Event

Surprising Sides

Surprising Sides
Enliven Your Holiday Feasts
Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 6:30-9:00PM
$45 for 18 Reasons members; $55 for the general public
*This 2.5 hour class is a combination of hands-on and demonstration. It will culminate in a seated dinner, served with wine.

Dear mashed potatoes,

It's time for a change.

lentil puree, creme fraiche, cracked garam

shaved sunchoke salad, sunflower sprouts, sunflower seeds, manchego

caramelized kabocha, preserved lemon, pomegranate, toasted nigella, mint

red cabbage agrodolce, fried almonds, thyme

Michelle McKenzie is 18 Reason's Program Director and Chef. She has a knack for making simple food seem special and is full of amazing tips for making every meal memorable. Michelle's food seems at once healthy and hedonistic, elegant and effortless, and always attainable. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in nutrition and a minor in biochemistry, giving her a deep understanding of food properties and their complex implications within the human body. She later graduated from The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, where she immersed herself in health-supportive cuisine prepared from whole, organic and seasonal foods. Since then, Michelle has worked at some of the best restaurants in the country and, most recently, spent five years directing NextCourse's Eat Ur Veggies program at Mission High School.