Culinary Retreat Weekend:
2 Busy 2 Cook
(But Not 2 Tired 2 Eat!)
Friday, 6:00 pm -
Sunday, 2:00 pm
Learn Great Foods Retreat
Mount Carroll, Illlinois 61053 |
| DAY 1 – Friday |
6:00 pm
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DAY ONE
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 Cheese
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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Also available: Private consults on Saturday night: Cooking issues and questions, practical ideas AND
Buying organically, finding suppliers,
asking the right questions!
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| DAY 2 –Saturday |
8:00-9:00 am
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DAY TWO
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 Dave Seeger, Seeger's Tree Farm, about shiitake mushrooms and spring berries he grows, and with Steve Wolf-Camplin and daughters, Wolf-Camplin Market Garden, about their chickens, and vegetable and herb garden. |
| 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 Evergreen Hill Farm, Sabula, Iowa. Tour and talk with Bill Giddings, about his organic beef production. Sniff the organic compost and say hi to the cattle. After the tour, we enjoy a snack at Bill's peaceful treestand, among trees planted by his nurseryman great-grandfather.
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| 3:00 pm |
You may be 2 Busy 2 Cook, but never 2 Busy 2 Shop! 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 downtowns, Savana or Mount Carroll, on the way back from Sabula. |
| 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
Breakfast at Bed & Breakfast of your choice. |
| 9:30 pm |
Tour of Local Home Garden, a delightful food bonanza! |
| 10:30 am |
Cooking Class and Lunch at Hand& Spirit Gallery, with Chef Donna Duvall.
PLUS: Kitchen Talk, All About Herbs
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| 2:00 pm |
Retreat ends, thanks to chefs, farmers.
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