Join Ica Crawford of Gro-Nola on Saturday, August 24th at 1PM in the Rouses Culinary Innovation Center. Ica will demonstrate how to make “pretty party platters” with her famous homemade pickle products. Ica will teach you the art of making the perfect crowd-pleasing party tray for all of your upcoming soirees! You will also learn about pickling and canning.

The program begins at 1 PM in the Rouses Culinary Innovation Center by Jenn-Air, samples are first come first serve. Free with museum admission.

About the Chef

Ica Crawford moved to New Orleans to attend the Culinary Arts program at Delgado and then completed Horticultural and Biological Sciences degrees at Delgado and UNO. Ms Ica is FDA certified in food processing control by the University of Tennessee.

A practitioner of olericulture, the science and production of plants for use of the edible parts, she currently operates an urban food garden in the Riverbend at Ferry Place, manages a CSA Member program, and is the proprietor of GroNola which plants, grows, aggregates and preserves the peak harvest of the seasons.

Selecting and preserving the seasonal harvests are just one piece of her overall mission-- “To grow great food in a responsible manner, to feed the people. It’s that simple”