Longfellow Cooks! Early Summer Vegetable Inspirations.

2800 Cherry Street,Kansas City MO 64108

13 July, 2021

Description

Longfellow Cooks is a series of cooking and food knowledge-sharing classes in collaboration with Longfellow Farm. Welcome back Longfellow Cooks! Longfellow Cooks is a series of cooking classes in collaboration with Longfellow Farm designed to share knowledge and ideas about cooking, preserving, and eating seasonal vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Classes will be led by neighbors with opportunities for all participants to share their knowledge as well. As much as possible, we'll use produce from the Longfellow Farm to guide the class topics and all classes will end with a shared meal prepared together.  Our first class of 2021 will feature a variety of early summer-inspired dishes, led by neighbor Jess McGregor. We'll try fun and delicious ways to use seasonally available local produce such as kale, chard, beets, beans, and herbs. After class, you can take home a packet of the recipes we used to try again later! Longfellow Cooks classes will usually be held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, 6-8 pm at Enhance Your Art (2800 Cherry St.). Stay tuned to the Longfellow Farm Facebook page for updates. Classes are open to neighbors and friends with a suggested donation of $5 (pay cash at the door) to cover ingredients and supplies. Participation is limited to 15 people, please register to reserve your spot! Please note: For the health and safety of all participants, we would like everyone who plans to attend class to expect to observe the following precautions: Attendance will be limited, so please book your reservation for the correct number of people in your group. Per CDC guidance, vaccinated individuals may attend class without a mask and observe. Anyone who would like to participate directly in the hands-on preparation of food will be asked to wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status. Longfellow Farm, a project of Longfellow Community Association, grows vegetables, fruits and herbs to feed and beautify the neighborhood. Neighbors work together to grow, tend, distribute and preserve the harvest, while learning and sharing ways to make Longfellow more food secure, vibrant, sustainable, and healthy. Established in 2015, this community farm quickly took root and has become an exemplary model for a neighborhood-based urban farm. Neighbors volunteer at the farm in exchange for produce, purchase CSA shares to help fund the project or drop by for to buy "U-pick" produce on a sliding scale. In 2016 Longfellow Farm plans to host more community events including cooking classes, growing workshops, potlucks and concerts.