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Tastes Like Chicken
In This Issue:
Saturday Morning Demonstrations
Knife Skills Class
NEW at Cooks' Emporium
RECIPE: Roasted Chicken with Lemon Butter, and . . .
Bird Basics
How-to Cut up a Whole Chicken
Cutting It Up in the Kitchen
RECIPE: Roast Chicken with Mustard Butter
Roasting Favorites
Spatchcock a Chicken!
RECIPE: Chicken, Rice Salad with Mint Pesto & Peas
Cookbook Review
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XSaturday Morning Demonstrations
Feed Your Inner ChefWe have a great line-up of cooking demonstrations for the winter and spring months....  
Cooking demos begin promptly at 10:00a.m. each Saturday. Class fee of $5. Pre-registration is not needed. Please note that seating is on a first-come basis. We suggest early arrival for best seating.

Click here for our full Spring Cooking demonstration schedule.


Saturday, April 9 - PAV-BAHAJI' - Rama Sridhar - A healthy twist to a popular fast food found in India - PAV-BHAJI (Bread & Spicy Vegetables).  If you have not eaten or heard about it come and enjoy this spicy vegetable medley that is high in taste and nutrition.


Saturday, April 16 - Orange Marmalade Cake with Margaret Welder - A take-off of the Mitford Series famous Marmalade Cake.  It is a delicate butter cake, drizzled with juice
and filled with orange marmalade.  The frosting is a whipped
cream frosting.  Very rich!  A party cake!

Saturday, April 23 - Steak & Guiness Pie with Marcus Johnson, owner, Ames British Foods - A British classic, Marcus will prepare this using the Atora vegetable syrup.


Saturday, April 30 - Traditional Lingine al Limone with mushrooms, artichoke hearts and a sweet little extra lemon kick at the end with Joe Geha. 'Nuf said. This will be delicious! 

 

Saturday, May 7Rethinking Lunch! with Becky Rigsby.
Tired of your daily standard lunch-fare? Come be inspired by three easy and healthy spring "salads" you can make ahead and enjoy all week long! These recipes will have you looking forward to lunch each day: Tabbouleh Salad with Feta, Wheat Berry Salad, and Mediterranean Chickpea and Tuna Salad.

 

Saturday, May 14 - Easy Drop Scones with Margaret Welder. She will share an Apricot Swirl Drop Scone, a recipe from her brothers as well as a Butterscotch Drop Scone. They each have a distinct flavor of their own. Because they are drop scones, there is less work involved.

 

Saturday, May 21 -  Topic to be Announced! with ISU Dining. Details to be announced. 

 

Saturday, May 28 - Special Occasion Foods with Andrea Moore. Wow the crowd at your next get-together or special occasion. Flour basket melons for your next picnic or centerpiece at your next gourmet dinner club. 


Knife Skills Class

Knife Skills Clinic

Kitchen Aid Special

Kitchen Aid

NEW at Cooks' Emporium
New!
Recipe: Roast Chicken with Basil, Scallion, Lemon Butter, & Potatoes
Cooking Tips
Secrets to Roasting Chicken
Bird Basics
Food Safety
How to Cut Up a Whole ChickenSteps 1 & 2
Step 3 & 4Steps 5, 6 & 7
Cutting it up in the Kitchen
Recipe: Roast Chicken with Mustard Butter
Roasting Favorites
How to Spatchcock a ChickenMaking Stock
Recipe: Chicken and Rice Salad with Mint Pesto and Peas

Cookbook Review

A Bird in the Oven and then Some by Mindy Fox. Copyright © 2010. Published by Kyle Books

 Cookbook

We'd fallen for the convenience of buying just boneless chicken breasts when we came across this book. Through it, we were reintroduced to rich, delicious flavors long forgotten. We reached for our roasting pan and turned on the oven. To our delight, the results were better than expected, and roasted chicken dishes are now back on our menu. In this cookbook, we found complete instructions for how to roast a good bird and many variations for unique flavors. A Bird in the Oven provides "20 Ways to Roast the Perfect Chicken plus 80 Delectable Recipes" to accompany the flavorful roasted bird. The choices include vegetable sides in some unique variations, a chapter on Roast Chicken Salads, another on Roast Chicken Soups, a section on chicken with Pasta and Rice Dishes, and a finale chapter covering Brunch and Lunch. The full-color photography is stunning and inspirational throughout the entire book.

Celebrate spring with some freshly roasted chicken as the centerpiece on your menu and table!

Marg, Vicky & Holly
and all the Staff at Cooks' Emporium

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