Cultural Cooking Workshop

Flagstaff Festival of Science Event: Chef, cultural anthropologist, and food journalist Gay Chanler presents a demonstration on cacti as food. Prehistoric people depended on cacti in their diets, a daunting concept to most modern cooks. But with a few tools and tricks a prickly pear cactus transforms into delectable dishes and beverages. Learn how to harvest, clean, and process the pads, (nopales), and fruits, (tunas), to make prickly pear syrup, beverages, dressings, dessert, salsa, and vegetable dishes.