The 2024 Demo Kitchen is presented by chester county food bank. While the Demo Kitchen is FREE to enter, CCFB will be accepting donations which help support their efforts to mobilize our community to ensure access to nutritious AND familiar food.
WELCOME TO THE DEMO KITCHEN @ GOOD FOOD FEST!
Fresh + local = GOOD FOOD. At this year’s Demo Kitchen, you’ll learn just how simple and rewarding it is to cook with seasonal, local ingredients from our region. Our presenters will walk you through everything—from sourcing fresh ingredients to creating delicious, seasonal dishes in your own kitchen. Whether you’re an experienced locavore or just starting your local food journey, you’ll learn firsthand how local & seasonal ingredients can elevate your recipes and make every meal unforgettable.
CULINARY DEMO SCHEDULE
11:30 AM
MINDFUL MERRIMENT
presented by
TASHELLE DARBY OF
IRIE VEDA
Join IrieVeda for a festive kitchen demo celebrating mindful eating and local ingredients. Learn to create delicious, allergen-free, FODMAP-friendly, and gluten-free holiday dishes with our unique spice blends. Engage your senses with our “Yoga in the Kitchen” techniques and enjoy interactive cooking demonstrations featuring Savory Roasted Vegetables, Zesty Apple Chutney, and Creamy Pumpkin Pudding. Discover the joys of seasonal cooking, mindful cooking tips, recipe cards and samples. Celebrate the season with delicious, inclusive meals that nourish both body, mind and soul.
Founded by allergy mom and certified Ayurvedic health instructor Tashelle Darby, IrieVeda offers handcrafted spice blends that are safe for the whole family. Our blends are top 23 allergen-free, Certified Gluten-Free, Certified FODMAP Friendly, salt-free, and sugar-free.
All of our spices are roasted and blended from whole spices in our dedicated allergen-free facility in West Chester, PA, ensuring the highest quality and safety. Inspired by Ayurvedic principles, we use only organic, health-boosting herbs and spices, so you can enjoy culturally diverse meals without worry. We also prioritize local sourcing to support community farmers. IrieVeda makes it easy to create delicious, family-friendly dishes that nourish your body and fit your lifestyle.
12:30 PM
PUMPKIN SKYR MUFFINS
presented by
STEPHANIE & HAYLEY PAINTER OF PAINTERLAND SISTERS
Ready to spice up your holiday baking? Join sisters Stephanie and Hayley Painter as they whip up delicious Pumpkin Skyr Muffins featuring their creamy, protein-packed Painterland Sisters Organic Skyr Yogurt! These muffins are the perfect blend of indulgence and nutrition, making them a must-have for your Thanksgiving spread. Don’t miss this chance to learn from the dairy farm queens themselves—your holiday guests will thank you!
Sisters and farmers Stephanie and Hayley Painter launched Painterland Sisters Organic Skyr Yogurt as part of their mission to preserve, showcase and utilize their family’s Pennsylvania organic dairy farm, Painterland Farms.
Painterland Sisters offers healthy, honest and sustainable products that connect consumers to the direct source of their food: the American farmer. Their fourth-generation family-owned and operated farm practices regenerative farming and rotationally graze their cattle on fresh pastures to keep the soil as nutrient-rich as possible.
Painterland Sisters Organic Skyr Yogurt contains billions of probiotics (BB12), is high in protein and calcium, lactose-free and lower in sugar. Painterland Sisters is farmer-owned and certified Woman-Owned Business.
1:30 PM
POWER OF BLACK GARLIC
presented by Wandy & CHRIS OF Dragonfly Hill Farm & KITCHEN
Explore how black garlic can elevate your favorite dishes with Wandy and Chris of Dragonfly Hill Farm. From tender pork loin to rich pasta and bold Caesar salad, they’ll demonstrate how this versatile ingredient adds deep flavor and a healthy twist. Join them for a hands-on session that highlights the unique uses of black garlic, grown with care on their Lehigh Valley farm.
Wandy Principe-Bush, wife, mother of 2 adult children, lifelong cook and two-time cancer survivor founded Dragonfly Hill Farm & Kitchen in 2020. With the support of her husband, Chris, she is focusing on growing a variety of gourmet, hardneck garlic and creating a wide range of value-added products with the garlic.
The majority of the ingredients for our value-added products are grown by Wandy, on the farm using organic, chemical-free growing practices and the farm has recently received organic certification. We use locally sourced ingredients whenever possible, and we use organic ingredients or those where we can trace the source for ingredients that cannot be sourced locally.
Dragonfly Hill Farm is nestled on four acres in the hills of the Lehigh Valley on land once inhabited by the Lenni Lenape people. The kitchen at Dragonfly Hill was established to support the local food service community, by providing a shared-kitchen space for food prep and storage alongside some of our great farm fresh produce. At Dragonfly Hill, land stewardship goes hand-in-hand with growing and preparing delicious products. Our goal is to make fresh & healthy food easy and accessible for everyone.
2:30 PM
JAM MAKING
101
presented by AMANDA NEWMAN of SPOTTED HORSE PROVISIONS
Join Amanda Newman of Spotted Horse Provisions for a sweet, sustainable journey into the art of jam-making! Learn how to create a delicious fig jam, infused with locally sourced ingredients and inspired by Amanda's unique culinary heritage. With her step-by-step guide, you'll master the essentials of artisanal preserves while embracing sustainability practices that support local farms and reduce waste. Let's get figgy with it—because making jam is as rewarding as savoring it!
Spotted Horse Provisions is a disabled woman-owned business that produces sustainably-minded, artisanal pantry provisions inspired by the blended heritage and world culinary travels of a woman starting over. Founded by recipe maven and 30 year tenured professor of art education Amanda Newman; her research and publication interests focus on working with diverse learners in the art room, differentiated assessment practices and critical disability studies in art education. At Spotted Horse our original recipes are the reward of a rich family history and a unique blend of Welsh and Iraqi Sephardi-inspired flavors. We highlight local, regional and seasonal produce by partnering with local farmers to provide the best provisions possible. Our commitment to engaging in sustainable practices sets us apart; from sourcing, to production, packaging, and even offering a discount on future purchases for jar returns in order to reduce our carbon footprint! We are passionate about creating food procurement pathways that are healthy, delicious, and open-ended. Our pantry provisions include; tomato based sauces, harissa pickled vegetables, fresh jams, botanical infused jellies, zero-waste pestos, spreads and vinegars and spice blends.