3:00pm - 5:00pm

Fresh: Celebrating the Table

Classes   Events  

$50 members / $60 non-members
(Fee includes Arboretum Admission)
Reservations required; please call 626.821.4623
301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007

Our FRESH cooking classes encompass all things wonderful about the kitchen table - from the garden that grows the food to recipes, seasons, and festive decorations that celebrate our love for eating. Come and watch, learn, ask questions and taste!! ! Please join our host, Peg Rahn, for an entertaining, enlightening and delicious two hours! Reservations are required as space is limited. 

STEVEN MARY – EXECUTIVE CHEF OF THE PATINA GROUP CATAL RESTAURANT AND UVA BAR AT DOWNTOWN DISNEY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6
3-5pm in the Oak Room
Sponsored by Catal Restaurant and UVA bar, a Patina group restaurant, we welcome Executive Chef Steven Mary back to the Arboretum.  Through the years, Steven Mary has been an active and giving participant to so many of the Arboretum’s programs, and in particular has served as a role model and chef for all the children in our Roots & Shoots Children’s program.  In the last twelve years, he has impacted the lives of over 1000 children by opening new doors for them. Many of the children attending Roots & Shoots have seen wide open green space for the first time here at the Arboretum, and Steven’s role in showing them where plants and food comes from, and then how to cook it, is so important. In addition, he has delighted so many adults with his delicious and innovative classes here. One of the most favorite classes was a series entitles Gardening & Cooking in a Mediterranean Climate with Jill Vig.  In between his Arboretum volunteering, he has also been a chef at the Ritz Carlton/Langham Hotel, executive chef of Pinot Bistro in the valley, and is now executive chef of Catal (a Patina Group restaurant) in Downtown Disney.  He has a fabulous menu planned so be sure to call for a reservation quickly!
 
PHAEDRA LEDBETTER - COOKING FOR GODDESSES: CULINARY TREASURES OF GREECE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
3-5pm in the Oak Room
Phaedra Ledbetter will be back to cook her Greek Grandmother’s favorite dishes this spring with a sumptuous
feast to transport you to the Aegean. ‘Cooking’ in Greek translates to ‘magic”. Phaedra will show you how to simply transform garden fresh ingredients into the foods of the gods! From teaching you how to make a Bento Box last year to Cooking for Goddesses (Artemis & Athena are her twin daughters), Phaedra’s Japanese and Greek heritage inspire her everyday dinners at home. You will taste dishes that have become her ‘go to’ comfort foods and learn the myths and secrets of her Mediterranean diet. “Kali Orexi” (Bon Appetit!)!

ALEXANDRA POER SHERIDAN – CHEF/OWNER OF CAFÉ & BOUTIQUE ‘ALEXANDRA’S TABLE’ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
3-5pm in the Oak Room
Alexandra Poer Sheridan is the chef/owner of the cafe and boutique  'alexandra's table, food and objects for the table", established in 2011, located in the historic Mission District of San Gabriel.  She is also the proprietor and chef of the catering company, Alexandra Poer Sheridan Catering. Preparing seasonal, flavorful and colorful foods is what has earned her a highly regarded reputation in the greater Los Angeles region. A fixture on the Arboretum guest chef roster, she will be back preparing seasonal selections from two of her favorite cookbooks Plenty and Jerusalem by the Chef/ Author Yotam Ottolenghi.  Exquisite tastes to include:  Turkey and Zucchini Burgers with green onion and cumin, Chermoula eggplant with bulgur and yogurt, Spinach salad with dates and almonds.

• February 06, 2013

  Wednesday

  3:00PM - 5:00PM

  March 13, 2013

  Wednesday

  3:00PM - 5:00PM

  April 10, 2013

  Wednesday

  3:00PM - 5:00PM