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21 Acres Offers 'Local, Organic, Christmas Dinner' Cooking Series

The Sustainable Cooking at 21 Acres series introduces holiday cooking with locally sourced, farm-fresh ingredients.

An inaugural cooking series presented by offers "A Local, Organic, Christmas Dinner" at 11 a.m. Dec. 17 in the new 21 Acres Center for Local Food and Sustainable Living in Woodinville. 

Taught by Darin Leonardson of Edibility, the Sustainable Cooking series introduces holiday cooking with locally sourced, farm-fresh ingredients. Leonardson’s menu for the course includes spiced cranberry pear cider, hot Dungeness crab and shrimp dip, warm spinach salad with bacon and gorgonzola, simple winter roasted vegetables and chard, gremolata-crusted grass fed prime rib, thyme and roasted shallot mashed potatoes and stuffed baked apples with walnuts and cranberries.

Leonardson strives to make his cooking experiences educational as well as enjoyable with the goal to inspire and educate kitchen cooks toward sustainable food purchases. With nearly 20 years of culinary experience at locations such as Google, The Bellevue Club Hotel, Bon Appetit, and Toscano, Leonardson has a gift for creating epicurean harmony. The series continues with "Sustainable Food & Wine Pairing 101" on Jan. 21.

Fee is $50 per class; registration is open on a space available basis. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 425-481-1500 or register and pay on-line at http://localorganicchristmasdinner.eventbrite.com

Along with 21 Acres and Edibility, Farrington Court is also a sponsor of this course. For more information on the 21 Acres Education Program visit 21acres.org/school or email education@21acres.org.

The 21 Acres Center is located at 13701 NE 171st Ave. in Woodinville.

—Information from 21 Acres.

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