Laugh through our cooking class, learn, and taste delicious gourmet foods! This 3-day retreat includes:

• A tasting reception
• Private consultation with a personal chef
• Saturday tours of organic farms and stores
• Time to shop the great stores and boutiques of our Historic Downtowns
• A hilarious "speed" cooking class by our guest chef.
• Fabulous meals in a relaxed and elegant setting.

Join in the fun and fellowship 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.

In each retreat, you will enjoy engaging conversations about healthy foods, learn to create tasty gourmet dishes featuring local organic produce and meats, eat fabulous food, and appreciate the amenities provided by each location.

Set among rolling farmland, these weekends offer guests a chance to slow down and appreciate the simple life.

March 19-21, 2010

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

We cook in Yvonne's new kitchen in the gorgeous village of Ste. Genevieve. We tour the food treasures of southeast Missouri, where German people live in French houses along the Mighty Mississippi.

Recipes used in the 2 Busy 2 Cook retreats are published in the Herbs, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Winter Squash, Eggplant, and Beef FoodBooks. See our FoodBooks pages for more information.

March 12-14, 2010

Petoskey, Mich.

Next retreats in Petoskey:

May 7-9 and July 16-18

We cook in an historic inn - among a charming Victorian village of over 400 cottages in Bay View, Michigan - offering guests the opportunity to truly step back in time to the casual elegance of another era.

Guest chef: Ken Willoughby, Executive Chef, U-M BioStation.

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Next in Petoskey:

Nov. 27-29, 2009

Our suggestions for lodging:

1. Stafford's Bay View Inn, historic Registry inn
2. Terrace Inn, Bay View, arts & crafts treasure
3. Holiday Inn Express, Petoskey, with limousine

March 26-28, 2010

Mt. Carroll/Galena, Ill.

Next retreats in Mt. Carroll & Galena: June 18-20 and Sept. 24-26

Women's Culinary Weekends!

Guest chef: Donna Duvall, Food Fancies, Personal Chef/Teacher.

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Next in Mt. Carroll:

July 24-26, 2009

Our suggestions for lodging:

1. Hickory Hideaway, luxury cabins.
2. Country Palmer House B&B
3. Prairie Path Guest House B&B.