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How Does Your Mushroom Grow?
with Aric Wellman
Bring your family to the Yellow Farmhouse Education Center to create a container mushroom kit. Take it home and watch it grow until the fantastic fungi are ready to eat!
Drop in on March 8th from between 10AM - 12PM. $15 per mushroom kit!
Join us at the Yellow Farmhouse Education Center on Stone Acres Farm at 389 North Main Street, Stonington, CT 06378.
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org
The Art of Baking at Meryl Bakery (3-Class Series)
with Jessica Spivey
Jessica Spivey opened Meryl Bakery in Stonington’s Velvet Mill in October 2024. Prior to Meryl Bakery, Jessica was the Pastry Chef at Mystic’s award-winning Oyster Club and Port of Call where she earned a nomination for Best Pastry Chef by the Connecticut Restaurant Association in 2024. At Meryl Bakery, which has quickly become a Stonington sensation, Jess uses local and seasonal ingredients to produce naturally leavened products made by hand with care.
In these hands-on classes, Jess will welcome you into her kitchen and teach you to work with sourdough, bake with whole grains, and create gluten-free bakes.
Classes will meet at Meryl Bakery in the historic Stonington Velvet Mill, 22 Bayview Ave, suite 75, Stonington, CT 06378.
$400 for the entire 3-class series. If you would like to attend individual classes for $150 each, please view our individual "The Art of Baking" listing HERE
Class Information:
Sourdough 101 on March 16th from 2PM - 5PM
Baking with Whole Grains on April 6th from 2PM - 5PM
Approachable Gluten Free on April 27th from 2PM - 5PM
Proceeds will allow Yellow Farmhouse to bring children from all over Connecticut to Stone Acres Farm to learn to cook with seasonal produce.
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
The Art of Baking at Meryl Bakery (Single Classes)
with Jessica Spivey
Jessica Spivey opened Meryl Bakery in Stonington’s Velvet Mill in October 2024. Prior to Meryl Bakery, Jessica was the Pastry Chef at Mystic’s award-winning Oyster Club and Port of Call where she earned a nomination for Best Pastry Chef by the Connecticut Restaurant Association in 2024. At Meryl Bakery, which has quickly become a Stonington sensation, Jess uses local and seasonal ingredients to produce naturally leavened products made by hand with care.
In these hands-on classes, Jess will welcome you into her kitchen and teach you to work with sourdough, bake with whole grains, and create gluten-free bakes.
Classes will meet at Meryl Bakery in the historic Stonington Velvet Mill, 22 Bayview Ave, suite 75, Stonington, CT 06378.
Each class in this series is $150. To register for the entire 3-series course, please visit our listing HERE.
Proceeds will allow Yellow Farmhouse to bring children from all over Connecticut to Stone Acres Farm to learn to cook with seasonal produce.
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
Mushroom and Plant Identification Class
with CT Foraging Club
Learn to safely and sustainably forage for your wild plants and mushrooms! CT Foraging Club founder Amy Demers and forager and chef Vinny Crotta will teach us how to identify and utilize spring fungi and plants positively.
We will taste Chaga tea and a foraged snack and then take a 45-minute walk to practice plant and mushroom ID skills.
25% of the proceeds of this workshop will go towards a donation to the Yellow Farmhouse Education Center, whose goal is to connect people to where their food comes from and make a local, sustainable food system accessible to all.
Registration is $35 per person.
Note: This event will focus on identifying and locating wild mushrooms, not collecting them. This event will take place outside rain or shine.
Meet at the Yellow Farmhouse Education Center on Stone Acres Farm, 389 North Main Street, Stonington CT 06378
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
How to Grow a Pollinator-Friendly Flowering Lawn
with Margit Burgess
Join us to learn how to grow a pollinator-friendly flowering lawn this spring on March 29 from 10:30AM - 12PM!
Our local food system relies on the health and abundance of the wildlife around us. Margit Burgess, Accredited CT-NOFA Organic Lawn Care Professional, will teach you how to convert your landscape into native gardens to help boost biodiversity, ecosystem health, and food system resiliency.
There will be plenty of time for questions so that you can feel confident in your plans to create a vibrant and sustainable landscape!
Registration is $10 per person. Proceeds help Yellow Farmhouse provide field trips to children all over southeast Connecticut.
This class will be held at the Yellow Farmhouse Education Center on Stone Acres Farm, 389 North Main Street, Stonington CT 06378.
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
The Art of Empanadas at Masa
with Jorge Baldiviezo
Chef Jorge Baldiviezo opened Masa in Stonington’s Velvet Mill in April 2024. In January, Masa made CT Magazine’s list of top new restaurants. Prior to moving the United States, Chef Baldiviezo was chef de partie at Central, the visionary restaurant in Lima Peru that earned #1 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2023. Now Chef Boldiviezo is expressing his latin roots through traditional dishes, artisanal sandwiches, and innovative empanadas.
In this hands-on class, Chef Baldiviezo will welcome you to his kitchen and teach traditional and new takes on empanadas fillings and the fine art of hand crimping.
Workshop price: $100
Proceeds will make it possible for Yellow Farmhouse to bring children from all over Connecticut to Stone Acres Farm to learn to cook with seasonal produce.
Location: Masa in the Stonington Velvet Mill, 22 Bayview Ave Suite 75, Stonington, CT 06378
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
Food For Thought: Writing Inspired by Meals and Memories
with Thought Fox Writer's Den
Gather around the table for a unique writing workshop that explores the deep connection between food and storytelling. Whether it’s the memory of a childhood kitchen, the flavors of a journey, or the stories shared over a good meal, this workshop will help you bring those experiences to life on the page.
Food For Thought will be led by award-winning author Lara Ehrlich, founder and director of Thought Fox Writers Den, a creative writing center located at the historic Stonington Velvet Mill.
The workshop will meet in the recently restored greenhouse on Stone Acres Farm on April 1, 8, 15 & 22 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
The cost of this four part workshop is $250. Proceeds from this workshop will support Yellow Farmhouse's work writing curriculum for culinary teachers interested in teaching about cooking with the seasons.
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.