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Education - by Tara Titcombe (pdf) Cooking teacher will christen your shiny new kitchen, give appliance tips The Capital Times - Mary Bergin - 12/27/2007 ELLISON BAY -- Janice Thomas will christen your new baby, but it will be done in the kitchen, not in a church. The co-owner of Savory Spoon cooking school, open seasonally and by private arrangement, also travels nationwide to help new homeowners feel more at ease with their appliances. These kitchen christenings began eight years ago, in an old adobe house in Tucson, Ariz., where Thomas used to live. The kitchen was tiny, and an interior designer had recommended that Thomas help acclimate the homeowners to their revamped space. Today Thomas tends to work with high-end appliances, such as lines produced by Madison's Sub-Zero/Wolf. She typically arrives when construction or remodeling has finished, the movers have left and it's time for a housewarming. There's just one problem: You don't know how to use the stove. Or maybe that's the first of several technical challenges. "A $2 million house needs the right level of equipment to go with it, for resale value, if no other reason," Thomas says. More... | |||||||||
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Cook-and-learn vacations pick up steam Dog days have arrived. But there's still time to flee from the grind. Perhaps you've been pondering how to celebrate an impending Big Birthday or a special anniversary or you just need a revitalizing getaway. Should you go somewhere exciting? Exotic? Entertaining or educational? If you're like many foodies, you'll head to the kitchen for all these things and more. But not just any kitchen. More... Marketplace Manager Dishes on Savory Spoon Delights Titterington is rarely behind the counter in the 1870's former schoolhouse that houses the cooking school and market. She moves about the cozy, 500 sq. ft retail space enthusiastically educating customers on culinary tools, gourmet treats and the history and current use of the building. Her marriage to Michael Brecke in 2001 brought her to Door County. Subsequently, she and her husband opened Door to Door Catering, which they ran for two years. Along with the help of Brecke's children the couple then operated the Village Pizzeria for one season. A brief stint in banking followed before Titterington went to work as a cook for the Clearing for three seasons. In 2004, her Clearing co-worker, Ann Ginger, introduced Titterington to Janice Thomas, a classically-trained chef and future owner of the Savory Spoon. Chocolatier Finds Sweet Spot at Savory Spoon The dark side McCarthy refers to is dark chocolate. According to the chocolatier, dark chocolate is "true" chocolate, meaning it has an appreciably higher content of cacao (also known as cocoa) beans than milk chocolate. McCarthy can be found extolling the virtues of dark chocolate during her "Sweet Saturdays with Kathy," a series of four candy-making classes now under way at the Savory Spoon in Ellison Bay. During the classes, McCarthy introduces students of all ages to candy making. The one and one-half hour classes include taste tests of various chocolates, an overview of the history of chocolate, and the demonstration and hands-on experience of making truffles, caramels (including turtles), pralines and toffees. More...
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Michael
and his wife Janice are the owners of the Savory Spoon Cooking School,
in existence since 2004. The school offers a wide range of cooking
classes and private events from June through October. Although the
couple was happy with the school operating out of their restored 1847
log home, someone who knows Michael's affinity for older home restoration
happened to mention the "little schoolhouse" for sale in downtown
Ellison Bay. "It wasn't something we were looking for,"Michael says,
but he soon went to work on not only the restoration of the building
itself - but on the renovation of its proper place in Ellison Bay
history.
As
an organizer of running events for 15 years, Betsy Titterington hadn't
hit her stride in a career she loved until she became involved with
the culinary arts. Now manager of the Marketplace within the Savory
Spoon Cooking School in Ellison Bay, Titterington is helping to set
the pace for gourmet tastes in northern Door County.
"More
and more people are coming over to the dark side because life is better
over here," says Kathy McCarthy, of Sister Bay. 