# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Make It Do What It Do
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 05 Nov, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Build flavor, confidence, and kitchen skills in three hands-on classes rooted in Black foodways, cultural memory, and everyday wisdom.About this EventMake More of What You Already HaveMost of us do not need another crowded spice cabinet or another recipe that requires ten new ingredients. We need more confidence, more imagination, and more range from the food already within reach.Maybe your cabinet is full of spices, but you keep reaching for the same few. Maybe you have beans, rice, greens, mushrooms, root vegetables, and pantry staples, but everything is beginning to taste familiar. Maybe rising food costs have made experimentation feel expensive—and wasting ingredients is no longer an option.Make It Do What It Do was created for that kitchen reality.Led by Chef Phil Jones, this three-part hands-on culinary learning series will help you understand how flavor actually works. Across three Thursday evenings, you will learn how to season with intention, transform familiar pantry ingredients, and build depth through thoughtful layers of flavor and texture.This is not about memorizing one rigid recipe. It is about learning how spice, salt, fat, acid, sweetness, heat, aromatics, texture, timing, and cooking method work together—so you can make better decisions in your own kitchen long after the class ends.You will cook, taste, compare, adjust, eat, and leave with practical tools you can use again.The Three-Class JourneyThe series moves through three connected skills:SEASON IT. TRANSFORM IT. BUILD IT.Each class stands on its own, but together they create a complete journey from seasoning confidence to full-meal composition.Respect — Season Like You Mean ItThursday, October 22, 20266:30–8:45 PMWhat does a seasoning actually contribute—and how do you know when food needs more spice, more salt, more acid, more heat, or something else entirely?In Respect, you will explore how three distinct jonesHOMEMADE seasonings behave in different cooking applications. You will create and use your own personal salt-free spice blend, taste the results, and learn how to make deliberate adjustments instead of simply adding more seasoning and hoping for the best.The supper includes tomato-braised curry chickpeas over lemon-herb fonio, Berbere-finished sweet potatoes, Austin’s Jerk roasted mushrooms, and a citrus-herb slaw seasoned with your personal blend. A small chef-prepared jerk chicken tasting is offered separately.You will leave with a four-seasoning Respect Flavor Kit and a printed and digital field guide filled with recipes, seasoning functions, substitutions, nutrition context, and food stories.Grandma’s Hands — The Pantry Has RangeThursday, October 29, 20266:30–8:45 PMHow do you take familiar ingredients and make them feel entirely new without buying a longer, more expensive grocery list?Grandma’s Hands is about transformation. You will work with black-eyed peas, rice, cornmeal, greens, aromatics, seasoning, gravy, and acid—ingredients many of us already know—and learn how texture, moisture, binding, shaping, and finishing can turn them into a completely different meal.You will make and shape black-eyed pea-and-rice cakes, learn how to finish a curry-onion gravy, build a sharp pepper-vinegar relish, and enjoy the finished supper with garlicky braised collards. A small chef-prepared smoked turkey tasting is served separately.You will leave with a Pantry Supper Kit and a printed and digital guide covering the complete supper, substitutions, shortcuts, budgeting, nutrition context, foodways, and additional ways to use the same core ingredients at home.Love and Happiness — Build It in LayersThursday, November 5, 20266:30–8:45 PMWhat makes an ordinary dish become something memorable? Often, it is not a rare ingredient. It is the order in which ingredients are introduced, the textures allowed to remain distinct, and the way each layer supports the next.Love and Happiness is the series finale and the lesson in deliberate construction. You will taste what happens when the same basic ingredients are cooked in two different sequences, then use that understanding to build a composed supper with depth, contrast, and nuance.You will assemble a hearty Berbere mushroom-and-root-vegetable cobbler, make an olive-oil scallion biscuit topping, and finish blistered green beans with lemon and herbs. A small chef-prepared Berbere chicken tasting is offered separately.You will leave with a Layer Builder Kit and a printed and digital guide featuring recipes, substitutions, budget-minded adaptations, nutrition context, food stories, and a practical framework for building layered savory dishes at home.What Every Class IncludesEvery class includes:Guided, hands-on cooking in a small-group settingA substantial plant-forward meal that stands on its ownA separate optional chef-prepared animal-protein tastingThree thoughtfully paired zero-proof sipsCultural storytelling connecting technique, ingredients, memory, and foodwaysA distinct take-home seasoning or pantry kitPrinted and digital recipes, nutrition information, substitutions, budgeting guidance, and food storiesPractical methods you can carry into other meals—not just one recipeWho This Series Is ForThis experience is designed for:Home cooks who want to stop guessing and understand how flavor worksPeople with spices in the cabinet who are unsure how—or when—to use themAnyone trying to get more meals, more variety, and more value from pantry staplesCooks who want plant-forward food to feel complete, satisfying, and excitingBeginners looking for a welcoming place to build confidenceExperienced home cooks ready to become more intentional about seasoning, texture, sequence, and balanceNo professional cooking experience is required. Bring your curiosity, your appetite, and a willingness to taste thoughtfully.TicketsIndividual class: $100 plus Eventbrite feesComplete three-class Series Pass: $250 plus Eventbrite fees — a $50 savingsEnrollment is limited to 16 participants per class.Purchasing the Series PassTo purchase admission to all three classes, select October 22 at 6:30 PM from the date menu and choose Full Series Pass — All Three Classes. One Series Pass reserves one participant’s seat for October 22, October 29, and November 5. You do not need to purchase additional individual-class tickets.To attend one class, select that class’s date and purchase its individual ticket.Registration closes 48 hours before each class or sooner if the class sells out.Location: Kujichagulia Kitchens, 8324 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MichiganFood costs more. Waste costs more. Kitchen confidence has real value.The goal is not to convince you that you need more things. The goal is to help you recognize more possibility in what you already have—and learn how to make it do what it do.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/9a833d10-bf5a-11f1-b2f0-89ce03a8b09a-rimg-w925-h740-dc080808-gmir.jpg Agenda🕑: 06:30 PM - 06:45 PMWelcome and Opening SipInfo: Arrive, get settled at your cooking station, meet your group, and begin with the evening’s first zero-proof sip.🕑: 06:45 PM - 07:00 PMFlavor Framework and Food StoryInfo: Chef Phil introduces the class question, core techniques, featured ingredients, and the cultural stories that give the lesson context.🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PMGuided Hands-On CookingInfo: Season, mix, shape, assemble, taste, compare, and adjust while Chef Phil guides the room and the support team manages centralized heat and oven work.🕑: 08:00 PM - 08:30 PMSupper, Tasting, and ConversationInfo: Sit down to the completed plant-forward supper, enjoy the optional chef-prepared protein tasting, and discuss how seasoning, texture, and technique changed the food.🕑: 08:30 PM - 08:45 PMTake-Home Kit and Closing CupInfo: Walk through the class-specific take-home kit and field guide, enjoy the final zero-proof sip, and leave with practical ways to use the lesson at home.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/detroit/make-it-do-what-it-do/100002002181518820
- **Event Categories**: workshops, food-drinks, storytelling
- **Slot details of has slots**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
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- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
  - Location: Detroit People's Food Co-op
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 268.61, max: 268.61, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Detroit
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Detroit People's Food Co-op
- **lat**: 42.3771233
- **long**: -83.0774086
- **full address**: Detroit People's Food Co-op, 8324 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Make It Do What It Do being held?
  - **A:** Make It Do What It Do takes place on Thu, 22 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 05 Nov, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Detroit People's Food Co-op, 8324 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Make It Do What It Do?
  - **A:** Make It Do What It Do is organized by Phil Jones.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Make It Do What It Do is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Detroit, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Make It Do What It Do sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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