Food

The world needs bees. They are vital for pollinating flowers and crops (as well as providing us with delicious honey), but today they face a number of threats.

Meet the bees, learn about them and their behaviour, and explore what is involved in keeping bees in suburban Melbourne.

Do you dream of a fridge bursting with healthy groceries? A pantry overflowing with nutritious goodness? How can you make good choices when there are endless and confusing facts, numbers and details plastered on the average food package? Phewww, help is on the way. We will decode all those pesky numbers and confusing tables through the awesome powers of scientific geekiness and evidence-based research. Yay!

Love food? Fancy learning how to make some Indian pantry staples from scratch? Well now you can!

We’re going to learn how to make wholesome and delicious ghee – a type of butter – and paneer – a delicious, cookable type of cheese. These two ingredients are used in most South Asian kitchens to bring taste and texture to dishes and enhance the flavours of spices.

Come along and join us to learn the quick and easy way to create these at home instead of reaching for off-the-shelf versions.

Learn the age old art of fermenting Kombucha at home, you’ll go home with your own jar of kombucha that you have flavoured yourself! Come along for an informative, fun and interactive class. In this class you will learn how to make a black tea Kombucha in a “first ferment” and then a flavoured Kombucha in a “second ferment”. You’ll learn all you need to know to continue fermenting at home and the potential benefits of this tasty, fizzy drink! Think pineapple and mint is a winning combo? then try it out! Or how about orange and passionfruit? Maybe that’s your jam. You’ll be able to choose from many flavour combinations and take home your very own version of this sweet fermented tea.

We have all heard that we are what we eat. If you eat processed sugar and high fat foods, your risk for heart diseases and many cancers skyrockets. On the other hand, grab a kale salad instead of a chocolate bar, and your whole body is nourished.

But did you know that your daily lifestyle choices actually shape your genetic make-up? And even more, these changes are passed on through our genes! So, how did your grandparents shape your DNA? And what can you do to pass on the best genes to your children and grandchildren?

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” Hippocrates, father of medicine (431 B.C).

Would you like to know how to eat your way to great health and top performing genes? In the last 30 years, studies have demonstrated what health benefits individual foods can offer and identify the specific nutrients or chemicals associated with these benefits. We now know that the foods we eat can change the behaviour of genes involved in cancer progression, dementia and other diseases. That sounds crazy, doesn’t it?

We all love dumplings, but how many of us can create this yumminess in our own kitchen? In this class we will touch on the history of dumplings before moving onto the practical hands on approach to make your own dumpling potstickers to cook at home and ending the class with a yummy tasting session!

This is a hands-on class learning a delicious base recipe for Bliss Balls with three flavour variants. These balls make for a great waste-free, natural energy hit for work and sport and also make great gifts. The base recipe for these Bliss Balls is truly delicious and and can be pimped up in limitless ways. During this class we will make peanut butter, choco-mint and cranberry-coconut variations. Recipes are all vegan, gluten free and zero-waste but will contain nuts (peanuts and cashew nuts).

Learn the age old art of fermenting Kombucha at home, you’ll go home with your own jar of kombucha that you have flavoured yourself! Come along for an informative, fun and interactive class. In this class you will learn how to make a black tea Kombucha in a “first ferment” and then a flavoured Kombucha in a “second ferment”. You’ll learn all you need to know to continue fermenting at home and the potential benefits of this tasty, fizzy drink! Think pineapple and mint is a winning combo? then try it out! Or how about orange and passionfruit? Maybe that’s your jam. You’ll be able to choose from many flavour combinations and take home your very own version of this sweet fermented tea.

Very traditional and very delicious; who doesn’t love shortbread?

In this class we will be inspired to make some classy shortbread gifts for your friends and tuck away a little bit for ourselves.