Relish Culinary Adventures stands out as the only "roving" culinary program that brings together talented chefs and fabulous cuisine at a variety of captivating wine country locations, including the new state-of-the-art Relish Culinary Center, to create one-of-a-kind hands-on and demonstration cooking experiences. Based in Healdsburg, California, in the heart of the Sonoma County wine country, Relish offers events on a wide range of topics
from wine country cuisine to ethnic specialties, wine and spirits education to children's cooking workshops. In addition, Relish hosts events that bring people together in the kitchen such as private cooking parties and corporate team-building events. All events are entertaining, fun and delicious while providing practical techniques, ideas and information that you can use at home.

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Carol Kozlowski-Every is third generation of Sonoma County agricultural heritage. She is involved in the daily operations and management of Kozlowski Farms along with her brother Perry Kozlowski, Sister Cindy Kozlowski-Hayworth and Mother Carmen Kozlowski.

Carol specializes her business expertise in the sales and marketing division of all Kozlowski Farms products on the national and local levels. She also works in the development of many of their specialty, natural and organic products.

Residing in Santa Rosa with her husband Paul, together they have two children; Tracy Dutton of Sebastopol and Kimberly Knechtle of Santa Rosa and six grandchildren. Carol is currently on the Board of Directors and Secretary for the Russian River Winegrowers Association, an active member of Farm Trails and Sonoma County Farm Bureau.

Lynn McCarthy started her culinary career at an early age on the East Coast in Washington, D.C., and in Lyon, France, then headed to San Francisco to start her own catering business. The wild west came calling and a move to Sun Valley, Idaho gave Lynn the opportunity to open and run her successful Cottonwood Restaurant, Catering, Wholesale Food and Cooking School. After moving out of Idaho, Lynn spent a few years designing and producing high-profile VIP and music events for a sports marketing group. Lynn has returned to the Bay Area to join forces with Dean Biersch to open the Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol. Their mutual goal is to build a beer-centric business that redefines tavern food experience in the wine country. The menu at Hopmonk is seasonal and focuses on beer friendly food meant to be shared in a casual environment for a reasonable price.

Jill Nussinow, aka The Veggie Queen, has been teaching people about the joys of choosing and cooking local produce for more than 20 years. She is a Registered Dietitian on the culinary faculty at Santa Rosa Junior College. Jill is the author of "The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment" cookbook and stars in the DVD "Pressure Cooking: A Fresh Look, Delicious Dishes in Minutes". She teaches nationally and writes for various publications on the web and elsewhere. She is working on her next book which is about pressure cooking, which will be available winter 2008.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 6042, Santa Rosa, CA 95406-0042

A Gravenstein Apple Fair tradition awards the Santa Rosa Junior College Sonoma County Farm Trails Memorial Scholarship and a second scholarship, the John Smith Memorial Scholarship which honors the Farm Advisor who encouraged farmers to create Farm Trails almost 30 years ago.

2007 Scholarship Recipeints:

Jacqueline Hull, Sonoma County Farm Trails John Smith Memorial Scholarship

James Bachor, Sonoma County Farm Trails Memorial Scholarship