| It’s time we pull together some preserving skills to empty out our gardens and fill up our pantries for the season of home-cooking! Learn how to make all sorts of great things, from homemade mustards and vinegars to jams, mostardas, pickles, aigres-doux, syrups, and liqueuers, and then learn how to put them to use as we cook ourselsves a wonderful dinner!
Even if you’ve made jam or infused a vodka in the past, this is a no-holds-barred culinary intensive that will guarantee new skills for all students, reg ardless of level. Prepare to come away with not just full bellies, but full notebooks of new techniques, and a mind full of new culinary inspiration!
—- The Starving Artist Cooking Boot Camp series is more than just a recipe demo or two- this is an advanced-pace, practical-caliber educational series that will develop your skills and understanding on a functional level. The Boot Camp series classes are kept very small to boost hands-on participation, so early reservation is necessary. If less than 6 people are in attendance, the class will be cancelled. Class Tuition is $59 per class, which includes dinner and drinks. If students purchase more than one class in the same series, they’re invited to do so at a DISCOUNTED RATE of $50 per class. To see the other classes in this series, visit: Join me as your culinary drill-seargeant and whip your cooking skills into shape! |
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November 14, 2012
COOKING BOOT CAMP: PANTRY RAID
November 15, 2012
Green Drinks GR
West Michigan Environmental Action Council invites all local environmentalists and green professionals to a celebration of its 43rd year of protecting natural resources in West Michigan. The 2012 Annual Meeting will be held at The Ballroom @ City Flats (83 Monroe Center St. NW) on Thursday, November 15 from 5 to 8 pm. Green Drinks, will precede the meeting. Presentation at 6:30 pm.
Meet our staff, mingle, and learn about our plans to protect West Michigan’s natural resources in the year ahead. Volunteers and members will be honored for exceptional contributions. We will also have an update on our You Are Here Advancement Campaign and award prizes for our Pin To Win Membership Drive. Cash Bar. No RSVP required. For more information visit wmeac.org.
COOKING BOOT CAMP: THE FRENCH PASTRY CONNECTION
As the weather gets cooler and visitors become more common, you need to boost your confidence in the baked-good department, soldiers! We’ll learn three useful and impressive French techniques: choux, feuillitine, and sponges/souffles, and then use them to construct a dinner ‘merveilleux!’
Even if you’ve done a bit of baking in the past, this is a no-holds-barred culinary intensive that will guarantee new skills for all students, regardless of level. Prepare to come away with not just full bellies, but full
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The Starving Artist Cooking Boot Camp series is more than just a recipe demo or two- this is an advanced-pace, practical-caliber educational series that will develop your skills and understanding on a functional level.
The Boot Camp series classes are kept very small to boost hands-on participation, so early reservation is necessary. If less than 6 people are in attendance, the class will be cancelled.
Class Tuition is $59 per class, which includes dinner and drinks.
If students purchase more than one class in the same series, they’re invited to do so at a DISCOUNTED RATE of $50 per class.
To see the other classes in this series, visit:
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Join me as your culinary drill-seargeant and whip your cooking skills into shape!
Beer School - Beer Styles and What They Mean to Us
Beer School will feature a series of five Thursday evening classes from 7:00 to 9:00 pm with special speakers on different beer-related topics. The Museum will also provide a cash bar set-up with regional beers.
October 25 • The Harvest – A Summer Gathering
November 15 • Beer Styles and What They Mean to Us
November 29 • Extreme Sides of Beer
December 6 • A Holiday Feast – A Story of Holiday Beers
December 13 • The Future of Beer
Ticket Price: $8.00 per person; includes admission to the exhibition and the class.
Purchase tickets to Beer School online or by calling 616-456-3977.
November 17, 2012
Brewery Vivant Brewery Tours
Want to learn about what makes Brewery Vivant beer so special? There is no better way than to learn from the very people whose passion put that beer in your glass. Tours are also a lot of fun. Impress your out-of-town guests by bringing them down to see how your local beer is made.
Official Brewery tours are given every Saturday at 2:00 and 3:30. No reservations needed, just show up. Must be 21 years or older to take the tour. Cost of the tour is $5 and includes beer samples. All tour attendees get 10% off coupon from the company store. Use it for shirts, hats, beer glasses, or take a 4 pk or case of beer home with you.
Gourmet Pairing Dinner
Museum Chef Hans Dokl will present an elegant five-course dinner paired with beers made by the five winners of the Brewers’ Challenge. Chef Hans will talk about the foods and their pairings, and the brewers will explain the chosen brews. The Museum’s special commemorative beer by Founders will also be featured as a special “Welcome Beer.”
Date/Time: Saturday, November 17 • 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Ticket Price: $45.00 per person; please note this event is for guests 21 and older.
Purchase tickets to the Gourmet Pairing Dinner online or by calling 616-456-3977.
November 19, 2012
March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction
Guests are invited to sample the signature dishes of over 20 local chefs while bidding on incredible, unique and tempting silent auction and culinary live auction packages.
Cooking Classes - Bekins Cooking School
We are West Michigan’s Premier Entertainment and Recreational Cooking School offering a wide variety of fun and informal cooking classes designed to make you a better cook.
Learn to cook from a professional chef in a kitchen like you would have at home.
Visit our website for more detailed class information and registration.
Big Bob’s Institution of Fermentology with New Holland Brewing Co.
Join New Holland Brewing Co. Beer Ambassador, Isaac Hartman, for a unique beer, spirits and food event.
Participants will get to sample three New Holland Beers, some of our New Holland Artisan Spirits and plenty of Big Bob’s amazing pizza. Plus a brief Beer 101 from Professor Hartman.
Big Bob’s will also be tapping New Holland’s latest seasonal - Cabin Fever Brown Ale.
Cost: $20
RSVP : (616) 233-0123
http://www.bigbobspizza.com/menu.html
November 20, 2012
Savini Wine Dinner
You are invited to an evening with Mr. Savini himself - the maker of our house wines and my favorite Savini Montepulciano D’Abruzzo Riserva
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