A small group of restaurant professionals gathered in the Sheraton hotel kitchen on Dec. 13 for an introduction to kelp cuisine from Jeff Trombetta, professor of culinary arts at Norwalk Community College. He’s been chopping, sautéing and consuming kelp for the past four to five years, developing recipes for what he believes could become chefs’ “new go-to vegetable.”
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Apr25Earth Day Expo FairGroton Public Library11:00 AM
Groton Public Library will host the annual Earth Day Expo, with dozens of organizations, vendors and vegan food trucks. Connecticut Sea Grant will be among the groups offering family-friendly activities and free educational publications.
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Apr26Kelp Fest cooking classYellow Farmhouse Education Center11:00 AM
A hands-on class featuring locally grown sugar kelp. Learn to make kelp pasta, scallops, hummus, and chimichurri.
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Apr26Kelp Fest Kickoff CelebrationYellow Farmhouse Education Center12:00 PM
A free, drop-in celebration of the season. Join us for kelp tastings, interactive demos, local vendors, and a visit from the CT Sea Grant mobile seaweed lab. The whole family is invited! No registration needed.
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Apr29This Fine Piece of Water: LIS Environmental History TalkLyman Allyn Art Museum7:00 PM
Tom Andersen, author of “This Fine Piece of Water,” will discuss how the attitude the Dutch and English brought to North America led to decades of devastating pollution. But how, after 370 years, attitudes about the Sound changed, in the nick of time to stave off environmental disaster.