Winter
(January–March)

2010:

2011:

March 26:
Custom Tour, Galena, IL
Join us for a half OR full day food escapade through the food treasures of Galena, IL, the gem on the Mississippi River. We will wind our way through the hills to visit award winning wineries and rich bountiful farms and gardens. This tour available any date with your group of 8 or more.

Spring
(April–June)

2010:

2011:

May 21:
Custom Tour, Galena, IL
Join us for a half OR full day food escapade through the food treasures of Galena, IL, the gem on the Mississippi River. We will wind our way through the hills to visit award winning wineries and rich bountiful farms and gardens. This tour available any date with your group of 8 or more.

Summer
(July–September)

2010:

September 8:
Edgebrook Farmers Market, Rockford, IL
Learn Great Foods will be hosting cooking demonstrations with a celebrated chef from 9am - 11am at the Edgebrook farmers Market. This weeks featured item will be Potatoes. After the demo visit and shop with the dozens of vendors at this lovely market.
No charge.

September 11:
Culinary Farm Tour, Galena, IL
Join us for a food escapade through the food treasures of Galena, IL, the gem on the Mississippi River. We will wind our way through the hills to visit award winning wineries and rich bountiful farms and gardens. Finishing with a hands on cooking class and meal with Chef Pat Lehnhardt at the Great Galena Cookery. 3-9p.m. This tour available any date with your group of 8 or more.

September 15:
Edgebrook Farmers Market, Rockford, IL
Learn Great Foods will be hosting cooking demonstrations with a celebrated chef from 9am - 11am at the Edgebrook farmers Market. This weeks featured item will be Apples. After the demo visit and shop with the dozens of vendors at this lovely market.
No charge.

September 24:
2 Busy 2 Cook Weekend Retreat, IL
This 3 day retreat equips you with great, real-life ideas and skills for cooking healthy, including a private consultation with a personal chef. It features tours of organic farms and teaches how to shop effectively for what you need. Laugh your way through the “speed” cooking class taught by our guest chef. Join in the fun with discussions about good food guaranteed to give you ideas and practices that can be applied to your life, to your kitchen, to your schedule and to your style.

September 25:
Sip & Munch Tour, Mt. Carroll IL (CLOSED)
Louise/Suellen/Lisa's most excellent adventure for Chicago friends and family. Call / email Louise or Lisa, or our office (815.244.5602) if you are planning to join the group, but didn't get the 411, need to know where to stay, etc. Tour starts Sat 10 am at Hotel Glenview, includes farmers market shopping and lunch in Mt. Carroll at LGF Kitchen, tours of Wooded Wonderland in Galena, wine tasting at Rocky Waters in Hanover, and cooking class and dinner at Bombfire Pizza in Sabula, Iowa.

2011:

August 6:
Custom Tour, Galena, IL
Join us for a half OR full day food escapade through the food treasures of Galena, IL, the gem on the Mississippi River. We will wind our way through the hills to visit award winning wineries and rich bountiful farms and gardens. This tour available any date with your group of 8 or more.

Fall
(October–November)

2010:

October 6:
Edgebrook Farmers Market, Rockford, IL
Learn Great Foods will be hosting cooking demonstrations with a celebrated chef from 9am - 11am at the Edgebrook farmers Market. This weeks featured item will be Winter Squash. After the demo visit and shop with the dozens of vendors at this lovely market.
No charge.

October 13:
Edgebrook Farmers Market, Rockford, IL
Learn Great Foods will be hosting cooking demonstrations with a celebrated chef from 9am - 11am at the Edgebrook farmers Market. This weeks featured item will be Pumpkin. After the demo visit and shop with the dozens of vendors at this lovely market.
No charge.

October 16:
Custom Tours, Galena, IL
Join us for a half OR full day food escapade through the food treasures of Galena, IL, the gem on the Mississippi River. We will wind our way through the hills to visit award winning wineries and rich bountiful farms and gardens. This tour available any date with your group of 8 or more.

October 22:
Culinary Escape Weekend Retreat, IL
The Culinary Escape Weekend is centered around Galena's great shops and food artisans, and focused on foods that delight us- chocolate, wine, cheese, herb-infused vinegars and oils, preserves, and more - and how they are made in Northwest Illinois. Enjoy 2 cooking classes and fabulous meals with our guest chefs.

November 6:
City Food Tour, Galena, IL
Join us for a half day food escapade through the food treasures of Galena, IL, the gem on the Mississippi River. We will visit great shops and food artisans. We then head to 111 Main for a cooking demo and meal with Chef Ryan. This tour available any date with your group of 8 or more.

November 7:
Custom Tour, IL
We start the day visiting local farms in Northwest IL. Choices include: Beef, Bison, Herbs, Fruits/Vegetables and many more.Followed by a hands-on cooking class where guests will prepare a meal with one of our celebrated chefs.
This tour available any date with your group of 8 or more.

2011:

October 29:
Custom Tour, Galena, IL
Join us for a half OR full day food escapade through the food treasures of Galena, IL, the gem on the Mississippi River. We will wind our way through the hills to visit award winning wineries and rich bountiful farms and gardens. This tour available any date with your group of 8 or more.

Where we eat: The Mt. Carroll culinary tours are based at Hands & Spirit Gallery, an historic artists conclave, with gracious art around us, in downtown Mt. Carroll. Culinary classes and dinners are also hosted at sustainable locations throughout the northwest Illinois/ Wisconsin/ Iowa region: Great Galena Cookery in Galena, The Dining Room at 209 Main in Monticello, Wisc., and in Sabula, Iowa, on the farm—in the rolling Mississippi River hills.

Where we visit: Each culinary tour includes two food stops and a hands-on cooking class, with delicious organic gourmet dinner! Tours include cheese-makers, buffalo and beef and chicken farms, tree farms and vineyard/ wineries, herb gardens, vegetable and fruit growers, and a grist mill. We visit these farms and producers and make wonderful food-lover stops along the way!