The Holidays are here!

Lavender Inn — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:07:18 +0000

We love the holidays in Ojai and this year is we’re making it very special! Not only have we started to deck the halls, but we have two special events.

“Holiday Styling and Decor around the Home“

Presented By Daniel Brady Sun. December 4th 1 pm

This very special class is neither ordinary or a cooking class! We are very pleased to have Daniel, our favorite Garden & Home stylist present this Holiday Home Decor Class. Join us as Daniel shows you how to design your personalized wreath, style your mantles with magical displays, decorate your Holiday Buffet, create a Holiday dining table and personalized Center Piece. Bring your favorite center piece container, Soup Tureen, Silver Punch Bowl, Ceramic or Basket so that you can leave with your very own creation! Some of the other skills he will demonstrate are gold leaf, candle heights, and building an arrangement. Don’t miss out! Daniel’s approach to styling your home will leave you feeling more talented than Martha Stewart! It’s going to be a blast! This class is limited to 12 participants. $65 per person

“Lavender Inn’s 1st Annual Holiday Decor & Gift Boutique“

at the Lavender Inn Garden Sun. December 11th 11 am to 4 pm

Come do your special holiday shopping with us as you sip complimentary hot apple cider in our beautiful gardens! Booths will be filled with Antiques, Fine Art, Crafts & Handcrafted Decor from Local Vendors, Artisans and Artists. Enjoy your shopping outdoors and only two doors down from Ojai’s Certified Organic Market!

Hope to see you there.

Happy Holidays!

FRESH! Holiday Side Dishes from Farmer’s Market

Lavender Inn — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:55:12 +0000

The Lavender Inn and Ojai Culinary School are welcoming Susan Landry to once again tour the Ojai Certified Organic Farmer’s Market and teach this very seasonal and unique culinary class! Join us Nov. 13, Noon-3:30pm

Ojai Let’s tour farmer’s market together to see what mother earth has to offer this time of year. Sweet winter vegetables, fall fruits and fresh herbs is the start of something wonderful. Join us for a belly warming meal and a surprise dessert!!

The class menu includes: * Wild Mushroom Barley Soup with Fresh Dill * Cranberry Glazed Yam Casserole * Stuffed Delicata Squash with Chicken Apple Sausage * Spring Greens with Cranberries, Candied Walnuts and Raspberry Vinaigrette * Roasted Root Vegetables (pictured below) and more!

Class limited to 12 participants, $65. To reserve, please contact Ojai Culinary School at The Lavender Inn at 805-646-6635.

Follow Suzanne on her YouTube Channel!

Cooking with Fresh Herbs with Suzanne Landry

Lavender Inn — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:07:44 +0000

Join us on Sunday, September 25th 1 pm, as Suzanne Landry, Organic Chef, Author of the soon-to-be published cookbook ”The Passionate Vegetable“ is treating us to another class! Suzanne’s last class, Farm to Table, was a huge hit, so The Ojai Culinary School invited her to cook up another class!

Suzanne’s approach to teaching you how to cook is just like being on the food network in person. Her menus are seasonal, organic and accessible to everyone. Join us for this very exciting class. Suzanne also has her own channel on YouTube…check it out!

The super fresh Menu Includes: Tuscan Heirloom Tomato and Grilled Bread Salad, Roasted Vegetable Ratatouille over Spaghetti Squash, Quinoa Taboulli Salad, Jicama Slaw with Nappa Cabbage and Daikon Sprouts, Roasted Pumpkin with Herbs de Province

This class is limited to 12 participants and seats are going fast! $65 per person

Contact The Ojai Culinary School at The Lavender Inn 805.646.6635

Korean BBQ with Cindy Liu @ The Ojai Culinary School

Lavender Inn — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:02:02 +0000

We are thrilled to present this exciting class with Cindy Liu, founder of LooHoo’s Asian Comfort Food! Cindy’s approach to food is to source local, organic & seasonal ingredients and create unique Asian Comfort Foods that accessible to everyone. LooHoo’s facebook page will give a great sense of the unique things she has in store for this class!

The Menu Includes: Kalbi – Boneless Beef Short Ribs with Sam, Lettuce leaves & Garlic, Kimchi Fried Rice, Banchan (Korean Side dishes) including: JapChae (Chilled Noodles), Kimchi, Pickled Cucumbers, Sweet & Sour Daikon Radish & Sweet Caramelized Potatoes, all Served with Soju Cocktails

Sun. September 11th 1 pm

This class is limited to 12 participants. $65 per person

To reserve your spot, call the Ojai Culinary School @ The Lavender Inn 805.646.6635

Cooling Vegetable Foods with The Mistress of Spice

Lavender Inn — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:56:40 +0000

Sunday August 28 at 1:00 pm

Join Aparna, The Mistress of Spice as she shows you Ayurvedic methods of preparing Cooling Vegetable dishes. This is the perfect way to keep cool in the heat of August! The Menu for this class is eccentric, but Aparna has a way to show you how easy it is to prepare these unique dishes.

The Menu Includes, Cooling and Rejuvenating Jamaica Hibiscus Drink, South Indian Cucumber Salad with coconut, lime and cilantro, Avial- South Indian Coconut and Vegetable Curry, Fresh Fennel and Orange Salad, Delicious Mango Mousse.

This class is limited to 12 participants. $55 per person

To sign up contact the Ojai Culinary School at The Lavender Inn
805.646.6635 210 east Matilija Street, Ojai

Lavender Inn — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:33:02 +0000

This is from an EXTREMELY talented guest, Dreama, who painted our lavender adirondacks in the backyard at the Lavender Inn. Visit her website:http://dreamatolleperry.com to see more of her paintings. She writes: “The subjects I choose to paint embrace those special moments in life. The slowing down to stop and smell the roses, to feel the pleasure of sunshine warming the skin ….

It is a way for me to connect to these things, a touchstone of the goodness of life. They fit me like a well worn coat.”

Lavender Adirondacks

Lavender Inn — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:25:30 +0000

This is from an EXTREMELY talented guest who painted our lavender adirondacks in the backyard at the Lavender Inn. Visit her website:http://dreamatolleperry.com. She writes: “The subjects I choose to paint embrace those special moments in life. The slowing down to stop and smell the roses, to feel the pleasure of sunshine warming the skin …. It is a way for me to connect to these things, a touchstone of the goodness of life. They fit me like a well worn coat.”

Farmer’s Market To Table – Tour & Cooking Class

Lavender Inn — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:17:13 +0000

Farmer’s Market To Table

Tour & Cooking Class Sun. August 7th 12 pm

Join us as Suzanne Landry, author of the Passionate Vegetable, tours you through the Ojai Certified Organic Market to find the seasonal foods for the cooking class. This will be a whole experience of cooking dishes that are made of freshly picked, seasonal & local vegetables & fruits and goods. The class begins with a tour of the Farmer’s market, next door to the Culinary School and continues in the kitchen, where Suzanne will show you what amazing dishes you can make with the foods right in your back yard! It doesn’t get Fresher than this!

The Menu Includes : Stuffed Fresh Figs with Goat Cheese, Wrapped in Prosciutto, Tangerine & Roasted Beet Salad with Feta Cheese, Wild Caught Salmon Quiche with Peas, Fresh Dill & Thyme , Chilled Strawberry Rhubarb Soup

Don’t miss out on this exciting and fresh class!
We are so excited about the next class at the Ojai Culinary School! Participation is limited to 12 seats! $65 per person. Call to reserve your spot! 805.646.6635

Relax, Enjoy & Feel Better

Lavender Inn — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:40:31 +0000

Come to the Spa at The Lavender Inn and do just that!

While you are in Ojai or staying at the Lavender Inn, treat your body and mind to wellness and stress reduction Natural Results Oriented Skin Care Facials and Specialized Massage Therapy. Just outside the front garden is the convenient Spa at the Lavender Inn. Enter through the dutch door into a serene, comfortable setting, while listening to the fountain outside, just before going into a treatment room and relax with a massage or facial.

If your looking for Natural Results Oriented Skincare Mary’s treatments & products are a reflection of her commitment to pursue long term strategies for the health and beauty of your skin. Treatments include European Facial, Microdermabrasion, Ultronic Ultrasound, Oxygen Facial, and Organic Medifacial & more. Mary Utilizes Natural & Organic products including 302 Professional Skin Care & Osmosis Skin Care. Best of all, these products are available for purchase so that you can maintain and continue your treatment at home!

No matter what style of massage you’re looking for, Spa at the Lavender Inn will help you get it! We offer specialized massage that includes, Thai, Deep Tissue, Cranial, Swedish, & PreNatal massage and Hot Rock Therapy and more. Mary will be happy to assist you in selecting the option that’s right for you. If your staying at the Lavender Inn, you also have the choice to have your massage in the Romantic Suite or The Provence Cottage.

Contact Mary Nelson to schedule your appointment and design the treatments that are right for you! 805.646.2013

Come to Relax, Enjoy & Feel Better!

YUM!!

Lavender Inn — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:36:51 +0000

We’ve got some great Culinary Classes coming up and we’d like to share them with you!

First on the menu is Ellen Sherwood‘s class Aromas From An Italian Terrace Sun. July 17 1pm, right after the Farmer’s Market next door. Although this class is full, a stand-by list has been started, and if enough individuals sign up, we will be hosting another class Sat. July 6th 1pm

Ellen‘s philosophy is that the most satisfying food is the simplest… Perfect for entertaining! Imagine yourself on a terrace enjoying perfect bites of sensual food from Italy surrounded by family, friends, and guests… Ellen leads magical classes guiding you to create Italian cuisines and flavoring the class with the language and culture of Italy in a way that you will be comfortable doing it yourself! Andiamo!

The Menu Includes : Spicy Shrimp with Garlic & Parsley, Grilled Seasoned Skirt Steak Topped with Arugula, Tomato, Lemon Salad, Pizza featuring Ricotta, Summer Squash, Zucchini and Tomatoes, Joey’s Olive Oil Cake with Mascarpone Cream & Pistachios, Vanilla Gelato topped with Balsamic Sauce garnished with frozen Black Grapes

And coming this late Summer & Fall, we’re excited to have some more exciting classes.

August 7 Farmer’s Market to Table , which includes a tour of the Ojai Certified Organic Market next door to the Inn & cooking class with Suzanne Landry, who will be demonstrating what you can cook with fresh seasonal foods.

August 28 Aparna, The Mistress of Spice will be teaching “Cooling Vegetarian Foods”, and it couldn’t come at a better time. Her menu will include, Cooling and Rejuvenating Jamaica — a hibiscus drink, South Indian Cucumber Salad with coconut, lime and cilantro, Avial– South Indian Coconut and Vegetable Curry, Fresh Fennel and Orange Salad , Delicious Mango Mousse. Did you ever notice that the countries nearest the Equator have the Spiciest foods? As it turns out, that’s the way you can stay cool. Can’t wait to see why?

September 11 Korean BBQ made with locally sourced ingredients with Cindy Liu LooHoo’s . So excited to have Cindy teach her first class with us. “LooHoo’s® Inc, is based in Ventura County, California and is committed to supporting the local economy, and engaging in sustainable and scalable business practices.” This should prove to be a very exciting class!

October 9, Look forward to another amazing Tuscan Dinner hosted by Ellen Sherwood. These dinners have been a huge success and although 60 seats are available. They go fast!!! so sign up soon. The menu for this dinner is not yet set but you can take a look at the last Tuscan dinner we had to get some idea about how grand it is!!

Classes are limited to 12 participants so be sure to sign up soon. If you can’t, make one of our scheduled public classes, then you might consider an intimate, private class designed by you! Contact us for details, or visit our site.

Create your own Private Class! Let us cook up a celebration for you – whether it’s a birthday, a bridal shower, or just a group getting together. We can tailor your class to your group’s cooking skill level and type of desired menu. Chefs will work side by side with your group to create a memorable meal. See below for more on private classes.

So many more great classes coming up… stay tuned, or sign up for our newsletter to get a once a month announcement by clicking on the the “join our email“ section on the bottom left of our site.

Hope to see you there!

To Watch a short Video of Ellen doing a demonstration for HGTV, visit our Facebook page!