Winter
(January-March 2008)

Sat. Jan 12 (repeated Sat. Jan 19)
Stocks, Soups and Sauces
5-9 pm (Mount Carroll, Ill.) Chef Michael Staver. Dinner and cooking class, $95

Sat. Jan 26
Dinner at 8:00
Sear-Roasted Salmon and Four Courses. 5-10 pm (Mount Carroll, Ill.) Chef Donna Duvall & Food Artisans Roger and Bonnie Bork of Rogers Creek Grist Mill. Dinner and cooking class, $95

Sat. Feb. 2
Pasta Six Ways
5-9 pm (Mount Carroll, Ill.) Chef Michael Staver. Dinner and cooking class, $95

Sat. Feb. 9
Intimate Dinner for 2 (or more)
Pepper-Crusted Beef Steak with Port Chocolate Sauce and Four Courses. 5-10 pm (Mount Carroll, Ill.) Chef Donna Duvall & Farmers Bill and Lola Giddings of Evergreen Hills (Beef Farm). Dinner and cooking class, $95

Sat. Feb. 23
Dinner at 8:00
Pork Tenderloin Marinated in Rosemary Honey and Orange and Four Courses. Chef Donna Duvall & Foresters David and Joyce Seeger of Seeger's Tree Farm. Dinner and cooking class, $95

March 7-9
Galena Culinary Escape Weekend.
Price includes two nights lodging, double occupancy, and six meals, two tours, two cooking classes, and amazing fun! $325 per person, double occupancy; single supplement, $50.

Sun. March 30
Spring Brunch
10 am - 4 pm, Mount Carroll, Ill. Chef Donna Duvall. Tours, dinner and cooking demo, $95

Spring
(April- June 2008)

Sat. April 5 (repeated Sat. April 19)
The Art of Barbeque
3-9 pm. (Mount Carroll, Ill.) Tour of Evergreen Hills Farm, Sabula, Iowa. Chef Michael Staver. Tour, dinner and cooking class, $95

Fri. April 18
Wine Tasting Dinner

(Massbach, Ill.), Times TBA. Chef Donna Duvall.  Sponsored by Massbach Ridge Winery.

Sat. April 19 (see above, Sat. April 5 )
The Art of Barbeque
3-9 pm. (Mount Carroll, Ill.)

Fri. April 25
Winery Tour
(Galena, Ill.), 3-9 pm. Chef Patricia Lehnhardt. Tour, dinner and cooking class, $95

Sat. May 10
Chocolate Tour
(Mount Carroll, Ill.), 3-9 pm. Tour, dinner and cooking class, $95

Fri. May 23
MayFest Culinary Tour
(Mount Carroll, Ill.) 10 am - 4 pm. Tour, dinner and cooking class, $95

Sat. May 31
Chocolate Tour
(Mount Carroll, Ill.). 3-9 pm. Tour, dinner and cooking class, $95

June 13-15
2 Busy 2 Cook
(Mount Carroll, Ill.) Price includes two nights lodging, double occupancy, and six meals, two tours, two cooking classes, and amazing fun! $325 per person, double occupancy; single supplement, $50.

Summer
(July- September 2008)

Fri. June 20
Illinois Sustainable Agriculture
Research Tour
(Mount Carroll, Ill.) Tour and lunch, $30

Fri. June 27
Winery Tour
(Galena, Ill.) Chef Patricia Lehnhardt. Tour, dinner and cooking class, $95

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Price includes seven nights lodging, double occupancy, and all meals, five tours, five cooking classes, and amazing sights, sounds, and tastes! Saborias y Historias! (Taste and History) $995 per person, double occupancy; single supplement, $250.

Fri. Aug 22
Winery Tour
(Galena, Ill.) Chef Patricia Lehnhardt. Tour, dinner and cooking class, $95

Aug. 30-31
Culinary Escape Weekend
(Mount Carroll, Ill.) Chef Donna Duvall. Price includes two nights lodging, double occupancy, and six meals, two tours, two cooking classes, and amazing fun! $325 per person, double occupancy; single supplement, $50.

Fall
(October - December 2008)

Sat. Oct. 4
Chocolate tour
Mount Carroll, Ill. Chef Michael Staver

Oct. 3-5
All Things Chocolate
(Mount Carroll, Ill.) Price includes two nights lodging, double occupancy, and six meals, two tours, two cooking classes, and amazing fun! $325 per person, double occupancy; single supplement, $50.

Fri. Oct 24
Winery Tour
(Galena, Ill.) Chef Patricia Lehnhardt Tour, dinner and cooking class, $95

Nov. 7-9
All Things Chocolate Weekend
(Galena). Price includes two nights lodging, double occupancy, and six meals, two tours, two cooking classes, and amazing fun! $325 per person, double occupancy; single supplement, $50.

Where we eat: The Mount Carroll culinary tours are based at Campbell Center, an historic college campus, with Georgian Revival architecture, stone basements, brick walls, and beautiful lawns. 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!