First Earth Cafe Class

In a glorious break in the rain, we held the first Earth Cafe class of the spring last Saturday.  The Commonweal garden in Bolinas was in full form that day, and I was in awe of how alive and beautiful everything was.  We had a great class.  I taught students   how to gather nettles and cook them with phyllo dough. Nettles are the essence of spring itself. The amazing Chef, Jeremy Peckham, came out and taught us knife skills and how to make yin/yang sushi.  I learned many things I did not know before about how to make sushi from him. Tammy, the farm manager, taught us how to prepare soil and plant seeds. Each student has taken home several seedlings and will be learning how to grow food from seeds. After a day on the farm, eating seasonal and wild foods, and being with great people, I felt healthy and alive.  I look forward to the next class May 1  when Ruby teaches us about urban homesteading.

I returned home to be further trained in the art of paella by my teacher, Michael Rauner. And the next day I tried out my first attempt at making german style potato pancakes. I am so lucky to get to learn and teach all of this!!!