Students will learn to cook with leftover ingredients sitting in your refrigerator and/or pantry . Each student must bring at least one ingredient and your own knife.
Read the blog about "Let's Cook with Hideki" and this blog about "Let's Cook with Eric"!
The ingredients we use are all organic or non-sprayed bought at farmers markets or local natural food stores.
Date: Every Thursday (except April 8 & April 29) Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm (start eating from 12:30, wrap up by 2 pm) Location: Studio mugen
2610A 23rd St. Santa Monica, Ca, 90405
Fee: $35 per person
RSVP: Email us your name and phone number by Tuesday before the class.
What to Bring: Please bring at least one ingredient (preferably organic produce/product) and your own knife (the one you use at home - Hideki will examine it!). Also, please bring warm socks or indoor slippers as we ask everyone to take off shoes at the door, a pen and paper to take some notes, and a dinner plate and chopsticks or utensils of your choice (if you are planning to leave before we finish eating, bring tupperware so that you can take it home).
Cancellation Policy: Full refund can only be given if a cancellation notice is received by 6 pm on Wednesday (a day before the class). However, only 50% of the fee will be refunded for a missed class or if a notice is received after 6 pm on Wednesday (a day before the class). If the payment has not been yet submitted, please mail us a $17.50 (50% of the fee) check payable to mugen LLC to:
mugen LLC
2610-A 23rd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
*Hideki Kawai He had taught macrobiotics as a head chef at Kushi Institute, Becket, Massachusetts for 22 years. Joined Eric and Sanae's project in Santa Monica and North Fork in August 2009. Look forward to cook and teach from his experience.
Monday, April 12 & 26
:: Vegan Macrobiotic Community Night with Sanae ::
We have started a meetup group that you can join to get updates on the awesome topics sanae will cover. Whether you are new and experienced in veganism and macrobiotics. Come share stories and your experiences with others in the community, make new friends and share delious macrobitic food.
Place:seed 1604 Pacific Avenue, Venice, CA 90291 Time: 7 pm - 8 pm Fee: $5.00 Suggested donation for Sanae's time and help with answering your personal questions.
Thursday, April 15
:: "Delicious Light Spring Cooking" A Cookign Class By Eric & Sanae ::
Join Eric Lechasseur, Owner and executive chef of Seed and author of "Love, Eric" and "Love, Eric and Sanae" and his wife Sanae Suzuki, whole health macrobiotic counselor and educator and author of "Love, Sanae" for this special lecture and cooking demo. Learn how to nourish your Spring element & a few tasty recipes that will get your Spring cleanse off to a good start.
Vegan macrobiotic recipes presented: Leek and Cauliflower Filo Wrap & Lemon Amazake Cream
Sanae's new cookbook "Love, Sanae" will be available for purchase and a book signing will be held after class. Eric will be available to sign copies of "love, eric and sanae."
:: PRE-EARTH DAY EVENT: Seed Community Clean-up (SCC) ::
Earth Day is April 22! Why don't you join us this month! It will be a good warm-up for Earth Day!
Sanae has started Seed Community Clean-up (SCC) which will be held once a month, to help beautify the neighborhood and get the Venice community involved in something special.
You will get 10% off your lunch or free organic tea or coffee at seed or a Remedy Drink Mini-Lecture/Tasting for free if you join us for SCC! Our goal is to clean up the beach as well when we have more people to join us. In the meantime, let’s cleanup the neighborhood before the trash gets to the ocean!
Place:SEED Kitchen
1604 Pacific Avenue, Venice, CA 90291 Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010 Time: 10 am - 11 pm (ish)
What to bring: Trash bag, gloves, broom, dustpan, sunscreen, hat, etc.
Note: if it is raining steadily at the start time, the cleanup will be cancelled.
Sunday, April 18
:: March Remedy Drink Demo & Tasting ::
Sanae will make a remedy drink and give you a mini-lecture about it.
Fee: $10 per person or free if you attend Seed Community Cleanup on Sunday, April 18 from 10 am.
Place:SEED Kitchen
1604 Pacific Avenue, Venice, CA 90291 Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010 Time: 11 am - 12 pm
Thursday, April 22
It's EARTH DAY!!
Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment (Read more on "Wikipedia" or Google it!). Many people all over the world celebrate this day by doing something special for the Earth. At Seed, we'd like to join this celebration by sharing some tips and info for a sustainable way of living!
In this class, you will learn how to cook basic whole grains, seasonal whole grains, a condiment, seasonal miso soup and learn basic knowledge of yin and yang. You will get to taste everything Eric and Sanae make!
The ingredients we use are all organic or non-sprayed bought at farmers markets or local natural food stores.
Date: Saturday, April 24 Time: 2 pm - 4:30 pm Location:
Studio mugen
2610A 23rd St. Santa Monica, Ca, 90405
Example of what we cook
Early Registration Fee : $50 (RSVP by 6 pm on April 15) Standard Fee: $65
RSVP:Email us your name and phone number by 6 pm on Thursday, April 22.
What to Bring: Please bring warm socks or indoor slippers as we ask everyone to take off shoes at the door, a pen and paper to take some notes, and a dinner plate and chopsticks or utensils of your choice (if you are planning to leave before we finish eating, bring tupperware so that you can take it home).
Cancellation Policy: Refunds can only be given if a cancellation notice is received by 6 pm on Thursday, April 15. You may take a credit for another class (within 3 months) if a notice is received between 6 pm on Thursday, April 15 and 6 pm on Thursday, April 22. However, a refund or credit will not be given for a missed class or if a notice is received after 6 pm on Thursday, April 22.
Also, we can cancel the class due to low registration which a full refund wil be given.
Thursday, April 29
:: Basic Macrobiotic Cooking Class (hands-on) ::
In this class, you will learn how to cook basic seasonal macrobiotic dishes that energize organs for the season. Also, you will learn basic knowledgea about facial diagnosis and yin and yang. This is a hand-on class. You get to taste everything you make!
The ingredients we use are all organic or non-sprayed bought at farmers markets or local natural food stores.
Early Registration Fee by 6 pm on April 22: $65 Standard Fee: $80
RSVP:Email us your name and phone number by 6 pm on Thursday, April 27.
* The space is limited and the pre-registration will be closed without notice once the class is full (7 people max.)
What to Bring: Please bring warm socks or indoor slippers as we ask everyone to take off shoes at the door, a pen and paper to take some notes, and a dinner plate and chopsticks or utensils of your choice (if you are planning to leave before we finish eating, bring tupperware so that you can take it home).
Eric & Sanae's Cooking Class Footage:
Cancellation Policy: Refunds can only be given if a cancellation notice is received by 6 pm on Thursday, April 22. You may take a credit for another class (within 3 months) if a notice is received between 6 pm on Thursday, April 22 and 6 pm on Tuesday, April 27. However, a refund or credit will not be given for a missed class or if a notice is received after 6 pm on Tuesday, April 27.
Also, we can cancel the class due to low registration which a full refund wil be given.
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