About this Event
Join The Stop Community Food Centre and Canadian cookbook author Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma to learn tips and techniques to pickle using salt, vinegar, oil, spices and here’s a big surprise: honey! Generations of grandmas have been pickling to add flavour and to reduce food waste in their kitchens. Puneeta teaches the techniques from her book, Good Food, Healthy Planet and also what she has learned about fermentation and preservation along the way.
Get together with us to peel turnips, chop chillies, and make a jar or two (or three?!) to take home with you. From quick-pickling carrots and onions and the deep fermentation that can come with oil and spices, to the latest trend in condiments, hot honey, what you make will add a sour, funky brightness to every meal.
Included in the event:
• Pickle tastings
• Three jars of ferments to take home (salt and vinegar pickles, oil and spice fermented vegetables, and hot honey)
• Recipe cards, so you can try pickling at home
• Every participant will be entered to win a copy of Puneeta’s cookbook, Good Food, Healthy Planet
About Puneeta
Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma is a Toronto-based food & sustainability author and keynote speaker. Her debut cookbook, Good Food, Healthy Planet, was The Globe and Mail and National Post Best Cookbook of 2024. Through her work, Puneeta teaches people how good food and sustainable living are interconnected, and that our everyday, seemingly small steps can create powerful collective change.
As a trusted voice on sustainable living, Puneeta has been featured in The Globe and Mail, National Post, CTV’s The Social, Breakfast Television, CP24, CHCH Morning Live, CBC, CBC Life, The Vancouver Sun and Calgary Herald. You can connect with her via her newsletter.
About The Stop Community Food Centre
The Stop uses a holistic approach to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds health and community, helps community members access resources, and challenges inequality. We operate a food bank, drop-in meal service, a perinatal nutrition program for expecting moms, an advocacy program, urban agriculture initiatives, and much more. This event is organized by The Stop's Community Kitchens Program, which is a community-based cooking program where community members can come together to learn cooking skills, prepare and eat meals together, and reduce social isolation.
This is a Pay-What-You-Can event. Donations in support of The Stop's Community Kitchens Program are welcome, with a suggested contribution of $25.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Stop's Green Barn, Studio 181 601 Christie Street, Barn 4, Toronto, Canada
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