Wanderland Tea Party: Wild Food Tasting & Herbal Tea Party

783 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard,Thousand Oaks CA 91360

28 January, 2023

Description

Enjoy a most unusual and creative tea party featuring wonderfully wild herbal teas and elixirs, wild food snacks and desserts and a colorful discussion of the basics of herbalism, foraging and crafting your own herbal potions to support health and wellness. Fantastical costumes encouraged! Jess Starwood— herbalist, forager and chef—creates an innovative yet traditional approach to herbal medicine, wild foods and connecting the community with our local natural environment. Jess’ first book, Mushroom Wanderland: A Forager’s Guide to Finding, Identifying and Using More Than 25 Wild Fungi, is available from all major booksellers. She was recognized as one of the most creative chefs in Ventura County by Edible Ojai & Ventura County magazine in December 2019 and has worked with several top Michelin-starred chefs in Los Angeles, CA to bring nutritious yet flavorful, wild foods to the table. Not only sharing a love for unique and unusual foods, Jess strives to help students cultivate an intimate, sustainable and connected relationship with the land. jstarwood.com / thewildpath.org