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Cooking Classes — Taste the Flavours of Maine

A fabulous food adventure —  EAT LOVE MAINE

Discover, taste and learn how to cook with local and in-season ingredients in a fun and interactive cooking class with Chef Karina Hines. Explore local foods and simple ways to bring more nourishing Maine flavours to your table.

 

Private Cooking Class with David
Lobster Claw + Lobster Corn Salad
Old Haven Cocktail Vegetables
Tasting Maine Salsa Making
Blueberry Pancakes + Blueberries Maine
Tasting Maine Hot Sauce
Lobster Cooked with Seaweed
Tasting Workshop
 
Oyster River Pet Nat
North Haven Oysters
Karina Harbourside Fish
Goldies Martinis & Oysters
Seaweed & Kelp
Seaweed Squares Community
Steamiing Frozen Vegetables Kitchen Set Up
Orange Roasted Spiced Haddock & Chef Karina Hines
Seared Scallops
Herb Roasted Lobster
My Maine Chair

Cooking Classes
Tasting Maine

Anchored in Real Food — Designed for Real Life

Our classes are an invitation to connect with the abundance of Maine’s coastline, the diversity of our local farms, and the craftsmanship of regional artisans.

Together, we explore how to cook with local, seasonal ingredients so you can confidently bring fresh Maine
flavours to your table.

 

What we have for you…

  • Immersive Maine Food Adventure with lots of “tasting the magic of Maine".
  • Eat Local — from fresh seafood + in-season produce to a statewide selection of artisan-crafted Maine foods.
  • Drink Local — pairings with coffee,  craft sodas + wild ferments to craft beers, wines + small-batch spirits.
  • Simple + Practical Recipes you can recreate at home.
  • Chef Tips + Everyday Food as Medicine ingredient insights.
  • Meet Passionate People who truly love great food + care.
    We are collaborative, women-owned business change-makers!
Seaweed Sushi Squares Community
Making Bean Smash with Friends
Potato Salad Basil Tomato
Fresh Harvested Sugar Kelp
Healthy Food Table
Steamed Asparagus
Maine Seaweed Cooking Class
Wild Blueberry Sorbet
Maine Lobsters
Shaved Cucumber & Summer Squash Borage Salad
Beetroot Hummus snacks-1
Maine Seaweed Bread Seasonal Bites

Book a class and learn how to cook  fabulous local food with confidence.

Healthy Food Table

Learn to Cook with Local Ingredients

My Classes are Fun, Engaging + Practical

 

What’s Included in the Cooking Class

  • 2 hr class with Food as Medicine Chef Karina Hines.
  • Recipes using local Maine in-season ingredients.
  • You will eat all the dishes prepared during the class.
  • Enjoy pairings with local drinks, infusions, brews, wild ferments, wine, beer, or spirits.
  • 1 mth subscription to Botanical Kitchen’s healthy recipes.
  • Exclusive discounts from local businesses we love.
K + D Tacos Workshop

 

“Cooking is a powerful act of self-care and healthcare.  I create practical and simple recipes full of flavours that celebrate local ingredients
and mix in some fun.“


Karina Hines​
An Australian food-as-medicine chef and functional nutrition practitioner living in Portland, Maine, guiding people how to cook to support their health and connect with seasonal, locally grown ingredients.

Chef + Botanical Kitchen Founder + CFNC

Cooking Classes — choose your adventure!

We work with you to curate your experience based on your choice of flavour and spirit for adventure. You can choose an immersive demonstration workshop or roll up your sleeves and get cooking with chef Karina's guidance and the ingredients she gathers for you. Choose your drink preferences and inform us of any dietary needs. We can easily accommodate gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan + food allergies. We have a great gluten-free brewery in Maine.

 

Coastal Maine Seaweed Cooking Class
Explore coastal Maine seaweeds and learn their food-as-medicine benefits, along with practical ways to incorporate small amounts of seaweeds into everyday dishes while balancing flavours. We will make a seaweed-infused cocktail or mocktail and a selection of recipes using local, in-season ingredients for you to try.

  1. Choose which local protein you prefer — pork, poultry, fish or plant-based.
  2. Choose your drinks — make a cocktail or mocktail, or try our pairings with your choice of wine, beer, spirits, sparkling sodas or kombucha

 

Maine Lobster Cooking Class
Learn how to cook and shell a whole Maine lobster. Make a tasty appetiser-style bite and either an in-season lobster salad or lobster tacos in this hands-on cooking class.
Each guest receives a whole cooked lobster to shell and create two dishes to enjoy.

  1. Choose what you want to make — lobster salad or lobster tacos.
  2. Choose your drinks — make a cocktail or mocktail, or try our pairings with your choice of wine, beer, spirits, sparkling sodas or kombucha.

 

Fresh Catch — Maine Fish Cooking Class
Learn simple, healthy ways to cook three different local fish in this interactive demonstration-style cooking class.
We will explore simple techniques, flavour pairings, and practical methods you can use at home to prepare fish with confidence using local, in-season ingredients. 

  1. Choose your drink pairing to enjoy with our fish dishes — your choice of wine, beer, spirits, sparkling sodas, or kombucha.


Chef's Farmer’s Market Finds Cooking Class
Learn to cook with the rhythm of the seasons and how to make fun and flavourful dishes with what's fresh from the farmers’ market. We will make a selection of vibrant dishes from dips to salads and desserts, using what’s in season straight from local farms and markets. Sit back, relax, sip, and watch Karina create vibrant dishes or roll up your sleeves and hone your knife skills.

  1. Choose an interactive demonstration-style or hands-ons cooking class.
  2. Choose which local protein you prefer — pork, poultry, fish or plant-based.
  3. Choose your drink pairing to enjoy with the dishes we create — your choice of wine, beer, spirits, sparkling sodas or kombucha.

 

Healthy Blueberry Baking + Brunch Cooking Class
Learn to cook fabulous, healthy, anti-inflammatory, allergy-friendly wild Maine blueberry recipes. We will make nourishing, flavourful breakfasts, beautiful baked goods and sweet treats using local, seasonal and anti-inflammatory ingredients. Sit back, relax and watch Karina cook with wild Maine blueberries, or roll up your sleeves and get hands-on in the kitchen.

  1. Choose your drink pairing to enjoy with the dishes we create — your choice of local coffees, teas or make your own blueberry mocktails or mimosas.

Demonstration Cooking Classes

Hands-on Cooking Classes

Cooking Class Series
Wellness Programs

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