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  • Are You Eating Healthy? Let's Find Out! (Online-Zoom) 
  • Instructor: Gopal Kapur
    Dates: 9/8/2025 - 9/22/2025
    Days: M
    Times: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 3
    Fee: $35.00
    Location: Online via Zoom
    Note: *This class will not be recorded.
    Seats Available: 294 | Max Enroll: 299
    SKU: FalCWELL241
    Nearly half of American adults suffer from cardiovascular and chronic diseases. While many commercial diets promise quick weight loss, research shows they succeed only 5% of the time, often leading to weight gain. The solution? Consistent good nutrition. In this course, you'll learn to align your daily nutrition with the principles of Mediterranean, MIND, DASH, and plant-based diets for a healthier life. Prior to class, students are encouraged to complete the anonymous EatSHARP personal nutrition assessment at https://eatsharp.org/. Individuals can stay anonymous. 

    *Class Dates: 9/8, 9/15, & 9/22.
 

  • Food In Film - From the Village to the Presidency (Rocklin)
  • Instructor: Ellen Sander
    Dates: 9/4/2025 - 10/9/2025
    Days: Th
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Rocklin Campus
    Building-Room: D-12
    Seats Available: 21 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 83733

    Traditional food prepared in harmony with the seasons nurture, heal, and evoke the senses of time and place. This cinematic selection studies the cultural placement of food in the rural, the cosmopolitan, and the palace. 

    Films: Bread of Happiness, Little Forest, My Favorite Cake, Big Night, Secret of the Grain, Haute Cuisine.

    *Class Dates: 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, & 10/9.

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  • Food In Film - From the Village to the Presidency (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Ellen Sander
    Dates: 9/8/2025 - 10/20/2025
    Days: M
    Times: 12:30 PM - 3:20 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Nevada County Campus
    Building-Room: N12-103
    Seats Available: 25 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 83734

    Traditional food prepared in harmony with the seasons nurture, heal, and evoke the senses of time and place. This cinematic selection studies the cultural placement of food in the rural, the cosmopolitan, and the palace. 

    Films: Bread of Happiness, Little Forest, My Favorite Cake, Big Night, Secret of the Grain, Haute Cuisine.

    *Class Dates: 9/8, 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, & 10/20.

    *No class: 10/13

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  • Recipes & Stories From Your Kitchen (Rocklin)
  • Instructor: Janice Kelley
    Dates: 9/16/2025 - 10/7/2025
    Days: Tu
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 4
    Fee: $45.00
    Location: Rocklin Campus
    Building-Room: W-203
    Seats Available: 27 | Max Enroll: 30
    SKU: FalCWRIT301
    Create a "family memory cookbook" featuring your favorite family recipes and the special memories associated with them. Is it Grandma's strudel, peach pie or other treasured food memory for holidays, birthdays or other special occasions? Write and/or bring your stories to class to share. Janice provides resources for specialty publishers that will print your book.
    *Class Dates: 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, & 10/7.
 

  • Sensory Techniques for Wine Appreciation (Rocklin)
  • Instructor: Mark Devincenzi
    Dates: 10/20/2025 - 11/24/2025
    Days: M
    Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $100.00
    Location: Rocklin Campus
    Building-Room: W-201
    Seats Available: 19 | Max Enroll: 20
    SKU: FalCFOOD101
    Mark will be your personal guide to learning about wine. He uses developmentally appropriate sensory activities to develop an awareness and appreciation for the wine varieties grown in Northern California. He is of the opinion that only when you understand what your sense of smell is detecting will you truly be able to enhance your full appreciation of wine. 
    Note: Each student must bring 3 matching glass (not plastic) wine glasses to class each night. 
    *Class Dates: 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, & 11/24.
 

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