Processing Acorns for Food with herbalist & forager, John Slattery

About the class:

The urban landscape of the Phoenix metropolitan area possesses 1,000s of southern live oak trees, each of which produce abundant acorns every winter. Yet, many don’t know these acorns are edible. Not only are they edible, humans have eaten more acorns than any other food on the planet!

Interested in acorns but feeling intimidated about what to do with acorns, or how to make them edible? In this information-packed, hands-on workshop, herbalist, forager, and author, John Slattery, will take the participants through all the steps for processing acorns for food, and provide recipes for preparing your fresh acorn meal. John has been working with these particular acorns for the past decade and has integrated them into his regular diet. They are highly nutritious, locally abundant, and delicious!

We’ll begin with a short presentation on the global history of acorns as food. Then the magic begins as we take unshelled acorns and turn them into a ready to use flour. All participants will have an opportunity to join in the process helping to make this skill stick. To wrap up the event, we’ll enjoy a special acorn treat prepared by the instructor himself.

Information handouts on the class content be will available, so note-taking is not essential for this class. However, you are welcome to bring a notebook and camera if you like.

About the instructor:

John Slattery is a bioregional herbalist and forager helping people develop relationship with wild plants. Seeking out local traditional knowledge and fostering relationships with traditional healers John works towards keeping traditional knowledge alive while embuing it with new perspective gleaned through deep relationship with plants. He maintains his Vitalist clinical practice in Tucson, AZ and offers plant walks, foraging expeditions, field trips into Sonora, Mexico. John has taught multiple classes on about acorn harvesting and processing. You can watch a video with John discussing acorns here.

Pricing:

Class Fee - $45

*Early Registration - $35 (before Feb. 1)

Venue:

The class will be conducted at The McKinley Club in downtown Phoenix. Click here for a Google map to access an address and driving directions.