Everything Pumpkin: Cooking with Ariane Daguin

Level up your pumpkin game! Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll delve into the art of pumpkin perfection. Discover new roasting techniques and learn how to make delicious stuffed pumpkin, a unique pumpkin and winter squash soup, and an amazing agrodolce salad.

At AOOA, we grow an assortment of heirloom pumpkins with quirky names like Long Island Cheese, Porcelain Doll, Big Moose, Baby Bear, Flat Stacker, Musquee de Provence, Galeaux, Grizzly Bear, and The Boss. If the multitude of heirloom pumpkin and squash options leaves you feeling lost, this is the workshop for you! Ariane will talk about how to select and prepare the finest heirloom varieties as you hone your skills in roasting, stuffing, and soup and salad making.

Prepare to roll up your sleeves and elevate your pumpkin prowess! You’ll enjoy a taste of the dishes at the end of the workshop and leave with the recipes and techniques for recreating these autumnal dishes at home.

Recommended for ages 16+

About the instructor: Ariane Daguin was born into a world of great food in Gascony, in the Southwest of France. She was an expert at deboning ducks, rendering duck fat, preparing terrines and cooking the game birds her grandfather hunted by the time she was ten. Ariane launched D’Artagnan in 1985 as the first purveyor of meats in the U.S. devoted to natural, sustainable and humane production.