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Wowza! What a treat to join the Colorado Charcuterie Intensive feast with author and teacher Pure Charcuterie at . I wish I could have attended the whole weekend workshop!

Looks like an amazing two-day workshop with Meredith Leigh (author of Pure Charcuterie and The Ethical Meat Handbook) at a farm outside of Boulder, CO.

Learn to confidently cure meats via salting, dehydration, smoking, and fermentation. We will begin with a half hog, and spend two days turning every scrap of it into charcuterie, from fresh sausages to smoked hams, pates and hard salamis. In addition to learning salumi craft, you'll engage with me and your classmates about topics of sustainable farming, mindful slaughter, artisan butchery, and inspired cookery. You'll get to taste your creations at a culminating class feast, and you'll get to take projects home to finish on your own.

Colorado Charcuterie Intensive February 23 & 24, 2019 In this 2-day intensive, learn to confidently cure meats via salting, dehydration, smoking, and fermentation. We will begin with a half hog, and spend two days turning every scrap of it into charcuterie, from fresh sausages to smoked hams, pates and hard salamis. In

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First-Ever Honey Bee Vaccine Offers Hope for Pollinators and Fruit Growers Scientists at the University of Helsinki have developed the first edible vaccine for honey bees

Lots of fantastic workshops focused on cooking with heritage grains, whole grains, and fermented grains with Mona the Grain Lady in Boulder, CO. https://www.thegrainlady.com/workshops/.

Workshops

Grab your tickets for the Flatirons Food Film Festival (October 11-14). There's a fantastic lineup of films, events, speakers, and parties.

Flatirons Food Film Festival Feast on reel food at Colorado's only food-related film festival, October 11-14, 2018. The Flatirons Food Film Festival is an annual multi-day feast in Boulder that celebrates exceptional culinary cinema. In 2018, it will take place at the Boulder Public Library, Muenzinger Auditorium on the CU-Boul...

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Derek Thomas Staebell of Live Cultures Fermented Foods guided us as we turned the Cure Organic Farm summer bounty into jars of tasty fermented goodness to enjoy all year round. Derek explained the science of fermentation, shared recipe suggestions, offered tasters for inspiration, and answered questions before we dove in and made our own creative concoctions. Stephanie Wencl, thank you for capturing the beauty of the afternoon in these photos.