We are into incorporating new & fun ways to cultivate and create in your kitchen with herbs this month! We’ve partnered with two specialty, local businesses to help you add some spice to your kitchen & meal experiences!
Kitchen Essentials & Gifts is offering 15% off of any herb-related kitchen tool that you purchase this month to all card-carrying owners! If you don’t have your card yet, this month is a great time to get it!! Please contact us for more information.
Kitchen Essentials is a cook’s paradise located in beautiful downtown Cedar Falls. Whether you’re a gourmet chef or a beginner, Kitchen Essential’s knowledgeable staff can help outfit your kitchen. Kitchen Essentials – making cooking a pleasure!
Also, Kitchen Essentials is hosting our second business partner for the month of April! Luann Alameo has offered up her skills to teach us how oil & vinegar DO mix!! Don’t believe it? Well then, sign up for our very first member-only, exclusive workshop with Luann & find out! The event is on Sunday April 19th from 2-3pm, costs $5 and space is limited. Please RSVP to info@cedarfallsfoodcoop.org quickly before all the spots are reserved! As a bonus, if you’re currently not a member & decide to join this month at Luann’s class, you’ll be registered for this member-exclusive event for free AND get all the unbelievably awesome perks of being a member of the Cedar Falls Food Co-op, of course. Have I mentioned that we’re a great group of super-cool community members just like you? Well…we are & we want you to join, too!!
In this workshop, you will learn how to make flavorful vinaigrettes using the herbs and spices available from your kitchen. Vinaigrettes can be used on salads, marinades and some pasta and rice dishes. Come and learn how to shake up your own custom vinaigrette.
Luann Alemao CEO of Luann Alemao and Associates is a national Speaker, author and FACS educator on food and nutrition, etiquette and National Corporate speaker for Blue Zones. Luann has taught food and nutrition and the culinary arts for over 25 years. Luann is the creator of” Spoon it with Luann,” Blue zones inspired hands on cooking courses where she teaches monthly to enhance the well –being of the community. Luann has created Culinary Kids camps where children learn about nutrition and manners with a monthly theme. Luann has become a corporate speaker for Blue zones where she will be presenting the well-being and purposeful lives of the Blue Zones communities. Luann championed the Blue Zones movement in Cedar Falls where she organized bringing Dan Buettner and his message. The rest is history.