Jan 5, 2017 - Fuel Up with Power Bowls

WELCOME TO 2017! We hope you're enjoying the first week of a wonderful new year, bright with promise and possibilities.  As with each new year, we always seem to be looking to improve upon something, whether it's to eat differently, exercise more, or learn something new. If your goal is to round out your kitchen knowledge, or eat at home more, we can help! We have some absolutely fabulous cooking classes slated for the first quarter of 2017. Five of them have filled already, but there are still eight different classes with spots left. They were released during the busiest days of December and most folks didn't have enough time left in their day for scoping out classes. The good news is that you'll probably still find a variety of classes that you'll love! Take a look online! You can book your spots right from our new website at www.acornfarmmi.com! As you probably know, we're closed this week for inventory and maintenance. We're cleaning and polishing and we're on target to open our doors again one week from today!  Happy Cooking! Kathy Magaluk and all of us at Acorn Farm

Making Good Food on the Move

How did SEPTEMBER sneak up on us so quickly? As the summer gives way to the season of apples and pumpkins, we'd like to invite you to Acorn Farm for one of our classes, activities, or some great shopping. We've got some beautiful Autumn merchandise, some fantastic dishware, serveware, and more! UPCOMING CLASSES & EVENTS  Now that we're heading into the back-to-school season, you might want to take a look at the great events we have coming up. We have a few classes that still have an opening or two, and a few more free events.   MAKING A DIFFERENCE OPPORTUNITY  I know it seems like the holiday season is a long ways off, but it will soon be sneaking  up on us - as it always does. In the meantime, we need your help with something. Last Christmas, we had a theme of giving back and many of your purchases helped people all over the world. This season, we'd like to do something similar, but we'd like to keep it a little more local. We're looking for some unique, grassroots charities that you think could use a little help! For example, we have a friend of a friend who has been involved in a great charity that goes to downtown Detroit once a week with piles of homemade PBJs to serve at the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd and Third in the Cass Corridor. Every Saturday morning, at least 250 people are fed. This is a small part of what they do, but they make a huge difference in a lot of lives. DO YOU KNOW someone right here in the metro Detroit area who's been quietly making a difference? Please let us know. We'll select a few of them to be our Charities of Choice this holiday season.  Ladies' Night Out -- FREE!  Thursday, October 6th                 It only happens twice a year, but it's a lot of fun! Gather a group of ladies and come downtown to shop in Milford! We'll be ladling out some delicious samples that night in the store! Le Creuset Petit Dejeuner  -  FREE!  No Registration Required!  Thursday, October 20th  -  12noon - 2 pm with Trish Ranallo of Le Creuset  Sometimes, it can be difficult to get into Trish's classes, so we're offering this great, FREE, lunch & learn demo while we've got her in town. Petit Dejeuner means 'little breakfast' and we'll be showing some wonderful brunch ideas prepared in Le Creuset's fabulous French cookware. We're still putting together the details but we'd like it to be a fun afternoon with door prizes, recipe giveaways, and more -- maybe even a 'secret sale' that we normally don't offer on some Le Creuset pieces. Be Sharp  -  A Hands-On Knife Class  -  $25 - Some spots still available! Saturday, October 22nd --  9-11 am with Ed Bartush of Wusthof If you spend much time in the kitchen, why not improve your skills? Learn the proper way to hold, use, store and care for your knives. In this hands-on class, you'll learn the do's and don'ts of life with a knife. Each participant will have their own workstation as you slice, chop, and peel your way through class under Ed's expert tutelage. Normally, this class is $40 and we send you home with a bench scraper. Instead, we thought we'd knock the price down this time in order to leave a little money in your pocket so you can consider treating yourself to some Wusthof knives. They've got a wealth of great specials for you to take advantage of. Stay Sharp - A Knife Sharpening Event  -  FREE! No Registration Required! Saturday, October 22nd Once or twice a year, Ed Bartush graciously joins us to sharpen your knives for free!  Bring your knives -- any brand, no serrated, please.  In keeping with our knife-day tradition, we'll also have a donation jar for Community Sharing.  Our customers are a generous lot and each year, we've been able to help Community Sharing because of customers like you!   The Redneck Laundry, Fine Dining for the Rest of Us!  Just 5 spots available!  Thursday, October 27th  -  7 - 9pm with Chef Steven Grostick - $45  If you think the last line to the national anthem is, "Gentlemen, start your engines!", you might just be a redneck. If you think loading the dishwasher means getting your wife drunk, you might just be a redneck. If you think the French Laundry is where your do your sheets when your washer is broken, you might just be a redneck. All semi-offensive joking aside, (all in good fun, you know) -- most of you have probably heard of the legendary French Laundry, an exquisite French restaurant in California's wine country. Since most of us won't make that trip any time soon, we thought we'd do a take on some fine-dining classics, served in a more, um, everyman style. Fabulous plates that, while lacking in class, are abundant with flavor. We'll be fixin' to show you how to prepare:   Beef Wellington - no fillet here--we'll use a little sirloin, a little sauteed mushroom and a little twist on the pate' - then wrap it all up in a little pastry purse.  Deeeelish!  Lobster Newburgh - Luscious bits of lobster in a creamy sauce on a slightly spicy Old Bay seasoned soda cracker. You'll definitely make these again! Potatoes Dauphinois - Homemade root vegetable chips with a lovely shmear of cheesy, dauphinois dip. Your taste buds will thank us.  Caviar, Darling - Cowboy caviar, that is. A bit of fresh corn polenta ( a serious step  up from the standard variety) topped with a cowboy caviar relish with Steven's exquisite touch. Good  with a capital G. Tarte ta'tin'  - a classic French apple upside down dessert, but . . . since the average household lacks the proper vessel for this treasure, we'll be doing it hillbilly style, cooked individually in a tin can. Acorn Farm Holiday Open House  -  FREE!           Sunday, November 13th  -  12noon-4pm  We'll supply you with more details as time goes on, but we'd love you to pencil it in on your calendar. We'd like you to be our guest that day. Come in for some food & fun, a first look at our holiday merchandise & decor, drawings, giveaways, and more!  RED BAG UPDATE!                             Did you know there are two RED BAG SATURDAYS left in 2016?  Red Bag Days happen on the last Saturday of a month containing FIVE Saturdays. While it typically happens four times annually, you get a bonus this year since December has five Saturdays! Watch your email for our reminders, as we've moved the fourth Red Bag Day from October to November 26th, to provide you with some great holiday shopping.  Happy Cooking! Kathy Magaluk and all of us at Acorn Farm