It's holiday baking season! Whether you plan to share treats with neighbors or co-workers, send to friends far away, or serve at guests at home, cookies are an easy and fun time to express your kitchen creativity while celebrating the season.

IN THIS ISSUE, we present three tasty bar cookies that will be great additions to your holiday cookie plate. Cookies, in bar form, are quick to make and cut without too much work or fuss. We have Cranberry Glitz Bars, Peppermint Nanaimo Bars, and Apricot-Pistachio Bites ready for you to bake and share!

Many thanks to all of you who came to JOYEUX NOEL, our Annual Open House. We had fun and we hope you did, too! The fun is just beginning at Acorn Farm as that was only the first event that kicks off the holiday season.

One of our most significant events is happening this Friday to benefit Community Sharing. There are still a few tickets available for GRACIOUS TABLES, GRATEFUL HEARTS. It takes place this Friday in two showings, either 5:30 to 7:00, OR 7:30 to 9:00. Our already beautifully decorated store will feature five fabulous tablescapes that serve to both give you ideas for your own tables or just to delight the senses! We'll also have some fantastic appetizers from our award-winning Chef, Steven Grostick (who, incidentally, just became the World Chef Challenge Champion at the World Food Challenge in Las Vegas!). Celebrate the season with us with a glass of cheer at this elegant event that will help several families in the area have a very special Christmas. Tickets are $35 with proceeds benefiting COMMUNITY SHARING.

As always, call the store at 248-684-1373 if you have any questions.

Gracious Tables, Grateful Hearts

Friday, November 21st, 5:30-7pm or 7:30 to 9pm

Tickets $35 - Benefiting Community Sharing
This was such a wonderful event last year that we decided we needed to do it again, So . . . you are cordially invited to attend our second annual Gracious Tables, Grateful Hearts. Enjoy an evening filled with friends, food, fun, and fabulous ideas for the holidays! You'll find 5 beautiful tablescapes to inspire you -- each with a different theme, highlighting the beautiful Juliska tableware. Celia Margolis will be here representing Juliska and offering a special deal. With a Juliska purchase of $150 or more, you'll receive their Christmas hostess plate worth $68, a $300 purchase will earn a set of two Au Gratin dishes worth $126. Finally, a $600 purchase

will be rewarded with a gorgeous Jardin de Monde turkey platter with a value of $295.

So that everyone has plenty of hors d'oeuvres and they're served hot and delicious, we're offering this as two separate showings with tickets for either one or the other----one from 5:30 to 7pm and the other from 7:30 to 9pm. Tickets will be available on October 21st and will benefit Community Sharing.

Check your calendars now to see which showing will work best for you, either the 5:30-7:00pm or the 7:30 - 9pm session

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Red Bag Saturday
Saturday, November 29th - 8am - 5pm

Those of you who have already earned their RED BAGS are already looking forward to the last Red Bag Saturday of the year, when you'll enjoy a 20% savings on most things in the store. If you don't know about RED BAG SATURDAY, here's how it works: Fill out a Kitchen Cash card in the store. Each time you make a purchase, we'll add it to a box on your Kitchen Cash card. Once all six boxes are filled, we'll total them up and give you a gift card for 10% of the total of those purchases, as well as a RED BAG that entitles you to 20% most things in the store on the 5th Saturday of a month. It happens four times per year.

The Milford Christmas Parade also takes place on RED BAG SATURDAY. In order to give you good parking options in the morning, we have decided to open from 8:00 to 10:00am for our RED BAG customers ONLY! We'll have a steaming cup of something hot to warm you up, so mark it on your calendar and get your RED BAG ready to go.

If you don't have a red bag yet, by all means, sign up now! Even if you just need to come in for a birthday card, make sure we add it to your Kitchen Cash card. Six visits between now and RED BAG SATURDAY will earn your RED BAG. Membership has its privileges, so see the store for details. Remember, all purchases made in the same day count as a single purchase.

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Toast to the Holidays - Small Plates for Holiday Entertaining!

Featuring Trish Ranallo of Le Creuset and

Steven Seelye of Hope Family Wines

Thursday, December 11th - 7:30 - 9:00 pm - $15 FULL!

What a fun night this should be! Come enjoy a tantalizing baked brie, an assortment of fun appetizers and some delicious wines! Trish Ranallo will be helping us introduce some wonderful new bakers and servers in their Wine & Cheese line and showing us a few quick and easy recipes for entertaining. Each participant will leave with recipes and a Petite Au Gratin dish from Le Creuset (value $13).

Steven Seelye does a wine-tasting for us every year and he does a wonderful job talking helping you pair your dishes with just the perfect wine. Take a little break from holiday hustle and bustle and enjoy a taste of wine and some great hors d'oeuvres!

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UPCOMING WINTER CLASSES:

Find all the details on our website.

(Hint, hint, cooking classes make great gifts -- the gift of experience!)

Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 7:00 - 8:30pm

Old World Favorites

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 7:00 - 8:30pm - FULL!

Family Feast

Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 7:00 - 8:30pm

Getting Sauced!

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 7:00 - 8:30pm

Vivacious Veggies!