March 2010 Volume 7, Issue 4 version 125 03/11/2010
Traveling Class Schedule and Other Events Biography Personalized events
The Second
Edition of
Cooking
with the Seasons; A Year in My Kitchen
has
been published in paperback by Bounty Press.
$25
plus shipping
Click
on the book cover to order.
Gift Certificates are available.
Come and join us for daytime or evenings of learning and
tasting.
Still undecided?
See the answers to Why take
cooking classes?
Celebrating 44 years
of teaching
My students have taught me as much as I have taught
them since my first class in New York in 1966. I have enjoyed their enthusiasm and camaraderie as
they learn and share in preparing every kind of food. I hear from many, who still use the recipes they have
cherished for years. Here in the
hills and valleys of southwestern Wisconsin I continue the same tradition that
took me from New York to Chicago to here.
I use locally grown organic foods whenever possible. I joyfully cook the
way I learned, close to the seasonal foods, with the bonus that here they are
mostly organic and locally grown.
My goal is for you to connect to the land through food by cooking with
all your senses.
Each class
covers know how and the many techniques for your everyday cooking. I use
recipes as a guide and share different approaches in preparing them.
Bon Appetit!
Classes
509 Main Street Northeast, La Crosse, WI
54601-4004
(608) 784-1340 www.sideboardkitchenware.com
Open Monday – Friday 9am –
6pm
Saturday 10am – 5pm
Cooking Classes
Cooking classes are held in the kitchen at
Sideboard Fine Gourmet Kitchenware, 509 Main Street, Downtown La Crosse.
Preregistration is required for each class.
You may register by phone (608-784-1340) or email cooking@sideboardkitchenware.com
Seating is limited depending on the topic
with an average class size of 12 people. Please register early to guarantee a
seat.
Cost for each cooking class will vary
depending on the menu. Costs will range from $35 - $65 per class.
Classes will typically be one session only
unless otherwise noted above.
|
Date & Time |
Instructor |
Topic |
Cost |
Description |
|
April 1, 2010 6 pm Thursday |
Monique Hooker, Chef and Author
of "Cooking With The Seasons" |
Let's See How Healthy Pasta Can Be For Us |
$55 |
Roasted Squash Ravioli Easy Open Face Lasagna Fettuccini the Asian Way Chocolate Pasta? Yes...and with a Yogurt Custard
Sauce |
Invites you to a culinary workshop
The basics of
Charcuterie
April 16- 17 & 18
Make a weekend of it and stay at
The Inn at Lonesome Hollow
Bed and Breakfast
http://www.lonesomehollow.com/
What is
Charcuterie?
The art of making paté and
sausage literally means cooked meat.
We are seeing a fascination with the delicious combination of pork and
salt, as in cured ham, sausage, salami and patés, all the more more since the
appearance of good pork.
Restaurants and specialty food stores are seeking out the best of these
products to be featured on their menu and in their stores. This is the next best thing since the
fascination with cheese. This
workshop is designed not only to give you the knowledge, but also to give you
an appreciation of what goes into making these once ignored foods, with hands
on techniques
Workshop schedule
Day 1 – Arrive at your bed and breakfast. Time to settle in. A reception awaits you with a taste of
things to come.
Day 2 – After breakfast at the Inn, the workshop
starts in Monique’s kitchen
at 10 am, lasting until 5 pm.
There is a brief introduction to the course, and then team up. The course will cover Paté de Campagne, Fromage de Tete
Persille (Head Cheese), Garlic Sausage, Liver Mousse, Rillettes and Cervelas.
Day 3 – Have brunch at Monique’s. Put the final touch to your product, and package all of it to take
away with good memories.
Cost and What is included
in the workshop?
3 days: - Friday tasting reception - Saturday workshop – Lunch
– All material – Sunday Brunch – Take home products - $ 225
2 days: Saturday workshop – Lunch –
All material – Sunday Brunch – Take home products: $ 190
1 day –
Saturday workshop – Lunch -
All material – Take home products $ 150
Not included: Bed and
breakfast stay – Saturday breakfast – Saturday dinner
Our primary partner is the Inn at Lonesome Hollow http://www.lonesomehollow.com/
Guests at the Inn will be accommodated first. Then it’s first come first served.
Reserve at the Inn at Lonesome Hollow and get $50
off a 2 night stay.
Payment is 50% in
advance. Please make your check
out to Monique Hooker (See address at top). If you cancel a $50 cancellation fee will be retained. If you cancel within 10 days of the
workshop 50% of the deposit will be retained.
What is
not included in the workshop?
Lodging and Saturday
breakfast at the Inn.
Transportation to workshop
site, Monique’s Kitchen, and back.
Restaurant Saturday night.
Lodging: Please
make your reservation at The Inn at Lonesome Hollow http://www.lonesomehollow.com/ The inn must be filled before you
choose any other lodging. If the
inn is full, Pete and Nora can refer you to other quality inns in the area.
What to
bring with you? A good appetite – spirit of
learning – A cooler to take it all home.
Stay tuned for more
workshops!
Call me to schedule a class. See Customized events
below.
Traveling
class schedule and other events
Links:
Kitchen Art - Lafayette IN
Kitchen Affairs –
Evansville IN
Bloomington Cooking School
– Bloomington IN
Cooks’ Wares – Cincinnati OH
Customized events
Get away for lunch or an evening. Choose from:
Learn over
lunch or dinner
Get
a group together and we will work out a topic just for you. Lunch, dinner or a class can be
customized for groups ranging from 8 to 12 people, built around a learning
experience, demonstration or full-sized class. For your group, whether it’s a birthday, friends, a Red Hat
Society outing, garden group, gourmet group, family reunion or shower, just to
name a few, pick a demonstration lecture on a topic we choose having to do with
food and its preparation, with a tasting afterwards in the form of a lunch or
dinner.
$50 per person for demonstration class and lunch
or dinner 3 hours maximum
See
below for 6 course dinner
Private dining
Have
a night out to celebrate with friends, family or business associates in
Monique’s bluff side log home..
The seasonal six-course gourmet dinner will be designed just for your
group, based on your tastes. By
reservation only for groups of 10 or more. Please make your reservation early.
$65 per person with beverages
Team
building
Work
together as a team to prepare a complete menu in this four hour, hands on
class. It is designed to be fun
while accomplishing the task at hand.
$65 per person
1) Spend an evening out for dinner with friends and meet new friends.
2) Learn techniques and acquire kitchen know how you can use in your everyday cooking. Make your life easier in the kitchen.
3) Learn about herbs, spices and other ingredients.
4) Get answers to many questions that have gone unanswered for you for so long.
5) Share your common passion with others.
Sincerely, Monique