Nationally recognized chef/authors
Each featured chef/author will present a lecture and sign their recent book titles,
lecture tickets cost $25 and include one admission to both the festival and the Conservatory. For lecture tickets, phone 614.645.6402 or Click here for a downloadable ticket order form.
Michel Nischan, The Edible Garden
Saturday, 10 a.m.
Chef Michel Nischan is a restaurant owner, cookbook author and CEO of the Wholesome Wave Foundation. He has been a longtime leader in the movement to honor local, pure, simple and delicious cooking, which is served at The Dressing Room, his homegrown restaurant in Westport, CT.
Join Michel for a cooking demonstration and a discussion about the importance of local food systems and Ancient Grains. His award-winning book, Homegrown Pure and Simple, will be available throughout the weekend. A book signing will follow his presentation. Sponsored by Rosati Windows.
Mary Karlin, Seductive Fire: The Pleasures and Benefits
of Wood-Fired Cooking
Saturday, 11:30 a.m.
Chef Mary Karlin, a resident of Sonoma, CA, is an instructor at Ramekins Culinary School. Mary’s passion for gardening, cooking with the seasons and creating flavorful, nutritious food, is evident in her seasonally-inspired cooking classes. She is an expert in the oldest form of cookery, wood-fired cooking, and teaches Live Fire Cooking Camps.
Join Mary for a lively interactive grilling presentation as well as additional demonstrations throughout the weekend in our new Live-Fire Cooking Theater using the wood-fired oven, campfire, charcoal fueled grill and Big Green Egg. Sponsored by Nationwide Insurance.Mary Karlin will also be teaching a class on Sunday:
A SUNDAY EVENING SUPPER OF OUTDOOR WOOD FIRED COOKING
Enjoy this hands-on cooking class based on the later summer / early fall harvest. Students will break into teams to create the menu, and will take home recipe packets of the dishes being made in class. Students will sit down together at the end of the cooking session to sample tasting portions of each dish and discuss the class.
The evening’s menu is from Mary’s book, Wood-Fired Cooking, published by Ten Speed Press:Grilled Pizza with Mushrooms, Gorgonzola and Radicchio
Salmon and Corn Chowder
Eggplant, Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Gratin
No-Knead Dutch oven Bread
Warm Apple and Sweet Potato Upside-down Cake with Caramel SauceDate Sunday 13 September
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (rain or shine)
Location: In the Live Fire Cooking Theatre in the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Community Garden Campus at Franklin Park Conservatory
Cost: $50 nonmembers, $45 members
Rich Rosendale, Gold Medal Cooking
Sunday, 11:30 a.m.
Award winning chef, Rich Rosendale, owner of Rosendales and Details in Columbus’ Short North, will share his experiences as Captain of ACF Culinary National Team USA. Rich will delight his audience with excerpts and recipes from the newly released book entitled, Cooking with America’s Championship Team.
Marilyn Suszko, Heirloom Tomatoes: Tasting Local Treasures
Sunday 1:30 p.m.
Join us for a unique tasting session of homegrown, vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes. Food writer, author and segment host of “From My Ohio Kitchen” on Our Ohio (PBS) Marilou Suszko is your guide in this entertaining program that puts the spotlight on Ohio’s state fruit…the tomato! Conducted in the same format as a classic wine tasting, you’ll identity different flavors and taste sensations as you sample and discover the wonderful and various flavor nuances between heirloom varieties.. Marilou’s cookbook, Farms & Foods of Ohio: From Garden Gate to Dinner Plate, will be available throughout the weekend. Sponsored by Ohio Farm Bureau Federation/ Franklin County Farm Bureau.Funds raised at the Festival will benefit Franklin Park Conservatory's ongoing education programs, including its community gardening program Growing to Green.
