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Squash Therapy

Squash Therapy

$195 Only $185 (member pricing)

Available 14 left

Winter squash is one of the great pleasures of cold-weather cooking, but it can also be intimidating: hard to cut, slow to cook, and easy to turn into something overly sweet, bland, or one-note.

In this hands-on class, we’ll begin with a guided taste test of several winter squash varieties, including delicata, acorn, honeynut, butternut, and kabocha. You’ll learn how they differ in sweetness, starchiness, moisture, texture, and best uses.

Then we’ll cook a menu that shows winter squash at its best: bright and hearty in salad, sweet-tart in panzanella, rich and savory in custard, and deeply caramelized in a kabocha miso caramel sauce.

Along the way, you’ll learn how to safely break down, roast, season, and balance winter squash in dishes that go far beyond soup and pie.

Fri, Oct 30, 2026
Marie Brennan

Menu

Squash Taste Test

Honeynut Squash Salad with Wild Rice, Roasted Lemon & Parsley

Squash Medley Panzanella with Pomegranate Molasses & Persimmon

Savory Acorn Squash Custard with Brown Butter, Chili Crisp & Parmesan

Kabocha Squash Miso Caramel Sauce served with Bi-Rite Creamery Ice Cream

Allergens: Dairy, Egg, Soy, Tree Nuts, Wheat (GF options available with advanced notice). Concerns? Email Info@18reasons.org

Marie Brennan

Marie Brennan is a vegetable enthusiast, keen fermenter and an avid traveler. Her explorations are fueled by the desire to find her next pantry staple and learn yet another way to use onions. Her culinary focus is vegetarian, Californian cuisine that is imbued with global flavors. Her classes are known for their healthyish and punchy flavors as well as her non-dogmatic and enthusiastic approach to food. Marie graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Dietetics and in 2014 moved to California to attend culinary arts school. She stayed for the produce and the sunshine. Marie lives in the Sierra foothills and works as an educator, consultant, and recipe developer.

You can learn more about Marie at www.hedonistinmoderation.com

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