The Cookie Swap Book Signing and Demo with Award Winning Chef and Author Julie Usher!
Friday, November 6 at 6:30 PM
Now the Number 3 Best Selling Baking Cookbook in the USA! Join Julie for an evening of fun as she shares her creative ideas for cookie swapping all year long. Julie feels cookie swapping is the dessert of a pot-luck dinner and has wonderful hints for decoration and travel. What are the best frostings? How to keep your colors from bleeding? Simple to ornate!
Class $45.00 (includes book value $19.99) BYOB

Pumpkin Pastries with Pastry Chef Michael Hafford, Owner of The Scranton Seahorse Inn!
Monday, November 9 @ 6:30 PM BYOB
There are so many reasons to love fall in New England. The cool days and nights along with the fall foliage are just the start. Let’s not forget the colorful fall harvest which includes many varietals of squash. Work hands-on with Chef Michael and create some of his favorite squash recipes including harvest bread, spiced cheesecake, and pumpkin ice-cream.
$75.00 per person
www.scrantonseahorseinn.com

Tuesday, November 10 & Wednesday November 11
Vegetarian Savory Tarts, Hors d’oeuvres and/or Light Dishes @ 6:30 PM Instructor Deb Harris
Tuesday Night – Prepare Tart Crusts and leave in fridge overnight!
Wednesday – Create Fillings, Bake and Eat!
Both nights BYOB $75.00 for the two nights!
Granny’s Fresh Tomato Tart – layered and beautiful Provençale Tart with Gruyère and Herbs de Provence
Sweet Onion Tart with Black Olives
Caramelized Fennel Tart
Whole Wheat Rosemary Crust
Crunchy Savory Tart Crust

Friday, November 13th a Special Event*
Italy Comes to Cook’s Kitchen – a trip to Italy without the airfare!
The Italian Farmer’s Table by Matthew Scialabba and Melissa Pellegrino
Hands-On Cooking, Dinner and Book Signing of The Italian Farmer’s Table – book must be purchased at Cook’s Kitchen for this event! $95.00 per person, book included – Retail Value $19.95 BYOB
This is a wonderful opportunity to work hands-on with this husband-and wife cooking and writing team, who met while both were living in Italy. Their shared passion for Italian food and culture led them to embark on many culinary journeys throughout the country. These experiences include apprenticing at a Roman bakery, studying winemaking at a Ligurian vineyard, graduating from a professional culinary school in Florence, and working and cooking together at several Italian agriturismi.They now live in Guilford, CT. Space is Limited to 12 participants!

Menu
Primi:
Canederli con speck in brood – (Dumplings with a typical smoked ham from Trentino in broth)
Secondi:
Filetto di maiale con sugo d’uva – pan roasted pork tenderloin with grape sauce
Dolci:
Torta della Rita – Rita’s cake (a ricotta and chocolate crumb cake)

Prosecco Education, Tasting and Mixology by Sommelier Douglas MacLeod
Light Hors d’oeuvres by Cook’s Kitchen - Friday, November 20th at 7:00 PM
Tastings include: Il Prosecco by Mionetto, Mionetto Prosecco Brut Gold Label, Mionetto Organic Prosecco, Sergio Extra Dry, Sergio Rose, Mionetto Moscato Dolce - Plus: Two Prosecco Holiday Cocktails, winner of a national competition for the BEST Prosecco cocktail, 800 entries and 18,000 votes made these cocktails to the top! Demonstration, and recipes for another 10 -12 holiday mixology recipes!
$45.00 per person (limited seating) Everyone from Giada de Laurentiis to Faith Middleton are fans of this wonderful Italian Sparkling Wine.
Special Purchase one seat and bring a friend for 1/2 price. Call for Details.

BRING A FRIEND!
Prosecco Education, Tasting and Mixology by Sommelier Douglas MacLeod
Light Hors d’oeuvres by Cook’s Kitchen - Friday, November 20th at 7:00 PM
Tastings include: Il Prosecco by Mionetto, Mionetto Prosecco Brut Gold Label, Mionetto Organic Prosecco, Sergio Extra Dry, Sergio Rose, Mionetto Moscato Dolce - Plus: Two Prosecco Holiday Cocktails, winner of a national competition for the BEST Prosecco cocktail, 800 entries and 18,000 votes made these cocktails to the top! Demonstration, and recipes for another 10 -12 holiday mixology recipes!
$45.00 per person (limited seating) Everyone from Giada de Laurentiis to Faith Middleton are fans of this wonderful Italian Sparkling Wine.
Special Purchase one seat and bring a friend for 1/2 price. Call for Details.

Vegetarian Asian Tapas – Small Bites, Big Flavors Great Appetizers & Hors d’oeuvres
Wednesday, December 2 at 6:30 PM

Dim sum is Chinese for “heart’s delight”-modern, fun to prepare, easy to eat-always a hit at any party. Vegetable and tofu spring rolls, mango wontons with lime sauce, eggrolls with Chili tofu. Venturing out to India and fusion cuisine, we will prepare chili and garlic herb marinated olives, fried tofu cubes with various sauces and cheese tikki patties. Bring your spontaneity, and expect on being surprised.
Culinary Instructor – Carmen Capriles $75.00 BYOB

Holiday Yeast Breads – Sunday December 6, 11:00 AM

Work with Culinary Instructor/Food Columnist Deb Harris and explore the wonderful world of specialty yeast breads, to serve and how to wrap for wonderful gift giving.

Baba Rhum
Finnish Braided Cardamom Bread
Homemade Brioche

While your breads are rising work with Carmen Capriles for a surprise luncheon!
Fee includes a 5 hour hand-on class, luncheon, 1 of each kind of bread to take home, plus a Baba Rhum mold so you can make it again, and recipes! $95.00 per person! Limited to 12 participants!

Holiday Desserts!
Monday, December 7 @ 6:30 PM

Can’t decide what to bring to the celebrations we get invited to and what to serve at the ones we throw? Chef Michael Hafford works with you hands-on to create delicious and easy chocolate confections such as truffles, chocolate bark and petit fours. Not to be missed.
$75.00 per person! www.scrantonseahorseinn.com

SPECIAL GUEST EVENT! A Blast of an Evening!
The Fearless Chef direct from “Hell’s Kitchen” Chef/Author Andrew Husbands
Saturday, December 12 at 6:00 PM – Cooking Demo and Dinner – BYOB - $85.00 per person

Enjoy an evening of great culinary adventure and hilarious stories with the infamous and never predictable Andy Husbands, owner of several Boston Restaurants, author of The Fearless Chef and most recently a stammering contestant on Hell’s Kitchen. The Fearless Chef finally meets his match with Chef Gordon Ramsey! Andy will prepare a 3 course dinner from his restaurants and book while reeling us with tales of the truth behind Hell’s Kitchen Reality Television Show.

Menu: Chicken Chicharones, Salsa 101, Limed Sour Cream, Giant Party Steak, Fontina Stuffed Tater Tots and Spiced Molasses Cookies!

Holiday Appetizers and Sauces!
Chef David Borsell from The Aspen $85.00 BYOB

Smoked Salmon Crostini with Horseradish Crema
Poached Lobster on Rye Toast with Caramelized Onion
Brie and Apple Butter Canape
Proscuitto de Parma on Olive Oil Bread
Roasted Pear and Gorgonzola Bruschetta


Sauces:
Apple Cider Jus
Apple Beurre Blanc
Classic Lemon Beurre Blanc
Balsamic Brown Butter Sage