Illustration by Lucas Rate

The Co-op has offered really great cooking classes — our What’s Cookin’ series — and free wellness classes for the past few years. Now we’re excited to have expanded our class offerings to include our Essential Cookery series, and soon, Essential Living classes.

Essential Cookery focuses on basic home cooking techniques in combination with good value. Our first two classes, held last month, were Breads for Breakfast and The Whole Chicken.

We offer two classes in June. Both will be held from 10 a.m. until noon at the Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center and cost $15. The class on Ethnic Cooking with Grains and Beans will be on Saturday, June 6. Just in time for the Eat Local challenge, our Preserving the Harvest class will be on Saturday, June 13.

We look forward to offering more food preservation classes in the fall, and more comfort food classes in the winter such as Good Eggs; Pancakes, Waffles, and Crepes; Soups and Stews; and Beyond Tuna Noodle Casserole.

Feedback on the classes has been super. So far the only complaint is that attendees weren’t informed in advance of how much food they’d get to eat during the class itself!

Essential Living classes will encompass other topics of interest to our members and the community. Watch this newsletter and check The Scoop (our website calendar at www.moscowfood.coop) to find out more.