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Learn to make apple turnovers!
It’s the apple time of year…come learn to make luscious apple turnovers with Preserving Traditions! JJ Jacobson, chef, blogger, and curator of all things culinary at the Bentley Historical Library,...
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Pittsfield Grange Apple Day 2009
Sept. 26th was Apple Day at the Grange.* This is an annual event that features all things apple. Inside, we had an apple-themed bake sale. Apple-rhubarb pie, a variety of apple cakes, apple baklava,...
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Chicken harvest workshop
Sept. 27th was the first Preserving Traditions workshop in animal processing. We learned to kill, pluck, and clean chickens at Back Forty Acres farm in Chelsea. We started with a tour of the farm....
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Grange membership special: 15 months for the price of 12
If you’ve been enjoying Preserving Traditions events, you might consider joining the Grange! The Grange is full of folks who are interested in old-fashioned food and friendship…it’s part of the reason...
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Learn to make sauerkraut! (Ann Arbor location)
Old-fashioned, homemade sauerkraut is nothing like the salty, sharp kind you get at the store. Instead, it’s tangy, crunchy, and full of healthy probiotics (like in yogurt). It’s also really easy to...
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Event Wrapup: Apple Turnovers
We had a small, fun group for our apple turnover class, led by J.J. Jacobson (the Culinary Curator) on October 11th. Turnovers, for the uninitiated, are a buttery, flaky crust wrapped around half a...
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