Fire + Food: A Fire-Making and Cooking by Fire Series with Vermont Wilderness School
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Find midweek inspiration around the fire, over food and with community!
In this short series, Bob Etzweiler will lead an in depth experience exploring fire skills and cooking food over a fire three Wednesdays in December into January.
At each workshop participants can expect to begin by practicing fire making and tending skills, followed by learning in depth cooking by fire techniques and end by sharing some food cooked over the fire.
Fire Making Skills:
Fire By Friction
Flint and Steel
Char Cloth making and use
Ferro Rod
Magnifying Glasses
Tinder bundle construction and ignition
Wild Harvested Tinder Bundles
Fire building and tending
Cooking by Fire Skills:
Coal Roasting and its many variations
Cooking over the Fire with Cast Iron
Stone Griddle
Explore Cooking Equipment
Instructors:
Bob Etzweiler is a longtime teacher at the Vermont Wilderness School, leading both youth and adult programs. His adult program offerings at VWS include the Wildlife Tracking Apprenticeship, the Summer Tracking Intensive, the Hunter’s Heart and the annual Lynx Tracking Expedition. Bob is certified by CyberTracker North America as a Track & Sign Specialist (visit Tracker Certification to learn more). He is not only one of the most passionate hunters you will ever meet, but also one of the most skillful and reverent.
When: 3 Wednesdays 9am – 1pm
December 2
December 16
January 6
Where: Forest Classroom at Retreat Farm in Brattleboro, VT
Who: 18 and up – parents and teens are welcome to attend together.
2025 Cost: Full Series: $150/ $200/ $250 ; Limited slots to drop into a single workshop ($90)
Sliding scale, scholarship, and reparations funds available.
In this short series, Bob Etzweiler will lead an in depth experience exploring fire skills and cooking food over a fire three Wednesdays in December into January.
At each workshop participants can expect to begin by practicing fire making and tending skills, followed by learning in depth cooking by fire techniques and end by sharing some food cooked over the fire.
Fire Making Skills:
Fire By Friction
Flint and Steel
Char Cloth making and use
Ferro Rod
Magnifying Glasses
Tinder bundle construction and ignition
Wild Harvested Tinder Bundles
Fire building and tending
Cooking by Fire Skills:
Coal Roasting and its many variations
Cooking over the Fire with Cast Iron
Stone Griddle
Explore Cooking Equipment
Instructors:
Bob Etzweiler is a longtime teacher at the Vermont Wilderness School, leading both youth and adult programs. His adult program offerings at VWS include the Wildlife Tracking Apprenticeship, the Summer Tracking Intensive, the Hunter’s Heart and the annual Lynx Tracking Expedition. Bob is certified by CyberTracker North America as a Track & Sign Specialist (visit Tracker Certification to learn more). He is not only one of the most passionate hunters you will ever meet, but also one of the most skillful and reverent.
When: 3 Wednesdays 9am – 1pm
December 2
December 16
January 6
Where: Forest Classroom at Retreat Farm in Brattleboro, VT
Who: 18 and up – parents and teens are welcome to attend together.
2025 Cost: Full Series: $150/ $200/ $250 ; Limited slots to drop into a single workshop ($90)
Sliding scale, scholarship, and reparations funds available.
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45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro, VT, United States, Vermont 05301
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