Cook With Intention, Gather Around the Kitchen

Hands-on cooking classes and seasonal workshops in the Willamette Valley and beyond, blending practical kitchen skills with the real science of how ingredients support your body.

Every class and workshop is completely custom to your group, your kitchen space, and what’s in season. Whether you want to roll up your sleeves for a specific culinary project or learn how to bring more functional, nutrient-dense ingredients into your everyday cooking, here are a few favorite starting points:

• Herbal Salt Blending: Inspired by Mom Salt, learn how to blend mineral-rich sea salts, aromatics, and culinary herbs and discover how everyday ingredients like fennel, celery seed, and bitter herbs support digestion and liver health. Take home your own custom blend

• Handmade Pasta & Herbal Sauces: Mix, roll, and shape fresh pasta from scratch paired with vibrant, nutrient-dense sauces built around local greens and slow-simmered flavors.

• Sourdough & Cultured Butters: Take the intimidation out of wild fermentation, learn why long-fermented bread is gentler on your gut while shaping loaves and whipping custom herb-and-sea-salt butters.

• Fermentation & Seasonal Preserving: Turn peak local produce into crisp, probiotic-rich krauts, ferments, and quick pickles while learning the real science of gut health.

• Dolmas & Herb-Forward Mezze: A hands-on, social session focused on rolling stuffed grape leaves from scratch alongside anti-inflammatory dips, spices, and seasonal spreads.

• Seasonal Foraging & Wild Edibles: Explore what’s growing right outside, learning to identify safe, abundant Pacific Northwest edibles and transform them into an unforgettable meal.