Hands-on Workshop with On-hand ingredients - with Velya and Ehris Urban

DIY Ginger Ale & Vanilla/Almond Extracts

Gingerly Adjust to a New Normal – DIY Ginger Ale
Most store-bought ginger ales are made by mixing ginger extract (and other flavorings) with carbonated water and high fructose corn syrup. You can make a healthier, probiotic-rich version at home! It’s not only delicious, it’s perfect for nausea, to soothe an upset stomach, and fight colds.

Extract me from this pandemic! DIY Vanilla/Almond Extract
Not only are grocery store extracts ridiculously expensive, they often contain corn syrup and fake dyes. And, it’s estimated that 95 percent of vanilla extract for sale commercially isn’t made from vanilla beans, but from lignin, a byproduct of paper waste products that can be used to create “synthetic” vanillin. This synthetic imitation is made from the leftover sawdust in paper mills and similar industries – YIKES! 

Please register online.

At 1 pm on January 27, we will email you a link to join the Zoom meeting.

Simply use your computer, phone, or tablet to join in the program by following this Zoom link. Zoom will automatically download to your device.

Funded by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library.