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ECO-SF's Bakers Alley: Preserving the Harvest - Fermentation Fest

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Date:
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Time:
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Event Type:
Class/Workshop
Organizer/Author:
Davin Wentworth-Thrasher
Email:
Phone:
415-846-8164
Address:
555 Portola Drive @ O'Shaunnessey
Location Details:
Next to the athletic field at the Rurh Asawa School of the Arts and the Academy of Arts and Sciences 555 Portola Dr. San Francisco. Enter campus via O'Shaughnessy Blvd @ Portola. Close to 36, 44, 48, and 52 Muni lines. From the parking area on O'Shaughnessy, walk down the hill to the right towards the athletic field. Limited parking is available further down driveway at loading dock, just keep driveway clear and please do not park on the grass. We'll be on the farm the behind the bleachers across the field. See ya there!

Come join us for another day of preserving the harvest. This time we'll be brewing, fermenting and pickling. Check out hands-on workshops on homebrewing, including herbal and medicinal brews, sauerkraut and kimchi making, kombucha and other powerful probiotic preservations. We'll even be sampling some cultured sourdough pizza crust, San Francisco style!

Activities:

11am-Fire up oven, morning refreshments courtesy of Arizmendi Bakery

12pm- Homebrewing including herbal and medicinal brews.

1pm- Break for lunch and oven fresh pizzas

2pm- Kimchi and Suaerkraut making

3pm- Kombucha and other fresh ferments

Late Afternoon-more work and hangin out, conversatin, eatin and bein merry!


As always, the ovens will be blazing and we'll provide the dough so bring some pizza toppings, or some other local, seasonal fare to share and compare at our ultra-local potluck.

Also check out the farm and see appropriate technology demos like solar ovens and dehydrators (if it's sunny), rocket stove, compost toilet, pedal power, earthen structures and of course the cob oven!

Bring your own utensils if you got em, and musical instruments, parlor tricks and special talents are always welcome too!

Added to the calendar on Sat, Aug 18, 2012 12:04AM
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by Davin Wentworth-Thrasher
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