1. 901 Iowa St., Lawrence, Kansas
News Release
For Immediate Release
Date of Release For More Information, Contact:
Oct. 7, 2014 Allison McLeay
Communications Coordinator
(402)-669-7336
allison.mcleay@icloud.com
The Merc offers healthy cooking class with seasonal produce
LAWRENCE, Kansas – The Merc Co-op is offering a healthy cooking class that
demonstrates recipes using the freshest foods of the season. The class will be taught by wellness
and food instructor Rachel Ciordas and will focus on new recipes and advice for healthy
cooking.
The class, “Slimming and Delicious Flavors of Fall,” will take place in The Merc
classroom on Tuesday Oct. 7 from 7-9 p.m. The cost is $18 and attendees can sign up and pay
online at themerc.coop.
Participants will learn to cook a four-course fall meal with seasonal ingredients.
Ciordas
said
seasonal
classes
are
a
great
way
to
show
that
it
is
possible
to
have
fun
while
cooking
healthy. “The
food
you’re
working
with
is
so
fresh,
delicious,
and
in
season,
so
the
food
is
at
its
absolute
best,“
Ciordas
said.
The
Merc
Co-‐op,
founded
in
1974,
is
a
cooperative
grocery
store
that
sells
local,
organic
and
natural
food
products.
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