Join us for a multi-sensory event hosted by Les Dames d’Escoffier Washington D.C. Regional Chapter and the Common Grain Alliance! We'll enhance your understanding of the regional grain supply chain, introduce you to local millers and producers, and show you how to incorporate more local flours in your home cooking and baking. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the Mid-Atlantic grain movement that is reinvigorating local grain production for food and beverages.

The packed afternoon program will feature:

• a panel discussion with local grain farmers, millers, and bakers

• a virtual mill tour

• a regional grain product tasting

• a pop-up mini grain shop/grain showcase offering local flours, grain products and beverages

• a hands-on class comparing commercial all-purpose flour vs. local flour in cookie making (14 participants only; first-come, first-serve).

WHEN: Saturday, March 23, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm for limited-space cookie class; 15-minute break; 3:05 pm - 4:00 pm panel discussion; 4:00 - 5:00 pm, regional grain tasting and showcase

WHERE: Hill Center DC at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE; Eastern Market Metro station is a block away. Street parking available nearby.

TICKETS: Buy on Eventbrite (Choose either with or without cookie class)

Panel discussion, sampling and 1 beverage (beer or barley tea), grain showcase, pop-up shop access, WITH cookie class (14 participants only for the class, first-come, first-serve): $70 for Dames and CGA members; $80 for general public

Panel discussion, sampling and 1 beverage (beer or barley tea), grain showcase, pop-up shop access (WITHOUT cookie class): $50 for Dames and CGA members; $60 for general public

ON THE PANEL

• Madelyn Smith, executive director, Common Grain Alliance, panel moderator

• David Sachs, of family-owned Grapewood Farm, producing organic small grains and stone-ground flour in Virginia’s Norther Neck

• Gabriel Key, founder, Foggy Mountain Pasta and Milling

• Abby Levine, owner of Maple & Rye Bakery, opening in a brick & mortar store in downtown Brunswick, Md., later this spring.

PLUS representatives from: Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery, Saatva Bakery, Seylou Bakery, CropEats, and more!

A portion of the proceeds from this event will go toward funding grants + scholarships for young women in the culinary field, and to the CGA.