Brandi Read
Chrysalis
Oil and Watercolor Paintings

Exhibiting new work, where she works, Food Dance! Read’s work has always been centered around Greek mythology and related themes.  After completing a series based on the Nike of Samothrace, and another based on the Nine Muses, she has moved to Ovid’s Metamorphoses to inspire her current body of work. The artist chose the myth of Narcissus to begin this series because narcissism can be easily related to contemporary social problems.

Read graduated from Western Michigan University in 2006 (magna cum laude) with a BFA in Painting.  She has exhibited her work in galleries across the country in cities including Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and Atlanta. She looks forward to participating in group exhibitions in Orlando and Los Angeles this summer, and New York next year. She has won several grants and awards for her work, including a travel grant.

“For years I have flocked to temples of porcine delight. I have paid my respects at Paul Kahn’s “Blackbird” and Rob Levitt’s “the butcher & larder” establishments, I have shared a butchers block with Matt Millar “The Reserve”. We (Food Dance) as a restaurant have sourced the best local pork our area has to offer and we have butchered over 20 whole hogs. It’s process of getting to know our local terrain and how the breeds will cook, grind and cure. All of this has led us to start a charcuterie program to bring back to the area old world flavor and technique of patience. We are crafting terrines, sausages, pate, and cured meat. All of us at the restaurant look forward to sharing these flavors, and continuing to explore the craft of butchery and charcuterie.” We want to share with you the techniques of butchering. ~Chef Robb Hammond

 

Chef, a Butcher's Guild member, demonstrates butchering techniques with chicken, whole hog, beef and limited hands on sausage making.

$75 per person
Space is limited please call 269-382-1888

An entry level, small classroom setting, with an overview of the cheese making process. By tasting examples of cheese in each of the 5 general classification, you will experience the nuances that differentiates one from another. We have the largest artisan cheese selection in the area.

$25 per person

We will have our fabulous cupcakes made with real butter, farm eggs, Madagascar vanilla, Belgium chocolate, real sour cream, fresh fruit, Koeze peanut butter and great skill. YOU can decorate them. With this hands on class we will show you how to decorate your own cupcakes. Create custom cupcakes for birthdays, graduations, parties or to make any event special. Limited space is available.

 

$60 per person

Spring Time! Get a jump on mixing up some great infusions and cocktails for the spring and summer months.

Our secrets revealed! Mingling style event teaching you how to make FD signature cocktails from scratch. You will get to see cocktails and tini’s mixed up, taste those cocktail and have recipes to take home. We will have stations set up so small groups are able to go to each station and have one on one demo and tasting.

$40 per person excluding tax and gratuity

Fire & Sky Grilling Cooking Class on the Roof
Under the open air we will demonstrate the tools & techniques of grilling foods, usage of charcoal & wood along with eating and drinking, of course. We will also be featuring some great summer drink recipes.


$75 per person

Fire & Sky Grilling Cooking Class on the Roof
Under the open air we will demonstrate the tools & techniques of grilling foods, usage of charcoal & wood along with eating and drinking, of course. We will also be featuring some great summer drink recipes.

$75 per person

Fire & Sky Grilling Cooking Class on the Roof
Under the open air we will demonstrate the tools & techniques of grilling foods, usage of charcoal & wood along with eating and drinking, of course. We will also be featuring some great summer drink recipes.

$75 per person

Zoku popsicle making class

Quick Pop™ Maker

The patented Zoku Quick Pop™ Maker freezes ice pops in as little as seven minutes right on your countertop without electricity. Quickly make striped pops, yogurt pops or (for the first time ever at home) flavored core pops. To enjoy Quick Pops at a moment’s notice, simply store the compact base in your freezer.

We will demonstrate and make popsicles together. Fresh ingredients and all!

$60 per person