HOMEMADE PASTA (GF), PRESERVING & PROPOGATION
Session One in  A Year of Sustainable Living – A series of small-farm based, self-sufficiency inspired workshops with Yintarini Farm & SBA’s Kitchen
Date:  Saturday 7 February 2026
Time:  9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue:  Yintarini Farm, 166 Cochranes Road, Seaspray, VIC, 3851
Cost: $88.00 per person plus Eventbrite Fee (Cost includes recipes, all ingredients, a hearty lunch and take-homes!)
Bookings:  via Eventbrite click here
Max Participants:  8 participants
More details:  Click here
(All food will be gluten free)

THE FOOD OF GREECE –  It’s all about hospitality & sharing!
Date:  Tuesday 17 February 2025
Time:  10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Venue:  LIbrary meeting rooms next door to Paynesville Neighbourhood Centre (PNC)
Cost:  $60.00
Bookings:   Paynesville Neighbourhood Centre (PNC)  phone:  5156 0214 or email:  info@pnc.vic.edu.au
Max Participants:  8 participants
More details:  Click here
Sample Menu:  Tzatziki   |||   Roasted Feta and Red Capsicum   |||   Horiatiki Salad   |||   Fasolakia   |||   Domates Gemistes   |||   Garides Saganaki   |||   Moussaka   |||   Karidopita (Greek Walnut Cake)
(All food will be gluten free)

A TASTE OF TUSCANY
Date:  Thursday 19 February 2025
Time:  10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Venue:  Briagolong Community House
Cost:  $55.00 per person (Cost includes recipes and all ingredients, plus lunch on the day.)
Bookings:  Follow this link, or phone Briagolong Community House (03) 5145 5425
Max Participants:  6 participants
More details:  Click here
Sample menu:  Zuppa di Magro Grasso (Thin-Fat Soup)   |||   Frittata Con Gli Zoccoli  (Frittata with Pancetta)   |||  Ravioli Ignudi (Naked Ravioli)   |||   Pasta Alla Contadina (Peasant Style Pasta)   |||   Gurguglione all Elbana  (Tuscan Vegetable Stew)   |||   Fagiolini Ripassati a Padella (Pan-fried green beans)   |||   Torta al Finocchio

COOKING WITH KIDS – HORTOPITA ROLLS & ROASTED CAPSICUM & FETA DIP
Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026
Time:  4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue:  Maffra Neighbourhood House, 31A Thomson St, Maffra VIC 3860
Cost:  $15.00 per child
Bookings:  Maffra Neighbourhood House – Ph: 0422 335 155
Max Participants:  6
On the menu:
※ Delicious Hortopita Rolls with a little of my homemade tomato relish.
※ Roasted Capsicum and Feta Dip with bread or toasts!

THE FOOD OF JAPAN
Date:   Friday 27 February 2026
Time:  10:00 – 14:00 (minimum of 4 hours)
Venue:  Swifts Creek Hall
Cost:  $40.00 per person
Note:  This session has been subsidised by the Community Centre Swifts Creek, and will also include a take-home goody bag of key ingredients used in many of the dishes prepared on the day.
Bookings:  Community Centre Swifts Creek :
📞 0491 697 298
💻 ccswiftscreek@gmail.com
Max. participants:  10 participants
More details:  Click here
Sample menu:  Miso Soup   |||   O-hitashi (spinach rolled as for sushi)   |||   Nasu Dengaku (eggplant with miso)   |||   Yakitori, (grilled chicken and vegetable skewers)   |||   Nikudango (Japanese Pork Meatballs)   |||   Namasu (pickled daikon and carrot salad)   |||   Slow-Cooked Shiitake with Tamari   |||   Ingen no Goma-ae (beans tossed in a delicious sweet, savoury sesame sauce)   |||   Tamago-yaki (rolled omelette)
(All food will be gluten free)

A BLESSED BASKET – EASTER FOOD FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Date:  Friday 27 March 2026
Time:  10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Venue:  Maffra Neighbourhood House, 31A Thomson St, Maffra VIC 3860
Cost:  $55.00  per person (Cost includes recipes and all ingredients, and lunch on the day.)
Bookings:   Maffra Neighbourhood House – Ph:  0422 335 155
Max Participants:  6 participants
More details:  Click here
Sample Menu:  Beef Murtabak (Singapore)   |||   Fish Cakes (A family favourite!)   |||   Salatka Jarzynowa (Polish Vegetable Salad)   |||   Riz a Jej (Lebanese Chicken & Rice)   |||   Tarta Pascualina (Argentinian Spinach, Egg & Ricotta Pie)   |||   Gluten Free Carrot Cake Donuts (Spain)  |||   Jamaican Easter Bun

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