LIBERTY, NY — Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County (CCESC) offers a Catskills cooking workshop led by Laura Silverman on Friday, July 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The program will be held in the Catskills Kitchen at the Extension Education Center on 64 Ferndale-Loomis Rd.

Silverman, founding naturalist of The Outside Institute, will present a hands-on workshop to explore easy and delicious ways to maximize our fresh, local produce. Joining Silverman is Cheryl Perry, a former restaurant and bakery owner, who has been a culinary instructor for over 20 years. Perry is currently the lead educator at Red Barn Studio in Sullivan County.

The focus of the class will be on salads: texture, balance, composition and, of course, all-important dressings. Participants will learn how to make a shaved zucchini salad, a rice-based salad and a salad of fresh summer greens. Everyone will take home a jar of salad dressing of their own creation.

The cost is $40 per person or $35 for CCESC enrollees. Registration with non-refundable payment is required in advance by visiting www.sullivancce.org, emailing sulli van@cornell.edu, or calling CCESC at 845/292-6180.