Wild Mixology with Laura Chávez Silverman

Join Laura Chávez Silverman of The Outside Institute for a hands-on workshop in combining botanical ingredients into cocktails and spirit-free drinks that are both delicious and healing. We’ll review various foraging, preservation and mixology techniques, then shake and stir up delectable options using tinctures, bitters, juices, ferments and infusions featuring foraged ingredients such as black walnut, sweetfern, magnolia, knotweed, black locust, nettle and ramps. Sparkling probiotic quaff? Soothing sweet elixir? Antioxidant highball? Check, check, check. Light snacks highlighting flavors of the season will accompany our creations. Space is limited; advance registration is required. Registration is $125/person.

Laura Chávez Silverman is a writer and the founding naturalist of The Outside Institute, which helps people connect to the healing and transformative powers of nature through guided walks, sustainable foraging, wildcrafting workshops and regional field guides. Based in the Western Catskills, The Outside Institute teaches slow, intimate observation and intentional appreciation of indigenous wisdom.