The Art of Transformation Series: Ice Creams and Infused Desserts
A hands-on workshop in floral, herbal, and garden-inspired iced desserts with Susan Ellicott.
As summer arrives on the Central Coast, gardens and hillsides begin to fill with fragrance — rose petals warming in the sun, wild fennel along walking paths, lavender in bloom, fig leaves perfuming the evening air. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore how to capture those fleeting seasonal aromas and transform them into elegant homemade ice creams and infused desserts.
Together we’ll work with botanical ingredients, learning how to infuse cream and syrup, balance delicate flavors, and create iced desserts that feel both refined and deeply connected to place.
Guests will taste a selection of flora-based ice creams and seasonal accompaniments, and leave with inspiration for bringing more sensory beauty and local seasonality into everyday cooking and entertaining.
You can follow her food adventures in California and elsewhere on Instagram @susanellicott_
Price: $125
All materials are provided.
Saturday June 6th
11am - 1pm
LOCATION: 1221 #6 State Street Santa Barbara, domecil studio
Poetry at domecil
Let’s Chat About Poetry
A monthly drop-in poetry conversation
Join local poetry professor and esteemed author, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, for an informal conversation about poetry.
This is not a class, and does not have an academic approach - just a warm chat about poems and poets writing today.
Laure-Anne will provide handouts and might, from time to time, bring a local poet friend to read one or two of their poems and talk bout them. This is free and open to everyone: from those who think they don't "understand" poetry to the poetry enthusiast. Drop by!
About the facilitator: Laure-Anne Bosselaar is a Belgian- American poet, translator, professor, and former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. She is the author of many award - winning collections of poetry, most recently her 2024 publication of Lately.
DATE: Sunday, June 21st
TIME: 4- 5 pm
LOCATION: domecil Studio
1221 #6 State St. Santa Barbara
FREE
