Saturday, December 1st ● 9:30 - 10:30 am ● "Breakfast with the Grinch" ● $50.00 per table  Enjoy a wonderful Holiday breakfast with the one and only "Mr. Grinch"!  Breakfast will be ready for you at our "Top your own Homemade Waffle Bar" and enjoy Roast Beast (sausage links), Who Hash (hash brown potatoes), Milk, Who Juice (orange juice), Old Fashioned Hot Chocolate and Hot Coffee! Bring your camera and have your picture taken with the "Mean Ol' Mr. Grinch!"  A holiday tradition at the Cottage for 8 years!  Each reservation is for one table includes two children and two adults or a family of four due to space constraints. **when registering please let us know how many are in your party ~ both children and adults.

Saturday, December 1st ● 12:00 - 2:00 pm ● "The Ultimate Gingerbread House" ● Hands On Class ● Josh Moore - Volare ● $90.00 per house  A Holiday Tradition at the Cottage for the past 8 years!  Do you wish you knew how to bake, assemble, decorate and preserve the charming gingerbread houses you see in the magazines and on TV? Learn how as we go through the process, step by step, to create and decorate a masterpiece! Each student or family will make their own, large house to take home with them! Don't miss out! Class is priced per house; this would apply to an individual, couple or family of four or less. This class is always a sell out and space is limited, so sign up early!  **when registering please let us know how many are in your party ~ both children and adults ~ for seating purposes.

Saturday, December 1st ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● "Date Night" ● Hands On Class ● Mike Cunha - Sullivan University ● $105.00 for TWO individuals Menu: Truffle Macaroni and Cheese with Shrimp ● Seared Filet of Salmon with Leek, Capers and Lemon, Saffron Rice Pilaf and Ratatouille of Vegetables ● Pumpkin Ginger Cheesecake with Cinnamon Cream  *Remember when registering ~ 2 individuals = 1 table, so please use the number(s) of tables you desire when making your reservation.  Aprons are not provided.

Sunday, December 2nd ● 1:00 - 3:00 pm ● "The Ultimate Gingerbread House" ● Hands On Class ● Josh Moore - Volare ● $90.00 per house  A Holiday Tradition at the Cottage for the past 8 years!  Do you wish you knew how to bake, assemble, decorate and preserve the charming gingerbread houses you see in the magazines and on TV? Learn how as we go through the process, step by step, to create and decorate a masterpiece! Each student or family will make their own, large house to take home with them! Don't miss out! Class is priced per house; this would apply to an individual, couple or family of four or less. This class is always a sell out and space is limited, so sign up early!  **when registering please let us know how many are in your party ~ both children and adults ~ for seating purposes.

Monday, December 3rd ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● "Private Event" ● Hands On Class ● Lelia Gentle - DreamCatcher Farm

Tuesday, December 4th ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● "Like a Kid in a Candy Store" ● Demonstration Class ● Andrea Estes Riegling - Rock That Plate ● $50.00  It's amazing how the holidays bring out the child in each of us. Everyone will feel nostalgic with the bright colors and flavors of a myriad of candies reminiscent of your favorite candy store.  Perfect for gift giving or a wonderful addition to your holiday entertaining.  Menu: Italian Spumoni Fudge ● Homemade Soft Caramels ● Turtles ● Almond Joy Truffles ● Peppermint Extravaganza Bark ● Martha Washington Candies

Wednesday, December 5th ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● "International Old World Cookies" ● Partial Hands On Class ● Sandra Gugliotta - Dining Elegance Caterers ● $60.00 Celebrate the holiday season this year with an international twist.  Join us in the kitchen and shape and bake some sweet treats, partially hands on.  Sandra will prepare the dough in advance and each student will work with the dough, shaping cookies and baking them to take home at the end of the evening.  It will be as though everyone is family baking holiday cookies together.  Menu: Finikia ~ a Greek spiced cookie with orange juice soaked in a honey lemon glaze then topped with chopped walnuts and cinnamon ● Clothes Pin Cookies with Fluffy Cream ~ homemade puff pastry miniature horn cookies filled with a vanilla cream ● Pinoli ~ an almond paste Italian cookie rolled in pine nuts and baked ● Biscottini di Natale alle Mandorle ~ Christmas almond cut out cookies ● Diplis ~ a fried sweet dough cookie rolled out into thin sheets than rolled while frying and dipped in honey lemon glaze and topped with chopped walnuts and cinnamon.

Thursday, December 6th ● 5:00 - 7:30 pm ● "Private Event" ● Hands On Class ● Lelia Gentle - DreamCatcher Farm

Friday, December 7th ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● "Date Night" ● Hands On Class ● David Moeller - Sullivan University ● $105.00 for TWO individuals Menu: Sweet Potato, Chevre and Chorizo Empanadas ● Seared Salmon with Roasted Garlic, Leek and White Wine Sauce, Risotto Cakes and Sautéed Vegetables ● Maple and Spiced Pecan Cheesecake  *Remember when registering ~ 2 individuals = 1 table, so please use the number(s) of tables you desire when making your reservation.  Aprons are not provided.

Saturday, December 8th ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● "Date Night" ● Hands On Class ● Mike Cunha - Sullivan University ● $105.00 for TWO individuals Menu: Caesar Salad with Sundried Tomato Caesar Dressing ● Seared Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Garlic Mushroom Demi Glace, Oven Roasted New Potatoes and Honey Glazed Baby Carrots ● Holiday Apple Cobbler with Vanilla Ice Cream *Remember when registering ~ 2 individuals = 1 table, so please use the number(s) of tables you desire when making your reservation.  Aprons are not provided.

Saturday, December 8th ● 12:00 - 3:00 pm ● "Springerle & Speculaas Molded Cookie Workshop" ● Hands On Class ● Lelia Gentle - DreamCatcher Farm ● $65.00  Don't be intimidated by cookie molds!  Join us and learn to make molded cookies that are rich with tradition, too pretty to eat ~ almost, in an array of different flavors. Springerle cookies are the dense dry anise flavored cookies that many of our grandmothers made for the holidays. Don't worry if you don't like the traditional anise ~ we will be making one or more of these flavors for you ~ lemon, orange or almond. We may even back the citrus flavor in bittersweet chocolate.  You will also learn to make Speculaas, (or Dutch windmill cookies), a fragrant spiced shortcrust biscuit, traditionally baked to eat on or just before St Nicholas' Day in the Netherlands, Belgium, and around Christmas in Germany. There will be plenty of samples to taste and Lelia will explain how to choose the right cookie mold for various types of molded cookies.  She has studied with Connie Meisinger, owner of House on the Hill Cookie Molds, and is ready to show you how to make these beauties.

Sunday, December 9th ● 1:00 - 3:00 pm ● "The Ultimate Gingerbread House" ● Hands On Class ● Josh Moore - Volare ● $90.00 per house  A Holiday Tradition at the Cottage for the past 8 years!  Do you wish you knew how to bake, assemble, decorate and preserve the charming gingerbread houses you see in the magazines and on TV? Learn how as we go through the process, step by step, to create and decorate a masterpiece! Each student or family will make their own, large house to take home with them! Don't miss out! Class is priced per house; this would apply to an individual, couple or family of four or less. This class is always a sell out and space is limited, so sign up early!  **when registering please let us know how many are in your party ~ both children and adults ~ for seating purposes.

Monday, December 10th ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● "InstaPot Cooking ~ Holiday Edition" ● Demonstration Class ● Andrea Estes Riegling - Rock That Plate ● $50.00 Do you have an Instant Pot, Multicooker or an All In One Cooker and are intimidated to use it?  Did you receive one last Christmas and have yet to take it out of the box?  The concept is amazing and the possibilities are endless so join us as we delve into the fundamentals of this appliance and take the mystery out of using it.  Menu: Broccoli, Potato and Cheddar Soup ● Pineapple and Ginger Spiral Ham ● Brown Butter Red Potatoes ● Green Beans with Mushrooms and Bacon ● Traditional English Christmas Pudding with Crème Anglaise

Tuesday, December 11th ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● "Story of the Nutcracker ~ Cookie Decorating Workshop" ● Hands On Class ● Anne Simpson - Cookie Decorator ● $60.00  This class is open to both adults and kids ages 12 and up.  Learn to decorate a variety of holiday cookies, perfect for Christmas, to give your family and friends or enjoy yourself. Learn the techniques and tricks to work with royal icing, achieve the proper consistency as well as coloring the icing; you will learn the correct way to fill and use a piping bag for decorating as well as how to store leftover icing. Several different cookie decorating techniques, such as   working with royal icing, outlining and flooding cookies will be covered in class as well as tips for baking the perfect cookie. Anne will share her recipes for Traditional Sugar Cookies, Gingerbread Cookies & Royal Icing. Students will take home four cookies they complete in this class ~ Nutcracker ● Tutu ● Mouse King ● Adorned Christmas Tree  *All tools, icings and cookies are supplied.

Wednesday, December 12th ● 11:30 - 2:00 pm ● "Private Event" ● Hands On Class ● Lelia Gentle - DreamCatcher Farm

Thursday, December 13th ● 11:30 - 2:00 pm ● "Private Event" ● Hands On Class ● Lelia Gentle - DreamCatcher Farm

Thursday, December 13th ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● "La Vigilia di Natali e Giorno Di Natali ~ Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Menu Sampler" ● Demonstration Class ● Sandra Gugliotta - Dining Elegance Caterers ● $90.00  Take a peak inside of an Italian home and see how Christmas Eve and Christmas Day may be celebrated.  This is truly an Italian Feast!  Menu: An Antipasto Tray of Luncheon Meats, Cheeses and Pickled Vegetables with Bread will be available while Sandra is demonstrating various other foods. ~ Enjoyed all day long Christmas day as this is put out early around 11:00 am and offered to family and friends as a bite whenever they want until dinner is served in the evening. ● Cocktail ~ Aperitivo Negroni Sbagliato ~ a bitter sweet cocktail of Campari bitters, Spumante and Vermouth Rosso with a Slice of Orange ● Seafood Appetizers: A few traditional Christmas eve appetizers/pre meal bites: Calamari Fritti con Limone ~ Fried Calamari, Gamberi in Padella ~ Sauteed Shrimp with Garlic, Crushed Red Pepper Butter, White Wine and Oil, Cozze con Zafferano ~ Steamed Mussels with Butter, White Wine and Saffron ● Primi Piatti: ~ First Course ~ Traditional Dishes from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Linguini al Astice ~ Linguini with Lobster, Cannelloni con Bechemela  ~ meat stuffed rolled homemade pasta with a tomato sauce and oven baked then topped with creamy bechemel ● Italian Wafer Cookies

Friday, December 14th ● 12:00 - 2:30 pm ● "Private Event" ● Hands On Class ● Lelia Gentle - DreamCatcher Farm

Friday, December 14th ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● "Date Night" ● Hands On Class ● David Moeller - Sullivan University ● $105.00 for TWO individuals Menu: Lobster Bisque ● Carne Asada with Pico de Gallo, Guacamole, Chipotle Crème Fraiche, Queso Fresca, Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage ● Chocolate Mousse with Espresso Sauce and Macerated Berries  *Remember when registering ~ 2 individuals = 1 table, so please use the number(s) of tables you desire when making your reservation. Aprons are not provided.

Saturday, December 15th ● 10:00 - 11:00 am ● "Breakfast with the Grinch" ● $50.00 per table  Enjoy a wonderful Holiday breakfast with the one and only "Mr. Grinch"!  Breakfast will be ready for you at our "Top your own Homemade Waffle Bar" and enjoy Roast Beast (sausage links), Who Hash (hash brown potatoes), Milk, Who Juice (orange juice), Old Fashioned Hot Chocolate and Hot Coffee! Bring your camera and have your picture taken with the "Mean Ol' Mr. Grinch!"  A holiday tradition at the Cottage for 8 years!  Each reservation is for one table includes two children and two adults or a family of four due to space constraints. **when registering please let us know how many are in your party ~ both children and adults.

Saturday, December 15th ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● "Date Night" ● Hands On Class ● Mike Cunha - Sullivan University ● $105.00 for TWO individuals Menu: Creamy Corn Chowder with Garlic Croutons and Crabmeat ● Seared Breast of Chicken stuffed with Spinach, Onion and Blue Cheese, Brown Rice Pilaf, Brussels Sprouts and Roasted Red Peppers ● Egg Nog Crème Brulee with Vanilla Cream *Remember when registering ~ 2 individuals = 1 table, so please use the number(s) of tables you desire when making your reservation.  Aprons are not provided.

Sunday, December 16th ● 1:00 - 3:00 pm ● "The Ultimate Gingerbread House" ● Hands On Class ● Josh Moore - Volare ● $90.00 per house  A Holiday Tradition at the Cottage for the past 8 years!  Do you wish you knew how to bake, assemble, decorate and preserve the charming gingerbread houses you see in the magazines and on TV? Learn how as we go through the process, step by step, to create and decorate a masterpiece! Each student or family will make their own, large house to take home with them! Don't miss out! Class is priced per house; this would apply to an individual, couple or family of four or less. This class is always a sell out and space is limited, so sign up early!  **when registering please let us know how many are in your party ~ both children and adults ~ for seating purposes.

Wednesday, December 19th ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● "Happy Holidays ~ Cookie Decorating Workshop" ● Hands On Class ● Anne Simpson - Cookie Decorator ● $60.00  This class is open to both adults and kids ages 12 and up.  Learn to decorate a variety of holiday cookies, perfect for Christmas, to give your family and friends or enjoy yourself. Learn the techniques and tricks to work with royal icing, achieve the proper consistency as well as coloring the icing; you will learn the correct way to fill and use a piping bag for decorating as well as how to store leftover icing. Several different cookie decorating techniques, such as   working with royal icing, outlining and flooding cookies will be covered in class as well as tips for baking the perfect cookie. Anne will share her recipes for Traditional Sugar Cookies, Gingerbread Cookies & Royal Icing. Students will take home four cookies they complete in this class ~ Gingerbread Boy ● Reindeer Face ● Holiday Light Bulb ● Santa Face  *All tools, icings and cookies are supplied.

Saturday, December 22nd ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● "Date Night" ● Hands On Class ● Mike Cunha - Sullivan University ● $105.00 for TWO individuals Menu: Spinach, Bacon and Mushroom Frittata with Crostini and Savory Cream ● Seared Boneless Pork Chop with Sundried Cherry Gastrique, Three Cheese Creamy Grits and Vegetable Medley ● Cranberry Orange Bread Pudding with Cinnamon Sweet Cream *Remember when registering ~ 2 individuals = 1 table, so please use the number(s) of tables you desire when making your reservation. Aprons are not provided.