Prescott, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona
To empower you to nurture and care for your health by understanding the role that your gut, your microbiome, and probiotic foods play to enhance your well-being. And to teach you the joy of preparing fermented foods and beverages that support the gut.
The Merry Monk provides a path to understanding your alimentary system (aka, your gut), it’s functions, physiology, the microbes it contains (both friendly and unfriendly!), and how to optimize the many important roles it plays in your health.
Introductory seminars reveal the world of the microbes that have a huge impact on your gut, your foods, your immune system and even the world around you, as you learn about the basics of gut health and fermentation.
Our workshops will give you a more in-depth exploration of your gut health, your microbiome and fermentation plus hands on experience in making fermented foods that support and enhance nutrition and the effectiveness of your microbiome, in some cases starters will be provided.
An on-going series of special topics seminars and workshops, plus a community of fermentation enthusiasts and educational opportunities to learn more about fermentation and gut health.
Seminars and Workshops are offered at various locations in the Greater Prescott/Quad Cities area (see events page). In addition, I can come to you at your business, club, school, church or in-home sessions can be done by arrangement. Coming soon, will be on-line versions of these offerings.
Explore the alimentary system (aka, your gut) by learning about what occurs along the pathway your food takes as you eat and digest, learn about your microbiome and how probiotics help to keep your gut, and your health, at it’s best. Find out how fermented foods help edify your gut health and well-being.
Food preservation and how it can contribute to health and wellbeing: Learn about the basics of the fermentation process, how microbes perform transformations to preserve produce, and release nutrients that are beneficial to your health, and how to make and incorporate fermented foods into a healthy diet.
This foundational workshop is a series of three 2-hour sessions. In the first hour an in-depth presentation of the day’s topic on gut health and/or fermentation, including aspect of physiology, metabolism, historical perspectives, causes of ailments of the gut and how to prevent them, the contribution of fermented foods and how they benefit our health and how diet impacts our microbiome. During the second hour there will be a hands-on demonstration of the preparation of fermented foods/beverages, you may participate if desired and starters for some ferments will be provided.
Session 1: Probiotics, and how to make Kombucha
Session 2: Your Microbiome, and how to make Kimchi or Sauerkraut
Session 3: Fermentation, and how to make Sourdough bread.
Rates: $150 per person for the three sessions, materials (notebooks, information, recipes) and some starters will be provided. (Rates may vary slightly by location).
The Merry Monk is a name derived from a cherished wood carving that has been in the family for decades. To me it symbolizes robust health, jovial libations, and illumination, it also pays tribute to the monks that developed many ferments, for example the Trappist Monks and Belgian Ale.
