On Sunday, April 6th at 10:30am, Mary Fay Pinnow and Chef Jennifer Johnson of Jennifer’s Kitchen will be hosting a very unique event with all proceeds benefitting FIND Food Bank.
Their event: “Comfort Yoga” & “Yoga in the Kitchen”, the combination a gentle yoga class and brunch made of organic foods sourced from local Farmer’s Markets.
To make a reservation, please contact Jennifer Johnson at 760-324-2904 or by email at ChefJenJ@aol.com. Tickets are only $50 with a $5 surcharge if paid by credit card. Held at Ms. Pinnows’ Indian Wells home, the specific address will be given after your reservation is made.
In case you are unfamiliar with Jennifer Johnson, Chef Jen attended Culinary School in 1986 and has been a fixture on the local catering scene for the last two decades. When cooking, Chef Jen prefers green, local, sustainable and organic or ‘beyond organic’ foods. This means that she chooses foods made from local farms where she knows how the food was grown.
Jennifer prefers to cater Farm-to-Table events following the principles of Alice Waters, one of the founding leaders of the Farm-to-Table movement. This means that Chef Jen uses the freshest ingredients available that are sourced from the farms located closest to you.
In sourcing foods, Jennifer notes that many farmers follow organic practices but do not take the extra step of having their farms certified as organic. These are sustainably grown foods that are often as good as organic. Organic foods are from farmers who take that extra step to certify as organic what they farm. A farmer who is ‘beyond organic’ is best described as one who goes beyond the certification requirements associated with organic farming by incorporating sustainable, green practices into everything that they do.
