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  • Cooking Demonstration: A Midsummer’s Night Supper: A Perfect Al Fresco Feast with Chef Paul Gatzke

    Saturday 08-08-26 01:00 pm (Eastern)

    Location: Haggerty Education Center


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    Chef Paul Gatzke
    Chef Paul Gatzke

    Chill out on a hot summer night with a fresh and delicious supper that tantalizes the taste buds and celebrates the bounty of the season.

    The menu includes: chilled Andalusian gazpacho, curried apple walnut deviled eggs, green eggs and ham, Asian veggie noodle salad, grilled balsamic peaches with fresh peach ice cream, butter cookies with peach preserves … Yum!

    Please email mennist@arboretumfriends.net if you would like to be placed on the waitlist.

    Questions? email: mennist@arboretumfriends.net or lbencivengo@arboretumfriends.net

    Fees: $35.00 / $45.00




  • Pesto Anyone? Basil Tasting and Pesto Making Demonstration with Chef Cynthia Triolo

    Saturday 08-29-26 01:00 pm (Eastern)

    Location: Haggerty Education Center


    RMG Demo Basil Trial
    RMG Demo Basil Trial

    Who doesn’t love basil? Join the Friends as they host a basil tasting and pesto making demonstration.

    The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Morris County are running a trial at several community gardens in our area of eight varieties of Genovese-style (pesto type) basil that have been bred to resist a devastating disease called Basil Downy Mildew. Vote for your favorite variety, see a pesto making demonstration and watch a 30-minute award-winning documentaty called Fields of Devotion about the Rutgers basil breeding program.

    Questions: email mennist@arboretumfriends.net or lbencivengo@arboretumfriends.net

    Fees: $10.00 / $10.00

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