Food, Beverage & Lifestyle   

Students will learn the purpose of the kingdom of fungi, the connection of fungi to all living things, nature’s lifecycle of mushrooms, and how mushroom farmers mimic nature. Learn about the nutritional and medicinal benefits of mushrooms, how to choose which mushrooms to grow and the steps to farm safe, high-quality mushrooms. Kathryn Crew is the owner of Fungi-licious! And is the mushroom cultivator. Kathryn is a certified dietary manager, production horticulturist and speaker. Students will receive mushroom cultures to launch their own mushroom farm.

This course looks at beer. What do the ingredients do? How do the ingredients vary from country to country and style to style? Can different grains be used to brew beer? What happens during brewing anyway? And what about fermentation? Are all beers fermented the same? What do the beer names tell us? We will look at, and taste, various styles of beer from different countries; using different grains; using different fermentation and hopping methods. Even beers that have “unusual” ingredients. We will explore a lot of history, and don’t forget the beer tastings in each class. Must be 21 years old.