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SUMMARY:Rondia's Southern Soul Supper
DESCRIPTION:Photo of Rondia Kaufer on Pine Mountain from page 55 of Medicinal Herbs of California. \nPlease be sure to use the REGISTER link below before returning to this page to click on the PayPal button to complete payment and secure your space. Note: Online payment includes a PayPal fee. To avoid that\, when you register you can request instructions for mailing a payment of $45/person (or $50 to include optional Shrimp & Grits).\nIf the event sells out\, PayPal will not accept your payment. You will see a message that says this event “is not available at this time” and you will be returned to this page. If that happens\, be sure to click on the REGISTER button below to sign up for the waiting list. If spaces become available they will be filled based on date and time of registration.\nRESERVE YOUR SEAT\nPlease join us on Saturday\, November 5\, for our first-ever Southern Soul Supper\, presented by my wife Rondia Kaufer. This one is a warm-up for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners\, featuring delicious dishes you may want to serve at your holiday feast. It’s built around mustard greens\, an essential ingredient of Southern cuisine that can be wild-foraged in our area. Locally-sourced herbs will be sprinkled throughout the menu\, which includes: \n\nRoasted Turkey Breast with Dressing and Gravy\nThree Greens with Cornbread\nSweet Potato Tart\nHot and Cold Beverages\n\nA special side dish of Shrimp & Grits will be available by advance request for an extra $5 charge. The dinner will be served in Fisher Hall at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Ojai. \nQuestions? Please email register@herbwalks.com. \nABOUT RONDIA KAUFER:\nBorn in Texas while her father served in the Air Force\, Rondia was raised in her parents’ hometown of Chicago. But the story of her cooking begins in Mississippi where her parents grew up. \n“The first thing I remember about cooking is dissecting a whole chicken\,” Rondia told me. “My mother would always make fried chicken on Sundays. She had to buy whole chickens because it was cheaper and she would always buy two to feed us all. By then I had two younger brothers\, one younger sister\, an older half-brother\, and my mother was pregnant. I would stand on a chair and watch her or Grandma Alma dissect the chickens in the kitchen sink. \n“When I got older\, my mother would guide me with the chicken dissecting and then I would watch the rest: how she coated the chicken and fried it in a big skillet. Boy\, did it smell good with all the seasoning she would put in her batter! Later she taught me how to tell if the chicken was done. My mother would always cook rice and gravy with the fried chicken. Grandma Alma would have me help her make biscuits. That’s how I learned to make biscuits from scratch. So there’s the first Mississippi meal I made standing on a chair over the stove: fried chicken\, rice\, gravy and biscuits for eight.” \nAs a teenager\, Rondia was the designated chef for her musical family’s’ popular backyard barbecues. When the chicken and ribs came off the grill\, she turned in her apron for a red electric guitar. As Rondia and her brothers played the Isaac Hayes hit\, “Theme from Shaft\,” Rondia’s culinary and musical reputation spread through the neighborhood\, granting her a kind of immunity from the gang violence that made the Cabrini-Green project a national symbol of all that was wrong with inner city housing. \nIn her second life after moving to California\, raising her kids\, and retiring from the nursing profession\, Rondia became known locally in Ojai for the fried chicken she served at the Bowlful of Blues and her barbecued chicken wings at the Ojai Mardi Gras. She also had a guest chef stint at the World Flavor Cafe in Ojai\, competed in the Mess O’ Greens contest in Oxnard\, served food for the Ojai and Ventura County Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations\, and otherwise provides what she calls “Southern comfort food” at private parties. \nRondia resumed her childhood grilling persona when she visited relatives in Chicago.\nRondia presenting her legendary sweet potato pies at a family holiday dinner.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCancellation policy: I will refund your payment or issue a credit if you notify me up to 72 hours before the start of the event. After that I will make every effort to fill your space (and I’m usually successful) but cannot guarantee it. \nPlease be sure to use the REGISTER link below before returning to this page to click on the PayPal button to complete payment and secure your space. Note: Online payment includes a PayPal fee. To avoid that\, when you register you can request instructions for mailing a payment of $45/person (or $50 to include optional Shrimp & Grits)\nIf the event sells out\, PayPal will not accept your payment. You will see a message that says this event “is not available at this time” and you will be returned to this page. If that happens\, be sure to click on the REGISTER button below to sign up for the waiting list. If spaces become available they will be filled based on date and time of registration.\nRESERVE YOUR SEAT\n\n \n\n\n\nPrice with or without Shrimp & Grits\n\n\n1 attendee – no Shrimp & Grits $46.35 USD2 attendees – no Shrimp & Grits $92.70 USD1 attendee – add Shrimp & Grits $51.50 USD2 attendees – add Shrimp & Grits $103.00 USD
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LOCATION:Fisher Hall\, St. Andrews Episcopal Church\, 409 Topa Topa Drive\, Ojai\, CA\, 93023\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Forest Table: A Seven Course Wild Food Dinner with Jess Starwood
DESCRIPTION:Please be sure to use the REGISTER link below before returning to this page to click on the PayPal button to complete payment and secure your space. Note: Online payment includes a PayPal fee. If you prefer\, when you register you can request instructions for mailing a payment of $185/person.\nIf the event sells out\, PayPal will not accept your payment. You will see a message that says this event “is not available at this time” and you will be returned to this page. If that happens\, be sure to click on the REGISTER button below to sign up for the waiting list. If spaces become available they will be filled based on date and time of registration.\nREGISTER\nPLEASE NOTE: A minimum number of reservations must be reached for this dinner to be viable\, given the extraordinary amount of time and energy required to present it. Those who are registered and prepaid will be notified of the status of the event by November 5. Thank you for understanding.\nJoin local forager\, herbalist and chef Jess Starwood for a seven course wild food dinner\, celebrating all that the season offers. Late autumn is the time for acorns and mushrooms\, roots\, nuts and seeds\, spices and flavors that will nourish us during the colder months and to be ready for spring when it comes again. Throughout the evening you will explore the unique and unusual flavors of the local environment that you’ll find nowhere else—a true celebration of time and place. Each course is part of that story\, intentionally crafted together using whole ingredients (either locally grown or ethically wild foraged) and traditional preparation methods as Jess focuses on optimizing health and wellness in every course without ever sacrificing flavor. \nThe meal is vegetarian. It will be served indoors in Fisher Hall at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Ojai. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nABOUT JESS STARWOOD:\nJess Starwood is a forager\, plant-based chef\, and herbalist. She is the author and photographer of Mushroom Wanderland: A Forager’s Guide to Finding\, Identifying\, and Using 25 Wild Fungi! and leads wild food and herbalism classes\, workshops\, and immersive wild food adventures all across the country and south of the border. She has a Masters of Science degree in Herbal Medicine from the American College of Healthcare Sciences and has worked as a forager and consultant with several Michelin-starred restaurants in Los Angeles. Jess’s website is at www.jstarwood.com. She can be found on Instagram @jess.starwood. \nJess Starwood at a previous outdoor event. The November 12 dinner will be served indoors in Fisher Hall in Ojai.\nThis event is part of The Forest Table project by Jess Starwood\, where she aims to present the abundance of what our natural environment offers us through the lens of creative\, educational and multi-sensorial community experiences. These events highlight locally sourced foods to bridge the connection between the forest and the people. Memorable experiences shape and influence people’s minds and hearts. Through these unique experiences\, she hopes to cultivate a renewed sense of respect and responsibility for the care-taking of our land for a positive and sustainable future. \nPlease be sure to use the REGISTER link below before returning to this page to click on the PayPal button to complete payment and secure your space. Note: Online payment includes a PayPal fee. If you prefer\, when you register you can request instructions for mailing a payment of $185/person.\nIf the event sells out\, PayPal will not accept your payment. You will see a message that says this event “is not available at this time” and you will be returned to this page. If that happens\, be sure to click on the REGISTER button below to sign up for the waiting list. If spaces become available they will be filled based on date and time of registration.\n\nREGISTER\nPAYPAL BUTTON:
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SUMMARY:Natural History Walk at Taft Nature Preserve
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This event is presented by the Conservation Endowment Fund\, stewards of Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve. They are handling all registrations. To register for the event\, please visit them at this link or email taftgardensvisitors@gmail.com.  \nRegistrants will receive an email with detailed directions. Please do not try to find the venue by using other maps or GPS. Allow plenty of time to find the venue and make your way up the miles-long driveway. \nPlease join me for a Natural History Walk at Taft Nature Preserve on Saturday\, November 19\, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.\, meeting at 9:45 a.m. We will explore trails through the wild parts of the property\, identify and discuss native plants\, and observe birds and animal tracks in the context of local ecology. This event is a perfect fit with my personal mission to open a space for people to connect with the natural world\, starting with the plant community. And Taft Gardens and Nature Preserve is an amazing place! \nThe $35 cost includes a $10 donation to benefit the Conservation Endowment Fund\, the non-profit steward of Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve. The donation portion of the fee is tax-deductible. Space is limited so register today at this Taft Gardens link or email taftgardensvisitors@gmail.com. \nI will have my mobile bookshop onsite after the walk\, including my new book\, Medicinal Herbs of California\, and Milt McAuley’s classic Wildflowers of the Santa Monica Mountains which features every plant we will see. \nPlease plan on leaving dogs and cigarettes at home. Thanks! \nPlease note: This event is presented by the Conservation Endowment Fund\, stewards of Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve. They are handling all registrations. To register for the event\, please visit them at this link or email taftgardensvisitors@gmail.com.  \nRegistrants will receive an email with detailed directions. Please do not try to find the venue by using other maps or GPS. Allow plenty of time to find the venue and make your way up the miles-long driveway.
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