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Learn to Make Injera

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Grist Urban Stone Mill Flour Shoppe & Grainery, 216 N. Tower Ave, Centralia, WA | 216 N. Tower Ave
$7

Love Ethiopian cuisine, but the delicious fermented, spongy bread is beyond you? Now you can learn how. And at a flour mill in Centralia! You can drive on your own and we can carpool for those who don’t drive or who want to conserve.

For those of you who took Eleni’s Ethiopian cooking classes last quarter, you will be able to pair your own fresh injera with her delicious dishes.

Jay will show how to start the fermentation. Together we’ll assemble a new starter, which you can take home.   This new “injera starter” will be ready to make injera bread the very next morning.  

  • We’ll review the elements and best practices for successfully making injera for life.
  • We’ll see the starter in the different stages from “fat and sassy’ to very hungry and acidic.
  •  I’ll share every detail of my over 20 years of making injera experience. 
  • We can learn about the history of teff and the role it has played as an ancient gluten-free grain.
  • We will also explore other cooking ideas and ways to use whole grain teff

More about Jay Ryan:

I’ve had a lifelong journey in the food business, including restaurant owning and operating.  Now I focus on demonstrating and cooking sustainable and traceable foods grown naturally.  For the last 15 months I’ve been stone milling regional and seasonal grains

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Details

  • Date: September 12, 2025
  • Time:
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Cost: $7
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Organizer

  • Jay Ryan
  • Email gristcentralia@gmail.com

Venue

  • Grist Urban Stone Mill Flour Shoppe & Grainery, 216 N. Tower Ave, Centralia, WA
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About Our Classes

Our Co-op Community Classes program has a long and exciting history; we've had a plethora of learning partners over the years, the Free School, GRUB, the Fertile Ground, and more. Many of our classes focus on basic kitchen skills, often paired with a solid education in a particular kind of food: hearty greens, fermented foods, international delicacies, pies, etc. We also feature classes on gardening, personal health, sustainable living, and social justice. Classes are geared towards beginners, with no assumption of prior knowledge, often packed with specific projects appealing to those with more experience.

At the heart of all of our programming is the spirit of generosity. Our classes are led by Olympia Food Co-op working members, staff and community members who want to share their excitement and knowledge with you.  Consider sharing your expertise with your community through a Co-op Community Class.  Our classrooms are a place to experiment, to explore, and to try something new in a supportive environment. They are a great place to network and meet others in your community who share your interests.