Workshop: Frozen Treats & Preserved Eats

Join us in the garden for a family-friendly, hands-on food workshop with instructors Eden Batki and Jessica Wang. Informed by the food artists’ upbringings in diverse California neighborhoods and international travels, the activity will demo a variety of ways to produce sweet and salty frozen desserts with a mix of ingredients and flavors. Participants will learn how to prepare yogurt, granita, and ice cream, along with preservation techniques for sour stone fruits, lemon, and summer grapes. Methods for preparing toppings such as toasted grains, miso caramel, and agar jelly will also be covered in the demo. Participants will be able to enjoy these treats as well as take home a sampling of the toppings. After the workshop, we invite you to stay for a tasting from Manuela's seasonal, garden-inspired dessert menu. Tickets to this event are $20. About Eden Batki
 Eden Batki is a multi-disciplinary artist working in photography, food, and film. Her documentary film ‘Weedeater’ (2016) is an experimental, dreamy portrait of ecologist Nance Klehm. Batki recently worked as production supervisor on CNN’s 'Explore Parts Unknown' which has taken her on culinary journeys throughout Asia and various Ethnic Enclaves in Los Angeles. Batki has cooked nationally and internationally, and is currently researching her Hungarian roots in relation to food and land. She also founded a natural line of body care products and herbal smokes called ‘Eden’s Herbals’. About Jessica Wang Jessica Wang is a Chinese American food entrepreneur who has spent the last seven years working in some of LA’s most creative and seasonally inspired kitchens. She is known locally for the coconut hand pies she creates for the noted Filipino restaurant LASA. Wang frequently teaches workshops, such as her recent demo of ‘Butter Mochi’ and its relationship to Chinese New Year at L.A. Kitchen. She also contributes to the Chinatown quarterly ‘Wapow’, and is the founder of Pique-Nique, a seasonal hand pie and fermented pickle project that celebrates California’s vibrant produce palette.