Seasonal Cooking 101
Seasonal Cooking: Learning to Cook With the Land
Summer brings a fresh abundance of food, but what happens when the chill creeps in and the plants go to bed? Where do we find nourishment, and the joy of feeding ourselves, when everything starts to feel lifeless?
Join us for a relaxed, hands-on gathering where we explore the art of cooking with what the season naturally provides. This class is rooted in simplicity, intuition, and connection to the land — a chance to slow down, tune into nature’s rhythm, and create nourishing food with ingredients sourced directly from the homestead and local farms. You’ll learn all about the joy of eating with the season.
Together we will:
• Make a meal, from scratch, using food preserved from the warmer months.
• Learn foundational techniques for turning humble ingredients into deeply flavorful meals
• Explore broth-making, braising, roasting, and fermentation as a way to bring life back into food.
• Work with herbs, aromatics, and wild flavors to spark excitement in our pallets.
• Create a full meal together and share it around the table
This is less about recipes and more about learning to cook intuitively — feeling the season, trusting your senses, and allowing the ingredients to guide you. You’ll leave with practical skills, inspiration, and a deeper connection to where your food comes from.
Details:
Class Overview:
Date & Time: January 21st, 530-7:30pm.
Location: Private Residence between Boulder and Lyons on 36. (Location revealed upon sign up, email will be sent atleast few days prior to the class)
What’s Included:
Hands on learning and information about all of the basics around eating seasonally.
A communal meal for fresh baked sourdough, ferments, and a delicious, seasonal meal we cook together.
Plenty of space to answer all of your cooking related questions.
All skill levels welcome!
Cost:
The cost is $85 per person, we keep the classes small at 6-8 people max so that we can really create an intimate container.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at friends@youenjoylife.us
After signing up you will get a confirmation as well as an email with further instructions at least a few days before class.
About your “teacher”
Yoshua is the founder of You Enjoy Life Homestead, an educational homestead in North Boulder dedicated to reconnecting people with traditional food systems, self-sufficiency, and sacred practices. With years of experience in fermentation, bread making, growing food, raising animals and oh so much more, Yoshua invites people into a deeper relationship with the land, food, and the cycles of life and death.