Jill’s Schedule
Upcoming Cooking Classes and Events…
Contact information is included with each listing.
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I can’t thank Jill enough for introducing me to the world of pressure cooking. Now I can have wonderful, healthy meals in minutes that taste like I’ve been in the kitchen all day. It’s such a perfect appliance for busy people who love to cook & eat great food. Both my sisters bought pressure cookers after tasting my soups and stews. Now we exchange recipes & tips! Hope to see you again soon… Contact Jill to set up your own private cooking class!
2013 Events and ClassesHere’s where I’ll be in 2013Plant-Based Eating 101: Legumes -Beyond Beans April 18th, 6 to 8:30 pm, Finley Center, Santa Rosa, CA You will learn a meatless burger, chili, soup and even a dessert, all based on plant foods, with legumes as the main ingredient. Preregistration is required. Berkeley Vegan Earth Day Cooking Demonstration April 20th, 2013, 4:30 to 5 pm Ever wondered how to live an eco/vegan lifestyle? Come and learn! 3rd Annual Berkeley Vegan Earth Day, April 20th, 11am to 6pm, David Brower Center The Berkeley Vegan Earth Day will be a fun-filled, action-packed day that focuses on the intersection of veganism and the environment. There will be a bevy of knowledgeable speakers, an eco chef battle, interactive Q&As, food demos, a panel discussion, and a film screening of Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home. Purchase your tickets at: http://www.berkeleyveganearthday.com/tickets/ Iron Horse Winery Earth Day Event
Sunday, April 21st, 12 to 4 pm Come join me as I play in the vegetable world. Limited to 250 guests. Tickets $50. For more info and to purchase tickets: http://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/events/
Fun Friday – Hands-On Vegetarian Sushi Come on out on a Friday night, as a “date night” with your spouse, your friends or just by yourself. Learn how to make vegetarian sushi, easily at home. Friday, May 17th, 6 to 8:30 pm Pre-regisration is required.
These Events Have Already HappenedJill’s 2013 and 2012 scheduleRancho La Puerta Resort and Spa, Tecate, Mexico March 23rd to 30th, come join me at 3 cooking classes, and all the beauty and other exercise that you can stand. It’s one of the most amazingly beautiful places in the world. Click here for more detailsCooking Whole Grains 101 March 7, 6 to 8:30 pm Finley Center, Santa Rosa, CA Come learn how to cook a variety of grains, with an emphasis on gluten-free grains, including quinoa, buckwheat and millet in dishes from breakfast through dessert. Pre-registration required. Click here for more details. Kitchen on Fire, Berkeley, CA March 3, 2013, 12 noon Living Vegetable Foods: Basic Sprouting, Vegetable Fermentation and Raw Vegetable Dishes Come learn how to sprout, make pickled vegetables and sauerkraut and a couple of raw, seasonal vegetable dishes. There’s never been a better time to start learning the basics of raw foods. $85, preregistration is necessary. Click here for more details Finley Center, Santa Rosa, CA Sensational Warming Winter Soups and Chili January 24, 6 pm When the winter chill is in the air, nothing satisfies like a steaming hot bowl of soup or chili. In this class, I’ll show you how to make two versions of broth – one roasted and one in the pressure cooker. From there, you will learn to make Hot and Sour Soup, Immune Boosting Bowl Miso Soup, Winter Vegetable Masala Soup and White Bean Chili. These soups may become part of your repertoire.
Speaking at SOMA Wild Mushroom Camp, Occidental California January 19th and 20th M is for Mushrooms and Mushrooms for Medicine and More Downtown 3rd Farmer’s Market Cooking Demonstration January 11th, Las Vegas, Nevada 12 noon Come watch me pressure cook market fresh produce, sample what I make and meet me there Whole Foods Market, FREE cooking demonstration 6689 Las Vegas Blvd., 6 pm, January 11th
The Kitchen Corner, St. George, Utah January 12, 2:00 p.m.
This event is FREE! Come learn pressure cooking basics. Samples will be served.
VSU (Vegetarian Society of Utah), St. George, potluck speaker 6 pm, January 12th, see their website for more details. I will be doing a talk and pressure cooking demonstration
Eating for Energy: Cook Under Pressure Tuesday, October 30th, 6 to 8:30 pm Finley Center, 2030 W. College Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA Class #63449 at Santa Rosa Rec and Parks look under classes and cooking Most of us want more energy. Learning to cook with a pressure cooker provides food quickly, easily and safely that will provide more energy for you and use less energy to cook. The modern pressure cooker is a kitchen wonder tool. Once you learn to use one, you will wonder why you didn’t do it sooner. This evening’s menu includes Thai Curried Potato Soup, Mediterranean Vegetable Stew, Cuban Black Beans and Rice, African Sweet Potato Stew with Millet and Quick Apple Maple Compote.
Farm to Fermentation Festival Sunday, September 16th, 2012 11:15 am Come hear me speak and learn how to make kimchi. Someone already dubbed me the Kimchi Kween.
National Heirloom Exposition Talk Thursday, September 12th, 2012, 2 pm I will be presenting my talk, “Show, Taste and Tell ™”
Fearless Pressure Cooking with Whole Foods at Whole Foods Whole Foods, Arden Way, Sacramento July 24th, 2012, 6 to 8:30 pm, $40 Click here for more information on this pressure cooking class
Good Life Radio with Guy Bower July 14th, 2012 10:05 am PST Listen in as I speak pressure cooking with Guy Bower in Kansas. We will be talking pressure cooking and likely other things. Check it out here.
Lagunafest Pressure Cooking Demonstration July 14th, 2012 12 pm $10 for all day
Pressure Cooking Demonstration at Laguna Farms, 1776 Cooper Rd., Sebastopol For more info on the Lagunafest event click here!
The New Fast Food: Fearless Pressure Cooking for Everyone Class Tuesday, March 20th, from 6 to 8:30 pm G & G Supermarket, College Avenue, Santa Rosa http://www.gandgmarket.com/cooking-classes-santa-rosa/
Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market Cooking Demonstration Saturday, March 3rd 11 am
Sonoma County Herb Association Author Event Saturday, February 25th 6 pm Masonic Center, Sebastopol
The New Fast Food: Fearless Pressure Cooking for Everyone Class Thursday, February 23rd, from 6 to 8:30 pm G & G Supermarket, College Avenue, Santa Rosa http://www.gandgmarket.com/cooking-classes-santa-rosa/
Ceres Project Tea & Talk: Soups in a Pinch Using the pressure cooker to make soup quickly and easily Wednesday, February 15th, 6 to 7:30 pm http://www.ceresproject.org/TeaTalk/index.html
Mushroom Talk at Slow Food Russian River Sunday, February 12th, from 3:30 to 5 pm
Wine Club Pick Up Thumbprint Cellars: Pressure Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing Saturday, February 11th, from 1 to 4 pm Thumbprint Cellars, Healdsburg, CA http://www.thumbprintcellars.com
Pressure Cooking at The White Barn, Tierra Vegetables, Santa Rosa February 4th from 12 to 2 pm Tierra Vegetables, Airport Boulevard, Santa Rosa |






