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February 4, 2010 ISSUE
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UPCOMING PUBLIC CLASSES
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Life in the Balance: Omega 3's and 6's (Lecture)  -  Saturday, February 6th
Susan Allport  -  1:00 - 3:00 pm
  $50
Susan Allport, award-winning author of The Queen of Fats, will bring to life crucial information about the two families of fats: Omega-3 & Omega-6. Essential, because our bodies cannot produce them and we must get them from food. You'll leave with up-to-date handouts as well as recipes starring Omega-3 fats.
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How to Write a Great Business Plan for a Food Business  (Lecture) 
Wednesday, February 10th
   Terry Frishman -  6:00 - 10:00 pm   $70
Writing an outstanding business plan can be overwhelming. If you would like to run your own food business, this informative lecture will help you to better understand what is involved; how to create a road map and raise capital. When you're ready to start, you'll be way ahead of the game.
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Chocolate Euphoria  -  Thursday, February 11th
Jay Weinstein  -  6:30 - 10:00 pm   $110
Using Jay's tips & tricks, you'll learn how to make nut flour, correctly fold ingredients to retain maximum aeration and lightness; temper mousse; prepare freeze-ahead/cook-later elegant soufflés; whip egg whites to soft and stiff peaks; bake a cake using a water bath (bain-marie); and properly pipe with a pastry bag.
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World-Class Gluten-Free Dumplings  Friday, February 12th  
Rebecca Reilly  -  3:00 - 7:00 pm 
$120

Come join the fun with the ever innovative Rebecca Reilly, as we make matzo balls, roll gnocchi off the back of a fork, shave spaetzle batter directly into a hearty soup, shape pasta for pot stickers and purses, and end the class sweetly with nut-filled apples baked in flaky gluten-free pastry.

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Amazing Gluten-Free Pies, Tarts & Quiche  -  Sunday, February 14th
Rebecca Reilly  -  11:00 am - 5:00 pm  $205
Join Rebecca to spend an entire day immersed in every aspect of pie making -- without any gluten in sight.  You'll have the benefit of Rebecca's incomparable expertise as she demonstrates pastry-making techniques and guides you through your own preparation of various crusts and luscious fillings.
Gluten Freedom: Reclaiming Our Daily Bread  -  Monday, February 15th
Rebecca Reilly  -  11:00 am  - 5:00 pm
  $205

Join Rebecca Reilly--cookbook author, classically trained chef, and master baker--who believes healthy, delicious bread is everyone's birthright. But for those of us with gluten intolerance or wheat allergies, our vocabulary of breads has been sadly limited. Well, a new day is dawning. Under Rebecca's expert guidance you'll learn everything you need to know to create flavorful, perfectly textured, gluten-free breads.

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Organic Chicken Soups: Multinational Meals-in-a-Pot  -  Thursday, February 18th
Myra Kornfeld  -  6:30 - 10:00 pm  $110
Bone broths are mineral rich, nourishing, and eminently freezable. We'll make one from a whole chicken, one from roasted wings, and one from roasted bones. With such stock on hand, in very little time you can be sipping soups that taste as if they've been simmered all day.
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Traditional Indian Breads  -  Saturday, February 20th 
Richard LaMarita  -  1:00 - 4:30 pm
  $105
Learn to make traditional Indian breads (chapati, naan, paratha, and poori) using authentic ingredients and time-honored techniques. And, because opposites attract, we'll also make a spicy dhal, herbed and fruit chutneys and a cooling raita.
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Food, Chaos, and Quantum Physics (Lecture) -  Tuesday, February 23rd
Dr. Annemarie Colbin  -  6:30 - 9:00 pm   $55
Dr. Colbin did her doctoral dissertation using systems theory, complexity theory, chaos theory and some ideas from quantum physics for a new understanding of how food affects our health. If you are looking for a holistic/wholistic theoretical framework, come join her for an exploration of these fascinating concepts.
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BEGINNING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27th
ACHIEVING BALANCE: A 4-PART AYURVEDA WORKSHOP  -  WITH CHEF AND AYURVEDA INSTRUCTOR RICHARD LAMARITA
Learn the fundamental principles of Ayurveda including consciousness, mind/body health, the theory of food & digestion, balancing & planning a menu, cooking techniques and identification of the doshas (body types). In each session you will prepare a delicious, carefully-balanced meal to enjoy together.

For more information contact registrar@naturalgourmetinstitute.com or 212-645-5170 (ext. 4).
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