This Week at Zingerman’s 10/7/14
Westside Farmers’ Market Fundraiser Dinner at Cornman Farms
The Westside Farmers’ Market proudly brings amazing farm fresh food to Ann Arbor’s Westside every Thursday afternoon. The Roadhouse and Cornman Farms support this community event annually with a celebratory fall harvest dinner. This support has and will continue to grow the offerings available every summer. Please show your support and join us on Tuesday, October 14, 7pm.
James Beard award-winning Chef Alex Young has created a menu featuring the beautifully grown produce from Westside’s vendors. We invite you to partake in the harvest with them at the peak of the season with a fresh fundraising dinner.
Intro to Zingerman’s Cornman Farms
Join us Thursday, October 9, 530pm and enjoy a fascinating introduction to Cornman Farms’ rich history, agricultural projects and humane raising of animals. We’ll even throw in a taste of one of our seasonal vegetables!
French Wine & Cheese Tasting at Zingerman’s Events on 4th
Join our team of Deli cheese and wine lovers on Wednesday, October 15, 630pm, and explore the flavors of Eastern France. From Alsace to the Jura and straight to the Mediterranean. From Metz to Monaco we will taste our way along the border. Five French Cheese selections will be accompanied by regionally appropriate wines and small plated pairings.
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Megan Torrence
Megan Torrance is on a mission to make your projects better. On time. In budget. What They Need (even if that changes … because you know it will).
In this session of the Speaker Series, we’ll dive in deep on what it takes to manage projects where the underlying need and the desired result change on a regular basis. Megan and the team at TorranceLearning have adapted the principles of Agile project management from the software world to suit any project. She’ll share why the team’s projects needed to move from a neat and orderly progression of predefined steps to a process that expects and accepts change along the way (hint: it involved bleeding cash). Join us Wednesday, October 15, 8am.
Intro to Zingerman’s Cornman Farms
Join us Wednesday, October 15, 530pm and enjoy a fascinating introduction to Cornman Farms’ rich history, agricultural projects and humane raising of animals. We’ll even throw in a taste of one of our seasonal vegetables!
American Cheese Tasting at Zingerman’s Creamery
Stop by Zingerman’s Creamery on Friday, October 17, 6pm, as we celebrate Award-Winning American Cheeses! We’ll taste our way through a wonderfully varied collection of the winners of the American Cheese Society Competition over the past few years. From three-time Best in Show winner Pleasant Ridge Reserve, to our very own Detroit Street Brick, we’ll see why the American cheese industry is producing some of the best fermented curd available. Don’t miss it!
New Buyers Guide and Holiday Staff Positions at Zingerman’s Mail Order
Too early? Nah! It’s never too soon to start planning holiday gifts for distant family and friends. That’s why we’re sending our our Early Bird Catalog of delectable holiday gift ideas now. These catalogs should be arriving in homes very soon!
The other big news is that Zingerman’s Mail Order is hiring holiday staff! We’ve posted several positions on our Jobs site and we’re taking applications now! Apply today!
Brewing Methods Class at Zingerman’s Coffee Company
Learn the keys to successful coffee brewing using a wide variety of brewing methods from filter drip to the syphon pot. We will take a single coffee and brew it 6 to 8 different ways, each producing a unique taste. We’ll learn the proper proportions and technique for each and discuss the merits and differences of each style. Stop by Sunday, October 19, 1pm!
Intro to Zingerman’s Cornman Farms
Join us Monday, October 20, 530pm and enjoy a fascinating introduction to Cornman Farms’ rich history, agricultural projects and humane raising of animals. We’ll even throw in a taste of one of our seasonal vegetables!
Zingtrain Speaker Series: Robert Wright
Dr. Bob Wright believes in engaging in life to maximize adventure and encounter versions of our selves that we had never imagined possible. Not surprisingly, the people he coaches and trains see him as a master agent of empowerment—a trump card in their lives. In fact, Dr.Bob believes that each and every one of us has potential beyond anything we’ve ever imagined.
In this session of the Speaker Series, Dr. Bob will tell you that the most powerful way to look at leadership is not in terms of the people we lead, but in terms of our selves – who we are, how authentic we are and who we want to be. In other words, to look at leadership from the inside out, to look at how it transforms our lives. He calls it Transformational Leadership and in this session he’ll lead us through an exploration of the adventures, opportunities and markers of Transformational Leadership.
In classic Dr.Bob style, be prepared for a session that is highly interactive, involves some “real juicy” (Dr. Bob’s words!) conversations and an epiphany or two! Wednesday, October 22, 8am.
8th Annual Halloween Hootenanny at Zingerman’s Deli
The Hootenanny is a fall-themed, Zingerman’s style celebration for kids. Thursday, October 23, 4-7pm will be a fun evening of Halloween treats and activities! There will be Pumpkin Drawing, Kooky Cookie Decorating and more! Whether you’re meeting to share costumes and a play date or just stopping by on your way home from school, we welcome you to stop by and play for a while! You’ll enjoy music and complimentary snacks as you participate at your own pace. And don’t worry about dinner that night; we’ll have a tasty hot dog dinner, along with cider & donuts available for purchase. Costumes are not required, but they are encouraged!
Tickets are $5 in advance, $8 at the door.
Cheese Mastery Class: Lactic Cheeses
Join Creamery managing partner Aubrey Thomason for the third class in a series exploring the foundations of cheese. In this session, Aubrey will talk about the simplest (and most difficult to master!) form of cheesemaking: lactic cheeses. Lactic cheeses are made using little or no rennet to help firm them up. Instead, the lactic cheesemaking process relies on the natural progression of milk lactose into lactic acid, which then binds the proteins together to form curd. This process takes much longer, but the results can be stellar. This is the process that gives both Cream Cheese, as well as our delicious Lincoln Log. Join us on Saturday, October 25, 1pm, as we discuss the chemistry behind lactic cheese, and tasting the various cheeses made using this process.
Coffee and Food Pairings at Zingerman’s Coffee Company
You may be familiar with wine and cheese pairings, but why not a coffee and food pairing? Here at the Coffee Co, we’ll be taking some of our favorite coffees and tasting them with some foods to find the best combination. Great for the coffee and food connoisseur who wants to try something different. Class is limited to 10 people, so sign up quick. Sunday, October 26, 1pm.
Garlic Harvest Lunch at Cornman Farms
Join us for an informative, delicious lunch prepared at Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, featuring one of our favorite fall treats – the versatile and celebrated garlic! At this tour/meal event, you’ll spend time with Farmer Mark Baerwolf, learning about his passion for the history of garlic and for our sustainable garlic planting and harvesting practices. You’ll taste several varieties of Cornman Farms’ garlic and enjoy a lunch consisting of several small plates inspired by the garlic harvest. We’ll even send you home with a few garlic varieties for eating or planting! Sunday, October 26, 11am.
Intro to Zingerman’s Cornman Farms
Join us Monday, October 27, 530pm and enjoy a fascinating introduction to Cornman Farms’ rich history, agricultural projects and humane raising of animals. We’ll even throw in a taste of one of our seasonal vegetables!
9th Annual Vampires’ Ball Cornman Farms
Vampires’ Ball is a festive, upscale gathering benefiting Food Gatherers Community Kitchen and Job Training Program. For the first time, Vampires’ Ball will take place at the newly opened Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, a working farm and premier event venue. Guests enjoy a multi-course meal prepared by award-winning Chef Alex Young in the historic farmhouse. Dinner is followed by a night of drinks, dancing and treats in the renovated barn—the perfect setting for Washtenaw County’s best Halloween party! Wednesday, October 29, 6pm.
See you soon!
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