In-person food preservation classes offered in Anchorage in January

Rows of home-canned corn, asparagus, carrots and beans
Photo by Donavan Kienenberger
Learn to preserve and pickle vegetables and other foods in a series of in-person classes in Anchorage in January.

Join Leif Albertson for a series of in-person, hands-on classes in January to learn how to preserve meat, poultry and game; can fish; pickle vegetables; and make homemade yogurt.

Albertson is a member of the Health, Home and Family Development faculty at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Classes will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, Jan. 10-31. Everything necessary for the classes will be provided, and students will take home a jar of prepared food at the end of every class. 

Classes will be held at Viking Hall, 8141 Briarwood St., Anchorage. Register at . Costs range from $35 to $45 per class, or sign up for all four for $144. Registration deadline is five days before each class or Jan. 5 for all four.

For more information, contact Gina Dionne in Anchorage at gddionne@alaska.edu or 907-786-6313.

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