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Lake Effect’s Joy Powers chats with Venice Williams, the executive director of Alice’s Garden and the Fondy Food Center, about gardening, herbal remedies and healthy cooking.

Importance of gathering for dinner in the winter

The 2022-23 Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market is located at The Table, 5305 W. Capitol Dr. in Milwaukee.
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People looking to cook with others are invited to the 2023 winter season From Scratch series, which will be hosted at The Table, located at 5305 W. Capitol Dr.

January can be an isolating time of year. The holidays are over and many people are left at home, alone. Dig In! Contributor, Venice Williams, has the perfect way to chase off the January Blues: prepare and eat a meal with friends, family, or even acquaintances.

Williams is the executive director of Alice's Garden, and she says getting together and cooking during the winter months is crucial.

"Our bodies crave more food [in the winter]. But we also crave more time with others [because] we feel the isolation of being at home in the darkness," she says. "Being able to come together with people to cook and to eat and to share is one of the highlights of January and February. If we choose to live into it."

People looking to cook with others are invited to the 2023 winter season From Scratch series, which will be hosted at The Table, located at 5305 W. Capitol Dr.

Participants will need to bring everything needed to cook their favorite dish and can expect to share where they learned to cook this particular dish and discover its origins, all while making it alongside other participants.

The events go from 2-5 p.m. and will take place over the coming months with different themes each month as outlined below:

From Scratch series led by Venice Williams.
From Scratch series led by Venice Williams.

The cookbooks helping Williams prepare for all this winter cooking are Katie Brown Entertains and Katie Brown's Weekends.

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Joy is a WUWM host and producer for Lake Effect.
Rob is All Things Considered Host and Digital Producer.
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