In this cooking class held on Sun. Oct. 27 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and led by Miriam Rubin, we’ll celebrate the late-harvest vegetables: think cabbage, sweet potatoes, gorgeous winter squash—a favorite is Kabocha—along with carrots, kale, Brussels sprouts and turnips. Plans include a hearty soup and roasted squash. Our dessert will likely include pears and we’ll have hot spiced cider for sipping.

Miriam Rubin was the first woman to work in the kitchens of New York City’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. A food writer and gardener, she wrote the “Miriam’s Garden” column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for many years and her work has appeared in many other publications, including Organic Gardening and Rural Intelligence. She and her husband, the artist David J. Lesako, live in Ghent, N.Y. Find out more at her website, MiriamRubin.com, and Instagram @Miriam Rubin.