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| | | | 1 Close Grand Opening in Aptos Village!
Wednesday, May 1 
All Stores
Grand Opening in Aptos Village!Food & Drink
8:00am - 9:00pm
 We’re excited to be joining the community at the historic Hihn Apple Barn and bringing fresh, organic, locally sourced food to Aptos Village on May 1st! Join us for a special Grand Opening celebration—including:
7:50 am: Ribbon CuttingCome meet our store team, and join us for the official ribbon cutting on the lawn. 8:00 am: Doors Open! Be one of the first 1,000 customers through the door and get a free reusable bag. Plus, enjoy live music by the Aptos High band. 1:00 - 3:00 pm: Face PaintingBring the kids for fun, imaginative face painting (followed by samples!).1:00 - 6:00 pm: Meet our Envirotoken PartnersEvery time you shop with a reusable bag, we donate 10¢ to a non-profit partner. Come meet the recipients and learn more about the great work they’re doing in our community.1:30 pm: Live MusicAn encore performance by the Aptos High and Jr High bands.3:00 - 6:00 pm: Samples, Samples and More!Try a variety of delicious products from a few of our local vendors, Charapa Project and Wild Poppies Olive Oil. 4:30 - 5:30 pm: Live MusicMusic brought to you by Carie & the SoulShakers. Sign Up For Event
| | | 4 ClosePlaying with Food: Healthy Desserts Cooking Class for Kids
Saturday, May 4
Westside Santa Cruz
Playing with Food: Healthy Desserts Cooking Class for KidsFood & Drink
2:00pm - 4:00pm
$35.00 With Chef Laura Casasayas-Pala
Come explore whole ingredients and learn how to create easy and healthy recipes!
Summer is just around the corner, a time where it can be tempting to eat a lot of ice cream and other sweets that are full of processed sugar.
Developing cooking skills is an awesome thing to do at a young age! In this hands-on dessert making class, your child will experience curiosity for how food preparation works, nutrition education and using our senses- sight, smell, taste, touch!
In addition to cooking, Laura will also touch on nutrition, vitamins and other nutrients and how it is important for our health and growth.
In this class we will make: Chocolate Dipped Fruit Kebabs, Pineapple Ice Cream with Coconut and Peanut Butter, and a Classic French Fruit Tart.
Ages 7-11.
*NOTE: if your child has special needs of any kind, please come 15 minutes early to speak with the instructor.
About the Instructor:
Laura is a Spanish Acupuncturist, Dietitian and creator of the 11th Hour Coffee food menu. Laura has more than 10 years experience running her own practice in Spain offering private consultation and workshops. She recently moved to Santa Cruz where she is continuing her passion of educating and expanding awareness of mindful and healthy eating.
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| 6 CloseMovie Night: Forks Over Knives
Monday, May 6
Westside Santa Cruz
Movie Night: Forks Over KnivesFilm, Media & Entertainment
6:00pm - 8:00pm
 Forks Over Knives (2011) is an film that examines a profound claim that food is medicine! The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, and their groundbreaking studies that brought them to meet each other.
Their research led them separately to the startling and now shared conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented—and in many cases reversed—by adopting a whole-foods, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public... until now.
The filmmakers travel with Drs. Campbell and Esselstyn on their separate but similar paths, from their childhood farms where they both produced “nature’s perfect food”; to China and Cleveland, where they explored ideas that challenged the established thinking and shook their own core beliefs.
The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Throughout the film, cameras follow ‘reality patients’ who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-food, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments—while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.
Forks Over Knives utilizes state of the art 3-D graphics and rare archival footage. The film features numerous leading experts on health, examines the question “why we don’t know,” and tackles the issue of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for years.
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| | | 9 CloseMother's Day Chocolate Making Workshop
Thursday, May 9
Westside Santa Cruz
Mother's Day Chocolate Making WorkshopFood & Drink
6:00pm - 8:00pm
$45.00 With Karolina Wirga, and Daniel Lyra, Founders of CocoMo Chocolates
Mother's Day is a special time of the year. If you are looking for a special gift for your mother or want to share an unique experience with her, this workshop is for you! We will taste cacao from different parts of the world, learn about the history of cacao and learn how to make chocolate at home! The chocolate at this workshop uses unprocessed, organic and fair trade cacao beans from Ecuador. The result is a delightful and heartwarming experience, unlike your typical cocoa. Make this mother's day special with this unforgettable gift of love and delight!
About the Instructors:
Daniel and Karolina are part of the Fine Chocolate Industry Association, whose mission is to support the development and innovation of the fine chocolate industry and best practices. For 4 years they have been making their own chocolate. They have worked with local chocolate companies, hosted private chocolate making workshops, and more recently have created their own chocolate brand, CocoMo Chocolates.
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| | | | 16 CloseMediterranean Cooking: Barcelona
Thursday, May 16
Westside Santa Cruz
Mediterranean Cooking: BarcelonaFood & Drink
6:00pm - 8:30pm
$50.00 With Chef Laura Casasayas-Pala
Summer nights in Barcelona are known for casual dinners, good conversation and flowing wine.
Mediterranean cuisine, and ingredients found in the Mediterranean Diet, are based on a wide variety of foods found in a number of countries in this area: France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Portugal along the north; Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel on the east; and the African countries of Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia on the south. Barcelona is one of the culinary power houses of Mediterranean cuisine.
The combination of these food items and the many ways they’re prepared specific to the region they come from, is at the heart of what makes Mediterranean cuisine so very unique and flavorful. An added bonus is that many Mediterranean cuisine not only tastes good- it is good for you!
Join us for a culinary night to the Mediterranean to explore a variety of delicious dishes coming from the cosmopolitan and foodie city of Barcelona.
We will make:
Watermelon Gaspacho
Fricando (meat stew with mushroom sauce)
Breaded Cod on escalivada mousse
Meringue Milk
This meal will be paired with two wines relative to this area.
About the Instructor:
Laura Casasayas was born in Catalonian, Spain and raised around food, stories and traditional cooking. Her grandmother taught her the magic of what ingredients make a delicious, nutritious homemade Spanish dish. Laura is a Spanish Acupuncturist, Dietitian and creator of the 11th Hour Coffee food menu. Laura has more than 10 years running her own practice in Spain. she Recently moved to Santa Cruz and has a very strong desire to keep educating and expanding awareness in mindful and healthy eating.
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| | | | 23 CloseLearn to Shop on Your Bike!
Thursday, May 23
All Stores
Learn to Shop on Your Bike!Hobbies & Special Interest
6:00pm - 7:30pm
 With Matt Miller, Program Specialist at Ecology Action
Every wonder what it would be like to ride your bike for a grocery store run? The freedom of movement, the easy bike parking right up front, and not hassling with parking your car.
In this new class we'll look at making your trips to the grocery store by bike. How are you supposed to carry all of your goods on two wheels? We'll peel back the layers on how make a store run successful. Do I need a basket or panniers? What even is a pannier anyway? Different ways to pack your supplies, distributing weight, and knowing when too much is too much.
The best part is, you can add that extra dessert item to your grocery list because you biked there, you need the calories to get home! Join us to learn the ins and outs of shopping by bike.
One lucky class participant will be drawn to win a "Grocery Getter Kit" from Blackburn Design including a front rack, rear rack, and set of grocery panniers.
Each *REGISTERED* participant will recieve a FREE Klean Kanteen!!
About the Instructor:
Matt Miller works as the Sustainable Transportation Program Specialist for Ecology Action. Among other projects, he manages Santa Cruz County Bike to Work Day. He's been bike commuting in Santa Cruz for 10 years and has several hundred successful grocery store runs by bike to his credit. Whether it's making a quick run for meal ingredients or stocking up for the week, Matt has done it all. From grocery shopping, to moving houses, to biking cross country, Matt brings a depth of bike experience that will help unpack the nuance to shopping by bike.
About Ecology Action:
Ecology Action is a nearly 50 year old non-profit that brings innovative programs to people, businesses, and communities to help them achieve environmental and economic sustainability. Ecology Action headquarters is in downtown Santa Cruz. More can be found out here: ecoact.org
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Regional Spanish Cooking: Tapas and Wine
Thursday, May 23
Westside Santa Cruz
Regional Spanish Cooking: Tapas and WineFood & Drink
6:00pm - 8:30pm
$45.00 With Chef Laura Casasayas-Pala
Join Chef Laura in preparing fine versions of the most tasty and authentic Spanish Tapas. Enjoy experimenting with different textures, flavors and ingredients in this hands-on cooking class that will feature: Salmorejo Cordobés, Melon and Salmon Tartar, Cream of Potato with quail egg, and Chorizos in cider. All paired with Spanish wine to sip throughout class.
Do you know where the word "tapas" comes from?
King Alfonso XIII was on an official visit to Cadiz, southern Spain, sitting in a restaurant next to the beach. He asked for a glass of wine. Suddenly the wind rose. The waiter covered the wine glass with a slice of ham. The king, curious, asked why the waiter had done that. He explained that he had put a TAPA (top in English) to the cup to protect the Wine from the Sand. The King liked the idea and when he finished his first glass of wine he decided to order another glass of wine with the same TAPA.
That's why in some of the wineries and bars in Spain offer food with your glass of wine or beer.
About the Instructor:
Laura Casasayas was born in Catalonian, Spain and raised around food, stories and traditional cooking. Her grandmother taught her the magic of what ingredients make a delicious, nutritious homemade Spanish dish. Laura is a Spanish Acupuncturist, Dietitian and creator of the 11th Hour Coffee food menu. Laura has more than 10 years running her own practice in Spain. she Recently moved to Santa Cruz and has a very strong desire to keep educating and expanding awareness in mindful and healthy eating.
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| | | 29 CloseVietnamese Street Food Classics
Wednesday, May 29
Westside Santa Cruz
Vietnamese Street Food ClassicsFood & Drink
6:00pm - 8:30pm
$50.00 With Chef Eric Adema, Owner of Plus 1 Catering
Vietnamese food is considered by many to be the best of the southeast Asian cuisines, possibly due to the culinary influences acquired during the French occupation. Unique, tasty combinations were the result and their world-famous street food is no exception!
In this class you will learn how to make fresh shrimp springrolls with mint, greens, & mung bean sprouts. We will make pho’ noodle bowls with homemade star anise bone broth, rare beef, herbs & fresh lime. Class will finish with Vietnamese crepes with cardamom rubbed pork.
As a bonus, this class will offer a sweet slow drip coffee demo which will also be available to taste for anyone needing a little “pick me up.”
Beer or Sake will be available to pair with items as we snack on our creations throughout the evening for those 21+
About the Instructor:
Chef Eric Jan Adema first learned his passion for food while cooking his great grandmother’s recipes with his mother as a kid. In 1989 his family took over the Boulders Inn in Connecticut, and by age 24 he became the head chef . In 2003, Eric moved to San Francisco where he worked as a chef & restaurant consultant for over 10 years. He now lives in Boulder Creek . Sign Up For Event
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