a 6 course series co-taught by Dr. Rebecca Asmar of Bambu Clinic and Tressa Yellig of Salt, Fire & Time. The topics include Pre-conception diets and detox, First Trimester Nutrition: Remedies & Recipes, Second Trimester Nutrition: Hormone Balance and Vaccinations , Third Trimester Nutrition & Birth Preparation: Making a Food Plan, Postpartum Management: Breastfeeding & Healing, and Baby’s First Foods: Introductions. We will share recipes, nutrition information, a variety of resources and other helpful hints to make your relationship to your baby healthy and as comfortable as possible. The classes will be discussion based and information packets will preceed each class to give a basis for the conversation. Classes start at 6:30 on Tuesday evenings and will run until 8pm. There will be small tastings of recipes and tea served.

October 25th — The Skinny on Fats: Come learn, taste and explore the truth about the differences between fats and when to use them in your food. This class will help you to understand the differences among saturated, monounsatured, polyunsaturated and transfats. We’ll discuss the history surrounding the phobia around fats in our society as well as how to include them in a healthy way everyday. There will be some simple food demos for you to use at home in your menu planning as well as snacks. This class will be taught collaboratively by Tressa Yellig, chef at SFT and Elizabeth McElligott ND at Glow Integrative Health. Class starts at 6:30pm and the cost is $25/ person. Sign up in the store to save your space!