WOOD FIRED PIZZA
Learn about traditional Neapolitan-style pizza during this hands-on culinary experience. Choose from a variety of gourmet toppings and prepare your own pie to be cooked in the Conservatory’s outdoor pizza oven. Enjoy with a simple salad. Cost: $35 per person;
add wine: $45 per person.
Includes Conservatory admission.
PASTAS & SAUCES
Begin your experience with a classic antipasti platter filled with cheeses, olives and seasonal vegetables. Then head into the kitchen for this hands-on experience of making homemade pasta with a classic Italian braised meat sauce. Sit down and enjoy the meal you prepared of garden fresh salad, and handmade pasta and sauce, all topped with Parmigiana Reggiano. Saluti! Cost: $35 per person;
add wine: $45 per person.
TAPAS & SANGRIA
This culinary experience will take you from the Conservatory straight to the bustling urban plazas of Spain. Meet and mingle with your group while you create a sensational Spanish tapas menu. Start with a refreshing sangria filled with fresh fruit. While you sip on your creation, jump in and prepare a variety of five classic Spanish finger foods, including patatas bravas, Spanish tortilla, seasonal small bites of skewers, all paired with Marcona almonds and Manchego cheese. Cost: $45 per person;
without Sangria: $35 per person.
ADOPT A BUTTERFLY
Adopt a butterfly, then release it into the Pacific Island Water Garden to watch it take its first flight. Cost: $20 per person.
Includes Conservatory admission.
Available March–September.
DESIGN YOUR OWN ORNAMENT
Working with a professional glass blower, each group member will create a glass ornament in the Hot Shop. Allow 15 minutes per participant. Ornaments will be available for pick-up the following day. Cost: $50 per person.
Includes Conservatory admission.
Available April–December.