With roots in the ‘eat like a bear’ philosophy, you will learn the fundamental principle of creating exciting, nutritionally balanced salads that can be delicious meals in their own right. You’ll understand the importance of textures, roasting veg, balancing dressing, and much more. In the end, you should walk away with a completely transformed view of what is salad is, and what it can be. And you should be able to create your own combinations with your personal touch, by having been taught the underlying principle of a proper salad - rather than simply a recipe.

Stir-frying is one of the most versatile principles and a must have in any home cooks repertoire. You’ll learn the basics of a good stir-fry, various sauces, and how this principle can be varied in a countless number of ways. We’re going to explore the concept of umami and learn why this is essentially to creating tasty vegetable centric stir-fry dishes. Upon completing this workshop you will be able to confidently free-style delicious stir-fries with whatever ingredients you have around.

This workshop introduces the Eat Like A Bear workshops and the idea of cooking with principles of cooking rather than recipes. The aim is to help make everyday cooking easy, fun and intuitive using seasonal ingredients to create delicious plant-centric dishes; and (if you’re an omnivore) using less but better quality meat and diary for flavour rather than bulk.

The aim is also to offer a basic understanding of the wider ecological context of food choices and their impact on the planet - and how the health of the ecosystems on which we depend is intrinsically linked to our own health.