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This retreat focuses on the main food group - CHOCOLATE, and how to use it healthfully and organically. Also, for related food groups, practical, direct ideas - for buying organically, for finding farmers, for cooking fast and easy - and asking the right questions!
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Culinary Retreat Weekend:
All Things Chocolate
October 3-5, 2008
Friday, 6:00 pm -
Sunday, 2:00 pm
Learn Great Foods Retreat
Learn Great Foods Kitchen
Campbell Center for Historic
Preservation Studies
Mount Carroll, Illlinois 61053 |
| DAY 1 – Friday |
6:00 pm
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DAY ONE – Friday, October 3, 2008
Check in
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| 6:00 pm |
Reception and tasting at retreat site. Includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. Get to know your fellow participants in a relaxed and tasty meet and greet at the Learn Great Foods Kitchen. Cooking issues and questions, practical ideas for buying organically, finding suppliers, and asking the right questions!
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| 8:00 pm |
All About Chocolate
The after-dinner chats in the Learn Great Foods Kitchen are a special bonus of this get-away-from-routine weekend!
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| DAY 2 –Saturday |
8:00-9:00 am
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DAY TWO– Saturday, October 4, 2008
Breakfast at Bed & Breakfast of choice
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9:00 am
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Tour of Mount Carroll Farmer's Market.
Dicussion with organic growers and bakers on how they find ingredients with which to work. |
| 11:30 am |
Gourmet picnic lunch at Palisades State Park, overlooking the Mississippi River and "blue bridge" to Iowa's only island city, Sabula. |
1:00 pm |
Tour of Seger's Tree Farm, Thomson. Tour and talk with Dave Seger about shiitake mushrooms and spring berries.
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| 3:00 pm |
Relax and enjoy a siesta - to be used for shopping or rest or hiking. Enjoy a hike at Palisades State Park, or shopping at the quaint stores and boutiques of historic downtown Mount Carroll. |
| 5:00 pm |
Cooking Class, Learn Great Foods Kitchen. Class with Donna Duvall, Personal Chef, Food Fancies. Relax and regroup with tasty treats and wine.
PLUS: Kitchen Talk, All About Beef & Buffalo
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| 8:00 pm |
Enjoy a Fabulous Organic Gourmet Dinner: Toured, gathered, and prepared by you and your friends!
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| 9:00 pm |
After Dinner Talk: All About Organic Wines
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| DAY 3 –Sunday |
8:00-9:00 am
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DAY THREE – Sunday, October 5, 2008
Breakfast at Bed & Breakfast of your choice. |
| 9:30 pm |
Tour of Roger's Creek Grist Mill, Milledgeville with Roger and Bonnie Bork. Includes tastings. |
| 10:30 am |
Chocolate Tasting! with fresh palates, we will explore chocolates of the world!
Cooking Class and Lunch at Learn Great Foods Kitchen, with Chef Michael Staver.
PLUS: Kitchen Talk, All About Herbs
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| 2:00 pm |
Retreat ends, thanks to chefs, farmers.
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