Seattle Free School

Reviews of Seattle Free School

• "great teacher!"

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  • • 4/5 stars

  Review of Cheese Making- Mascarpone, November 07, 2008

  So apparently making cheese is easy! ish. Milk + some sort of starter or acid = fabulous cheese! Yes, there are some steps in between, but Jessica did a great job explaining the process step by step. She's quite knowledgeable, very engaging, and funny. Jessica is completely unpretentious, she reminded us again and again that cheesemaking can be done with little money and without all the fancy accoutrement that other books or instructors may push. The class was a *little* heavy on the talking side, but if you go knowing it'll be taught at a relaxing pace, you won't be disappointed. Overall, quite fun and I'm ready to get started!

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• "Not hands on, but super educational and fun"

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  • • 4/5 stars
  • Katie
  • Seattle, WA

  Review of Cheese Making- Mascarpone, November 07, 2008

  Just took this great class last night 11/7/08. We watched Jessica Dally (the teacher) make Marscapone and Gouda. It was cool to realize that making cheese really isn't all that hard.

  Jessica was fun, frank and quite knowledgeable about the process without being even a touch stuffy. Very down to earth, casual and friendly. She helps cheese-making seem like a real possibility for the general home cook.

  I particularly liked her quick tips and her demystification of all the ridgid rules you read about for cheese making that really aren't hard and fast rules.

  I'm finally motivated to give it a whirl in my own!

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• "good intro talk"

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  • • 4/5 stars
  • leandra
  • San Francisco, CA

  Review of Beekeeping in the City, June 02, 2008

  first off, i commend jessica (founder and main teacher of freeschool) for her energy and enthusiasm around community based education. i love the idea of learning from my neighbor : )

  the talk itself on bees, was a good way to get an overhead view of the long list of things i have yet to learn about bees and the equipment, tools and materials i'll need to get started.

  she provided us with references for websites, books and beekeeping societies. she also gave us plenty of hands on time with the equipment and allowed us to ask questions.

  i left really excited and interested in learning more about bees and beekeeping! yum honey!!

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