What better way to enjoy summer's harvest than cooking the food from your local farmers; learning about fresh produce, juices, breads and specialty items; and then creating and enjoying a meal based upon the ingredients of the season and that week. Depending on what is available, our dishes may include smoky paprika-roasted potatoes; Moroccan carrot dip; grilled eggplant, tomato, and pesto stacks; red pepper and feta-stuffed zucchini cups; stuffed organic chicken breast with ricotta, spinach and roasted vegetable sauce; and strawberry and mascarpone trifle. Discover the joys of the slow food movement– taking time to enjoy your local produce, and realizing the power of the kitchen to bring people together for kinship, culture, and culinary delight.

Chef Nadine Nelson, Green Queen of Cuisine, is the eco-chef and social entrepreneur of Global Local Gourmet, a roving community supported kitchen. Chef Nadine was born in Toronto, Canada of Jamaican Heritage. She has always loved cooking and her vegetables. She has studied the culinary arts in Paris at the Ritz Escoffier, has a certificate in food styling from the New School and a certificate in Philanthropy and nonprofit management from New York University in New York, and earned a teaching degree from Tufts University in Boston, consequently, she brings a worldly perspective to seasonal food. She is a social activist, cooking instructor, chef, writer, recipe developer/tester, food consultant, experiential epicurean event producer and culinary artist.

Registration required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library.