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Chicago Botanic Garden
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The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.

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Chicago Botanic Garden

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Demo Cooking: Tomato Quinoa Meatball Stew

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Stews are a meal in a bowl, and many elements can be easily prepared in advance. This class will feature a protein-packed tomato-based stew with quinoa and bison meatballs, accompanied by a side salad and a basic vinaigrette.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Take Control of Your Health Through Diet and Lifestyle

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL

This workshop will help participants to build a foundational understanding of nutrition and the major impact it can have on health. Learn how to ditch dieting for good by developing a sustainable, balanced dietary pattern that fits your unique needs. Recommendations for shopping to fill your cart with nutritious foods that meet your needs while reducing your grocery bill will also be addressed.   This will be a hands-on cooking class. ...

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Summer Picnic

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Preparing a homemade picnic with the whole family makes eating outside even more special.  Learn how to put together a packable and seasonal meal that children and adults can make together. Featured recipes include: bacon wrapped dates, the best sandwich EVER, and carrot cake cupcakes.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demonstration Cooking: Wild Mushrooms

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Perhaps you’ve seen bright white giant puffballs and maybe even a morel or two in your neighborhood, and wondered if you could eat them. Or, maybe you have enjoyed a meal at a favorite restaurant featuring wild mushrooms and want to replicate that same incredible flavor at home.  In this demonstration cooking class you will learn tips and techniques for preparing and cooking mushrooms, as well as have the opportunity to taste a variety of...

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demo Cooking: French Fall Favorites

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Few experiences capture magic and romance like autumn in Paris—colorful foliage, crisp breezes, and of course, flavorful seasonal meals. In this demonstration class, instructor and Francophile Emily Paster will transport you to the City of Light with a seasonal, French-inspired fall menu, with all new recipes including: Tomates farcies (stuffed tomatoes) Veal marengo French apple cake

(127) All levels 21 and older
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Demo Cooking: Greens & Grains

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Greens and grains are anything but basic. These simple staples can be dressed up to make excellent meals on their own or can act as flavorful side dishes. Learn how to use fresh herbs to punch up the texture and flavor of a dish.  You will learn: The basics of homemade salad dressing Fundamental knife skills Sauté techniques to use in preparing: Autumn root vegetable salad Farro with orange and pomegranate Black beans with swiss...

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demonstration Cooking: Salmon Bowls

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn the secrets to creating a quick, easy, and delicious fish dinner with leftover potential in this cooking class at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Enhance your knife skills, prepare rice, steam salmon, and craft a homemade sesame-tamari dressing. Don't miss out on this fabulous opportunity to elevate your culinary repertoire.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking Make-Ahead Thanksgiving

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Simplify your Thanksgiving dinner with our hands-on cooking class at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Learn how to prepare all your favorite side dishes, desserts, and even a fall cocktail in advance. Join us and discover the joy of stress-free holiday cooking.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demonstration Cooking: Edible Gifts

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn the art of creating homemade, mouthwatering edible gifts that are sure to impress all year round in this culinary class at the esteemed Chicago Botanic Garden. From luxurious English toffee with almonds to savory cheese and pecan sablés, discover a range of delicious recipes that will solve all your holiday gift-giving dilemmas.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demo Cooking: Winter Citrus

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the vibrant flavors of winter citrus and bring the sunshine into your kitchen with these citrus-based dishes. Learn how to create a beautiful winter salad with grapefruit, make a delicious sheet pan sausage with orange and fennel, and indulge in a Meyer lemon and basil pound cake. Unleash your culinary creativity with the diverse varieties of citrus and master the art of citrus supreming for an elegant presentation.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demo Cooking: Salads in a Jar

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn the art of creating delicious and convenient salads in a jar with the Demo Cooking course at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Discover knife skills, dressing basics, and different techniques for preparing chicken. Featured recipes include quinoa tabbouleh, Greek salad, and lemon-oregano-thyme chicken.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demonstration Cooking: Mushrooms

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Unleash the delectable potential of mushrooms in this hands-on cooking class at Chicago Botanic Garden. Learn expert preparation tips and cooking techniques as you create savory dishes such as mushroom yogurt lettuce cups, portobello cheese "steaks," mixed mushroom lasagna, and French onion and mushroom broth soup.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demonstration Cooking: Springtime in Paris

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Experience the taste of Paris in the spring with this elegant dinner party menu inspired by fresh ingredients. Indulge in a roasted rack of lamb with garlic-herb crust, paired with asparagus and sauce gribiche, and herbed new potatoes. Let the French mastery of seasonal eating transport you to a culinary paradise.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Spring Herbs

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the vibrant world of spring herbs with our practical cooking class. Immerse yourself in the delicate flavors of the season as you create a delectable meal featuring green goddess dressing, savory hand pies, and marinated feta. Plus, take home your container garden filled with fresh and tasty herbs.

(127) Advanced 18 and older
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$109
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Photoshop 1

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Make your images even better with Adobe Photoshop Elements—a user-friendly photo editor that has the same concepts as the full version of Photoshop. Apply selection tools, layers, and smart brushes.  A laptop computer with Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photoshop CS5 installed and a digital camera are required.

(127) Beginner 18 and older
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$436

6 sessions

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Hands-on Cooking: Food Preservation

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Get an early start on your holiday menu planning. In this hands-on class, local food blogger and cookbook author Emily Paster will teach you how to make ahead and preserve a zesty orange-ginger cranberry sauce that is perfect for your holiday feast or edible gifting using local, seasonal, Wisconsin cranberries. The class will also cover the how-tos of water-bath canning, a safe and easy method of home food preservation, including safety and...

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demo Cooking: Mexican Vegetables

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn to incorporate a variety of Mexican flavors and spices into vegetable dishes in this cooking class. Enjoy a light lunch of jicama avocado salad, tamal Azteca, and chayote squash with guajillo dressing.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Preserving the Harvest

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn to eat more seasonally and locally throughout the year by canning, fermenting, dehydrating, and freezing.  You will practice step-by-step methods for water-bath canning and fermentation. Safety concerns and equipment needs will be discussed.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$68.75
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Demo Cooking: Easy Thanksgiving Sides

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

The way to keep your cool when hosting Thanksgiving is to rely on make-ahead side dishes. In this demonstration cooking class, you will discover how to simplify your holiday with inventive Thanksgiving side dishes that you can make in advance. Recipes include a kale and butternut squash galette (which can double as a main course for vegetarian guests), balsamic-glazed pearl onions, and a shredded brussels sprouts salad with pecans.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Colored Pencil: Exotic Plants

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Greenhouses contain many exotic plants, displayed in facsimiles of their native habitats, which students will use as subjects. Draw from life in the Greenhouses, making studies of the intricate plant structures and colors, then return to the studio to translate studies into compositions. Work in graphite leading to finished work in colored pencil, using all the techniques introduced in earlier colored pencil courses....

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$312

6 sessions

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