Good News! I’ll be teaching two fun and informative classes on cooking with lavender at the January 23-25, 2025 US Lavender Growers’ Conference in St. Louis, MO. The theme is “Easy Entertaining with Lavender.” If you’re attending the Conference, I hope you’ll come a little early and take one or both of these workshops. The afternoon session would be a fab kick-off for the Conference.
I’m teaming up with Tina Schooler, who will cover cocktails and mocktails. In the morning, I’ll be demonstrating a variety of brunch dishes, including Brunch Parfaits, Lavender Baked French Toast and Lavender-Glazed Ham and Pineapple Slices. My afternoon recipes will feature Baked Brie (two ways), Lavender Zippy Lavender-Ginger Chicken Wings, and my totally irresistible Caramelized Lavender-Spice Pecans. (Nobody can eat just one–really!) Of course, we’ll be giving out samples of everything we make.
If you’ve been eager to get up to speed on cooking with 2024’s trendiest ingredient, culinary lavender, this is your chance! Click on the link and scroll down to our Culinary Workshops listing to sign up: https://www.uslavender.org/uslc-2025#Pre-Con
The snapshot below shows me getting ready for a cooking class at National Public Radio’s Sound Bites Café. Lots of tastings, which were a hit! Here’s what my host had to say about my class: “Such a great class that you gave. Really spectacular. So much knowledge, so well organized and so generous with your tastings. It was simply amazing. Again thank you, thank you, thank you!”
January 23, 2025 USLGA Pre-Conference Workshops
Entertaining with Ease ~
9-11 am Brunch (morning workshop)
2-4 pm Cocktail Party (afternoon workshop)
Speakers: Nancy Baggett and Tina Schooler
(Registration is only for the pre-conference workshops, not the conference.)
$100 per person/per class)
These two fun and informative classes showcase how to create lavender-infused cocktails like the pros and an array of lavender appetizers that will pair best with your event, the first focusing on brunches and the second on cocktail parties – and anything in between.
Each session will concentrate on recipes, tastings, ideas, and helpful tips on planning, organizing, and hosting the perfect gathering suitable for enjoying at home or any lavender event.
• Signature cocktails, expertly crafted by you to sip on.
• A mini cocktail kit with recipes to take home so you can continue honing your new fabulous skills.
• Learn to create and then sample an assortment of easy, delectable dishes that show off culinary lavender and your flair for entertaining.
• Receive a copy of Nancy Baggett’s lavender recipe booklet, and one of her favorite treats, a lavender-spice cookie
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