Tag: THIS WEEK AT ZINGERMAN’S
Grits, Grains, and Glenn at Zingerman’s Roadhouse
In 1998, Glenn Roberts sold almost all his earthly possessions and went in search of heirloom varieties of corn, rice, and wheat. His mission: to grow, harvest and mill these antebellum varieties organically and restore them to a viable economic existence. And so he founded Anson Mills, and the culinary world was forever changed. Glenn’s attention to detail, his commitment to grow organically, and his determination to mill the grains as carefully as they’re grown attracted well-known chefs who began to use and promote his products. Today Glenn works with over 30 growers in six states to reproduce these heirloom grains.
Join us TONIGHT at 7pm, as Zingerman’s Roadhouse Chef Alex and Glenn cook up a menu that reveals the subtle character of each grain and emphasizes the invaluable place that each has in the South.
Please join us for this rare visit by the man who Food Republic called “The Guy To Know For Heirloom Grains In America.”
DINNER MENU
- Chestnut Flour Goat Cheese Ravioli with Sage and Lemon
- A Flight of Grits: Gourd Seed, Flint and Dent
- Poly-Crop Flour Biscuits with Benne Cream and Butter
- Petite Rouge Peas (pre 1812) and Country Ham
- Lamb “Osso Buco” Posole
with green chiles, nixtimal corn and salsa rojo - New Crop Rice Grits Souffle with maple and Cream
Let us cook for you this Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving can be a busy time, and we want to make sure your feast is as delicious as it is relaxing. So we’ve put together a fine selection of holiday foods to help you do just that. Whether it’s just the bird or the full feast with all of the trimmings, Zingerman’s has all of your holiday meal needs covered.
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Zingerman’s Mail Order is offering delicious heritage breed turkeys from Frank Reese and Bill Niman.
As Mo Frechette says, “There are a handful of farmers who, in the past twenty years, have been instrumental in changing the course of America’s foodways and this year we’re featuring two of them.”
BN Ranch turkeys are currently available for pre-order. They’ll ship out frozen on Wednesday, November 18 to arrive by Friday, November 20 – plenty of time to thaw before the big holiday meal. Place your order today to ensure availability.
Zingerman’s Mail Order will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
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Zingerman’s Deli has created a very special Thanksgiving Takeout Menu using fresh, local, seasonal ingredients, which means an incredibly flavorful holiday meal for your table. Chef Rodger has hand-selected turkeys from John and Nick Harnois Farm, which have been called the best-tasting birds in Washtenaw County. You can buy just the butter-basted, sage-rubbed bone-in turkey breast, or go for the whole meal. Check out our full Thanksgiving Takeout Menu and order your feast today!
Thanksgiving orders will be available for pickup beginning Tuesday, November 24th at 12 noon through Wednesday, November 25th. Place your order today to ensure availability.
Zingerman’s Deli will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
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Chef Alex at Zingerman’s Roadhouse serves up Thanksgiving Meals ToGo featuring succulent free-range birds with plenty of flavor. Our holiday menu is perfect for any sized gathering. We offer full feasts with all the trimmings scaled to feed 8-10 folks, a family of four, or a cozy meal for two. If Aunt Martha has the all of the sides covered, you can just buy a whole turkey, two breasts, or a single breast for smaller meals.
Thanksgiving Meals ToGo are available for pick up onTuesday, November 24th, Wednesday, November 25th, or Friday, November 27th. Please give 48 hours notice when ordering.
Zingerman’s Roadhouse and Roadshow will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
Happy Thanksgiving from Zingerman’s!
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Tom Root
If you’re reading a description for an upcoming Speaker Series session, it’s pretty much a given that you understand why it’s important to constantly be learning, growing and improving – both as a person and as a business.
The idea of Continuous Improvement and the accompanying Lean Methodologies are well established in the world of manufacturing. But what if you could apply those same principles to everything in your life and work? What if someone gave you a recipe for improvement?
Join us on Wednesday, November 11th, 8-930am, for this game-changing Speaker Series session with Zingerman’s Lean Guru – Tom Root. Tom is the Managing Partner at Zingerman’s Mail Order and has applied these concepts to both obvious and unexpected facets of the Mail Order’s operations. He is now teaching the other Zingerman’s businesses to apply these concepts in their day-to-day work – from building a sandwich to creating a promotional poster!
COME to this session to :
FIGURE OUT where to begin your quest for constant improvement
HEAR ABOUT Zingerman’s recipe for improvement and our recipe for how to create a good recipe!
Be warned, you might never be able to look at your life the same way again!
Crafting Creative Cocktails at Zingerman’s Events on 4th
Dave Rice, our sandwich line manager, has a passion for creating cocktails and he’s been doing it for years. Join us on Wednesday, November 11th, 630pm, for an evening with him as we explore, make and drink a few fun concoctions using out of the box ingredients from our retail shelves. You’ll leave excited to head home to your own bar and begin creating.
Cocktail Class at Cornman Farms: Sensational Scotch
Complex. Smoky. Sophisticated. Scotch is all of these and much more. What’s it’s not is a popular cocktail ingredient, at least, not until now. While most scotch enthusiasts prefer their liquor neat or with a few cubes, some intrepid bartenders are starting to savor the smoky smoothness of scotch whiskey as a proper cocktail mixing ingredient. Scotch cocktails are popping up with greater frequency at bars in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Join us Friday, November 13th, 7pm, at the farm for a discussion of the history of scotch whiskey, both in its native Scotland and in America. Guests will craft three distinct scotch-based cocktails: a pre-Prohibition darling called the Mamie Taylor, a 1970s club classic known as the Godfather, and a new twist on a basic recipe created just for this evening, the Honey Do. Whether you are a scotch lover looking for a new way to enjoy the spirit, or a newcomer to the scene who’s not quite ready to drink this liquor on its own, this class is for you. You’ll enjoy delicious appetizers prepared by the talented chefs at Cornman Farms and leave with recipes for all the cocktails made during the class.
Educational Tour: Welcome to Cornman Farms
Our Welcome to Cornman Farms Tour is an exciting 90 minute introduction to the rich history, agricultural projects and humane raising of animals. Join us for a look at our vegetable and herb gardens, goat milking operation and historic restored Farmhouse and Barn—and enjoy a meet-and-greet with our visionary Managing Partner, Kieron Hales. We’ll even throw in a taste of one of our seasonal vegetables!
Sunday, November 15th, 4pm.
See you soon!
Cider Celebration with Vander Mill at Zingerman’s Creamery
The fall air is crisp and so are the hard ciders from Vander Mill! On Thursday, November 5th, 6pm, we’ll pair up a range of their ciders with cheeses from our shop – with one of our cheesemongers to talk all about the cheeses and some special guests from Vander Mill to introduce us to their great hard ciders. We’ll end the evening on a sweet note with some cider sorbet made at the Creamery! This tasting is a great way to get ready for the upcoming holidays, you will leave armed with notes on the cheeses, ciders, and how we choose the pairings, ready to wow your guests.
Grits, Grains, and Glenn at Zingerman’s Roadhouse
In 1998, Glenn Roberts sold almost all his earthly possessions and went in search of heirloom varieties of corn, rice, and wheat. His mission: to grow, harvest and mill these antebellum varieties organically and restore them to a viable economic existence. And so he founded Anson Mills, and the culinary world was forever changed. Glenn’s attention to detail, his commitment to grow organically, and his determination to mill the grains as carefully as they’re grown attracted well-known chefs who began to use and promote his products. Today Glenn works with over 30 growers in six states to reproduce these heirloom grains.
On Tuesday, November 10, 7pm, Zingerman’s Roadhouse Chef Alex and Glenn will cook up a menu that reveals the subtle character of each grain and emphasizes the invaluable place that each has in the South.
Please join us for this rare visit by the man who Food Republic called “The Guy To Know For Heirloom Grains In America.”
DINNER MENU
- Chestnut Flour Goat Cheese Ravioli with Sage and Lemon
- A Flight of Grits: Gourd Seed, Flint and Dent
- Poly-Crop Flour Biscuits with Benne Cream and Butter
- Petite Rouge Peas (pre 1812) and Country Ham
- Lamb “Osso Buco” Posole
with green chiles, nixtimal corn and salsa rojo - New Crop Rice Grits Souffle with maple and Cream
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Tom Root
If you’re reading a description for an upcoming Speaker Series session, it’s pretty much a given that you understand why it’s important to constantly be learning, growing and improving – both as a person and as a business.
The idea of Continuous Improvement and the accompanying Lean Methodologies are well established in the world of manufacturing. But what if you could apply those same principles to everything in your life and work? What if someone gave you a recipe for improvement?
Join us on Wednesday, November 11th, 8-930am, for this game-changing Speaker Series session with Zingerman’s Lean Guru – Tom Root. Tom is the Managing Partner at Zingerman’s Mail Order and has applied these concepts to both obvious and unexpected facets of the Mail Order’s operations. He is now teaching the other Zingerman’s businesses to apply these concepts in their day-to-day work – from building a sandwich to creating a promotional poster!
COME to this session to :
FIGURE OUT where to begin your quest for constant improvement
HEAR ABOUT Zingerman’s recipe for improvement and our recipe for how to create a good recipe!
Be warned, you might never be able to look at your life the same way again!
Crafting Creative Cocktails at Zingerman’s Events on 4th
Dave Rice, our sandwich line manager, has a passion for creating cocktails and he’s been doing it for years. Join us on Wednesday, November 11th, 630pm, for an evening with him as we explore, make and drink a few fun concoctions using out of the box ingredients from our retail shelves. You’ll leave excited to head home to your own bar and begin creating.
Cocktail Class at Cornman Farms: Sensational Scotch
Complex. Smoky. Sophisticated. Scotch is all of these and much more. What’s it’s not is a popular cocktail ingredient, at least, not until now. While most scotch enthusiasts prefer their liquor neat or with a few cubes, some intrepid bartenders are starting to savor the smoky smoothness of scotch whiskey as a proper cocktail mixing ingredient. Scotch cocktails are popping up with greater frequency at bars in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Join us Friday, November 13th, 7pm, at the farm for a discussion of the history of scotch whiskey, both in its native Scotland and in America. Guests will craft three distinct scotch-based cocktails: a pre-Prohibition darling called the Mamie Taylor, a 1970s club classic known as the Godfather, and a new twist on a basic recipe created just for this evening, the Honey Do. Whether you are a scotch lover looking for a new way to enjoy the spirit, or a newcomer to the scene who’s not quite ready to drink this liquor on its own, this class is for you. You’ll enjoy delicious appetizers prepared by the talented chefs at Cornman Farms and leave with recipes for all the cocktails made during the class.
Educational Tour: Welcome to Cornman Farms
Our Welcome to Cornman Farms Tour is an exciting 90 minute introduction to the rich history, agricultural projects and humane raising of animals. Join us for a look at our vegetable and herb gardens, goat milking operation and historic restored Farmhouse and Barn—and enjoy a meet-and-greet with our visionary Managing Partner, Kieron Hales. We’ll even throw in a taste of one of our seasonal vegetables!
Sunday, November 15th, 4pm.
See you soon!
9th Annual Halloween Hootenanny at Zingerman’s Deli
The Hootenanny is a fall-themed, Zingerman’s-style celebration for kids, 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 invite you to stop by and play for a while! You’ll enjoy music and complimentary snacks as you participate at your own pace. We’ll have cider and donuts available for purchase.
Costumes are not required, but they are encouraged!
Tuesday, October 27th, 4-7pm.
On the Deli Patio
Tickets $5 per kid in advance/$8 per kid at the door
Parents are free!
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Eleni Kelakos
Great leaders and great actors are remarkably alike. Both radiate a powerful, transformational presence. Both use their vocal, physical and energetic presence to move us to thought, feeling and action. Both strive not for perfection but for excellence. Both inspire us to follow them, believe them and trust them.
Here is one more thing that Eleni Kelakos believes that great leaders and actors have in common – they seek to achieve Presence Mastery, the art of being fully who they are wherever they are no matter who’s watching or what’s at stake. And they commit to taking regular, ritualized actions to achieve presence (and presentation) mastery, so they can speak and lead with the greatest impact.
In this interactive session, Eleni Kelakos will teach you how to achieve Presence Mastery using acting methodologies honed from her experience as a professional actor in New York and Hollywood.
Join us on Wednesday, October 28th, 8-930am to learn:
- The 5 Principles of Transformational Presence– the building blocks of presence, presentation and performance mastery
- A simple, actor-based methodology to identify and develop your “Type” or Personal Leadership Brand
- Techniques to minimize the Lies That Bind you so you can lead with confidence and courage in pressurized scenarios
- The 10-minute Daily Presence Practice
- The Waiting in the Wings Warmup for optimum presence and performance
- The Final Four Questions, for ongoing development of your leadership presence and presentation excellence
If you are committed to achieving mastery as a conscious communicator and leader-this speaker series session is for you!
The 10th Annual Vampire’s Ball: A Benefit for Food Gatherers
Put on your cape and sink your fangs into a spooky night of fun and good food at the 10th Annual Vampires’ Ball hosted at Zingerman’s Cornman Farms on Friday, October 30th, 6-1130pm. Vampires’ Ball is a festive, upscale gathering featuring food prepared by James Beard Award-Winning Chef Alex Young of Zingerman’s Roadhouse. Funds raised at Vampires’ Ball benefit Food Gatherers Community Kitchen and Job Training Program.
Dinner Package (6:00 – 11:30 PM): $200 each (limited quantity available)
- Drinks and appetizers
- Seated, multi-course dinner prepared by Chef Alex Young in the farmhouse and dessert from Zingerman’s Bakehouse
- All items included in the Drinks & Dancing package
Drinks & Dancing Package (7:30 – 11:30 PM): $60 each
- Dancing and entertainment, including music, costume contest, tarot card reading, and photobooth
- Two complimentary drink tickets
- Late-night snacks from Zingerman’s Roadhouse
- Premium goody bag
About the Food Gatherers Community Kitchen and Job Training Program
The mission of the Food Gatherers Community Kitchen is to engage and nourish our entire community. Located in the Robert J. Delonis Center, Food Gatherers staff and volunteers serve more than 100,000 meals to people in need each year.
The Community Kitchen Job Training Program provides low-income and at-risk youth (ages 17-21) with instruction in basic culinary arts, food safety, work ethics and life skills. Students build firm foundations for success in future careers while decreasing the chances of entering the shelter system or other emergency services.
The Food Gatherers Community Kitchen and Job Training Program are essential efforts in our overall plan to alleviate hunger and eliminate its root causes in our community.
No Tricks, Only Treats in the Deli Next Door
Chocolate in Chelsea Demo
Cathy Selin, one of our favorite chocolatiers from Chocolate in Chelsea, recently moved her operations from New York City to Ann Arbor and is excited to visit the Next Door to share her hand-made chocolates with you. Her variety of bonbons, from inventive to classic flavors, are rich, creamy and full of flavor. Curious for a taste? Have questions about truffle making? Stop by Zingerman’s Next Door Saturday, October 31st, 12-3pm, to meet Cathy!
This event is FREE!
Cider Celebration with Vander Mill at Zingerman’s Creamery
The fall air is crisp and so are the hard ciders from Vander Mill! On Thursday, November 5th, 6pm, we’ll pair up a range of their ciders with cheeses from our shop – with one of our cheesemongers to talk all about the cheeses and some special guests from Vander Mill to introduce us to their great hard ciders. We’ll end the evening on a sweet note with some cider sorbet made at the Creamery! This tasting is a great way to get ready for the upcoming holidays, you will leave armed with notes on the cheeses, ciders, and how we choose the pairings, ready to wow your guests.
Grits, Grains, and Glenn at Zingerman’s Roadhouse
In 1998, Glenn Roberts sold almost all his earthly possessions and went in search of heirloom varieties of corn, rice, and wheat. His mission: to grow, harvest and mill these antebellum varieties organically and restore them to a viable economic existence. And so he founded Anson Mills, and the culinary world was forever changed. Glenn’s attention to detail, his commitment to grow organically, and his determination to mill the grains as carefully as they’re grown attracted well-known chefs who began to use and promote his products. Today Glenn works with over 30 growers in six states to reproduce these heirloom grains.
On Tuesday, November 10, 7pm, Zingerman’s Roadhouse Chef Alex and Glenn will cook up a menu that reveals the subtle character of each grain and emphasizes the invaluable place that each has in the South.
Please join us for this rare visit by the man who Food Republic called “The Guy To Know For Heirloom Grains In America.”
DINNER MENU
- Chestnut Flour Goat Cheese Ravioli with Sage and Lemon
- A Flight of Grits: Gourd Seed, Flint and Dent
- Poly-Crop Flour Biscuits with Benne Cream and Butter
- Petite Rouge Peas (pre 1812) and Country Ham
- Lamb “Osso Buco” Posole
with green chiles, nixtimal corn and salsa rojo - New Crop Rice Grits Souffle with maple and Cream
Reserve your seat here
See you soon!
Pawpaw Party with Neal Peterson at Zingerman’s Creamery
The Pawpaw tree bears fruit that is large, yellowish-green with a hint of brown. It contains many large brown seeds within the edible fruit pulp. When the Pawpaw trees flower, the fruit is first green and then begins to mature in September and lasts through October. Join us TONIGHT, October 20th, 530pm, as we celebrate this tasty and unique fruit with a visit from Neal Peterson, a plant scientist who specializes in Pawpaws. We’ll start the evening off with a demonstration of how we use Pawpaw at the Creamery to create our one of our signature gelato flavors, then Neal will talk about this special American fruit. We’ll have samples of freshly made Pawpaw Gelato to taste during Neal’s presentation, and season permitting, fresh pawpaw fruit for tasting and for sale in our shop.
Westside Farmers’ Market Fundraiser Dinner at Zingerman’s Roadhouse
Now in its 10th year, the Westside Farmers’ Market brings incredible, locally sourced food to Ann Arbor’s Westside every Thursday afternoon during the summer. Zingerman’s Roadhouse is proudly supporting the market with a celebratory fall harvest dinner featuring Westside Farmers’ Market vendors. The dinner is a fundraiser for three new Market outreach programs in 2016:
- School to Market program in collaboration with Agrarian Adventure
- Senior community transportation to the Market
- Educational Market group tours
The vision for these programs is to increase market access and awareness throughout the Westside community while improving the Westside Farmers’ Market long-term sustainability. Your support will help make this vision become a reality.
James Beard award-winning Chef Alex Young has created a menu featuring the beautifully grown produce and sustainable raised meats from Westside’s vendors.The meal will also feature Laurentide wine pairings, one of our favorite vendors from Leelanau, Michigan. Please join us on TONIGHT, October 20th, 7pm, as we enjoy the peak flavors of the season at this very special dinner!
Manchesters United! at Zingerman’s Creamery
Join us Thursday, October, 22nd, 6pm, for this evening celebrating one of our flagship cheeses! Our Manchester cheese is one of the first aged cow’s milk cheese we started making at the Zingerman’s Creamery around 10 years ago! They are currently being made with the lush Jersey cow’s milk from the Van Buskirk family farm down in Carleton, Michigan. Join us as we taste through three ages of the Manchester as well as it’s sibling cheeses the Manistique and Washtenaw. In addition we’ll taste two sweet preparations, one that has been topped with Michigan tart cherries soaked in Riesling from Bower’s Harbor Winery; and one that we have sprinkled with a bit of demerara sugar and bruleed on top! We’ll have crusty bread, seasonal pickled veggies, and other palate cleansers on hand to pair up with the cheeses!
9th Annual Halloween Hootenanny at Zingerman’s Deli
The Hootenanny is a fall-themed, Zingerman’s-style celebration for kids, 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 invite you to stop by and play for a while! You’ll enjoy music and complimentary snacks as you participate at your own pace. We’ll have cider and donuts available for purchase.
Costumes are not required, but they are encouraged!
Tuesday, October 27th, 4-7pm.
On the Deli Patio
Tickets $5 per kid in advance/$8 per kid at the door
Parents are free!
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Eleni Kelakos
Great leaders and great actors are remarkably alike. Both radiate a powerful, transformational presence. Both use their vocal, physical and energetic presence to move us to thought, feeling and action. Both strive not for perfection but for excellence. Both inspire us to follow them, believe them and trust them.
Here is one more thing that Eleni Kelakos believes that great leaders and actors have in common – they seek to achieve Presence Mastery, the art of being fully who they are wherever they are no matter who’s watching or what’s at stake. And they commit to taking regular, ritualized actions to achieve presence (and presentation) mastery, so they can speak and lead with the greatest impact.
In this interactive session, Eleni Kelakos will teach you how to achieve Presence Mastery using acting methodologies honed from her experience as a professional actor in New York and Hollywood.
Join us on Wednesday, October 28th, 8-930am to learn:
- The 5 Principles of Transformational Presence– the building blocks of presence, presentation and performance mastery
- A simple, actor-based methodology to identify and develop your “Type” or Personal Leadership Brand
- Techniques to minimize the Lies That Bind you so you can lead with confidence and courage in pressurized scenarios
- The 10-minute Daily Presence Practice
- The Waiting in the Wings Warmup for optimum presence and performance
- The Final Four Questions, for ongoing development of your leadership presence and presentation excellence
If you are committed to achieving mastery as a conscious communicator and leader-this speaker series session is for you!
The 10th Annual Vampire’s Ball: A Benefit for Food Gatherers
Put on your cape and sink your fangs into a spooky night of fun and good food at the 10th Annual Vampires’ Ball hosted at Zingerman’s Cornman Farms on Friday, October 30th, 6-1130pm. Vampires’ Ball is a festive, upscale gathering featuring food prepared by James Beard Award-Winning Chef Alex Young of Zingerman’s Roadhouse. Funds raised at Vampires’ Ball benefit Food Gatherers Community Kitchen and Job Training Program.
Dinner Package (6:00 – 11:30 PM): $200 each (limited quantity available)
- Drinks and appetizers
- Seated, multi-course dinner prepared by Chef Alex Young in the farmhouse and dessert from Zingerman’s Bakehouse
- All items included in the Drinks & Dancing package
Drinks & Dancing Package (7:30 – 11:30 PM): $60 each
- Dancing and entertainment, including music, costume contest, tarot card reading, and photobooth
- Two complimentary drink tickets
- Late-night snacks from Zingerman’s Roadhouse
- Premium goody bag
About the Food Gatherers Community Kitchen and Job Training Program
The mission of the Food Gatherers Community Kitchen is to engage and nourish our entire community. Located in the Robert J. Delonis Center, Food Gatherers staff and volunteers serve more than 100,000 meals to people in need each year.
The Community Kitchen Job Training Program provides low-income and at-risk youth (ages 17-21) with instruction in basic culinary arts, food safety, work ethics and life skills. Students build firm foundations for success in future careers while decreasing the chances of entering the shelter system or other emergency services.
The Food Gatherers Community Kitchen and Job Training Program are essential efforts in our overall plan to alleviate hunger and eliminate its root causes in our community.
See you soon!
Creating a Creative Organization:
A breakfast with Zingerman’s Co-Founder Ari Weinzweig
Feeling a little flat some days? Looking to up your creative ante? Thinking about to how to move your crew closer to the creative edge?
How about starting your day with one of the more interesting and creative mornings you’ll have this year? Creativity is one of the key themes of Ari’s most recent book, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 3; A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Managing Ourselves. Join us this morning, 730 – 9am at Zingerman’s Roadhouse, enjoy bit of breakfast and coffee, and Ari will get your morning moving in a very positive way!
Increased innovation and creativity are things that almost everyone in the world are after. Many people are very creative in their own work. And yet, few of us really understand what we can do to create the conditions that significantly increase the odds of creative activity taking place. During the course of the session, Ari will talk about what happens so often to inhibit creativity, and what we can to enhance it, both for ourselves and for our organizations. The more we tap our innate creativity, the more we enhance it organizationally, the more effectively we can operate, the more we increase our energy and the more rewarding our work will be!
Breakfast served at 7:30 am, Presentation begins at 8:00 am
Continental breakfast featuring Zingerman’s Bakehouse muffins, croissants, coffeecake, bagels, Zingerman’s Creamery cream cheese, fresh fruit, and Zingerman’s Coffee Company Roadhouse Joe.
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Leading with Mojo with Marisa Smith
Marisa Smith, owner and founder of the Whole Brain Group, believes that a critical part of Leading with Mojo is attracting the employees, co-workers and customers you want to work with.
Three years ago, Marisa found herself quite done with all of the classic frustrations that come with growth. She finally decided that an important way to address these frustrations was to be intentional about who she worked with – be it employees, co-workers, or even customers! And she did. And now she’s here to tell you how you can.
JOIN us to learn how Marisa:
- CRAFTED a vision of success
- IMPLEMENTED a series of simple tools to make that vision a reality
- DISCOVERED that she ended up with more flexibility, freedom, and revenue in the process!
We anticipate that this session will be chock full of a-ha moments for you!
Brewing methods at Zingerman’s Coffee Company
On Sunday, October 18th, 1pm, learn the keys to successful coffee brewing using a wide variety of brewing methods from filter drip to syphon pot. This tasting session will explore a single coffee brewed 6 to 8 different ways, each producing a unique taste. A demonstration of the proper proportions and techniques for each method and a discussion of the merits and differences of each style will take place.
Pawpaw Party with Neal Peterson at Zingerman’s Creamery
The Pawpaw tree bears fruit that is large, yellowish-green with a hint of brown. It contains many large brown seeds within the edible fruit pulp. When the Pawpaw trees flower, the fruit is first green and then begins to mature in September and lasts through October. Join us Tuesday, October 20th, 530pm, as we celebrate this tasty and unique fruit with a visit from Neal Peterson, a plant scientist who specializes in Pawpaws. We’ll start the evening off with a demonstration of how we use Pawpaw at the Creamery to create our one of our signature gelato flavors, then Neal will talk about this special American fruit. We’ll have samples of freshly made Pawpaw Gelato to taste during Neal’s presentation, and season permitting, fresh pawpaw fruit for tasting and for sale in our shop.
Westside Farmers’ Market Fundraiser Dinner at Zingerman’s Roadhouse
Now in its 10th year, the Westside Farmers’ Market brings incredible, locally sourced food to Ann Arbor’s Westside every Thursday afternoon during the summer. Zingerman’s Roadhouse is proudly supporting the market with a celebratory fall harvest dinner featuring Westside Farmers’ Market vendors. The dinner is a fundraiser for three new Market outreach programs in 2016:
- School to Market program in collaboration with Agrarian Adventure
- Senior community transportation to the Market
- Educational Market group tours
The vision for these programs is to increase market access and awareness throughout the Westside community while improving the Westside Farmers’ Market long-term sustainability. Your support will help make this vision become a reality.
James Beard award-winning Chef Alex Young has created a menu featuring the beautifully grown produce and sustainable raised meats from Westside’s vendors.The meal will also feature Laurentide wine pairings, one of our favorite vendors from Leelanau, Michigan. Please join us on Tuesday, October 20th, 7pm, as we enjoy the peak flavors of the season at this very special dinner!
Manchesters United! at Zingerman’s Creamery
Join us Thursday, October, 22nd, 6pm, for this evening celebrating one of our flagship cheeses! Our Manchester cheese is one of the first aged cow’s milk cheese we started making at the Zingerman’s Creamery around 10 years ago! They are currently being made with the lush Jersey cow’s milk from the Van Buskirk family farm down in Carleton, Michigan. Join us as we taste through three ages of the Manchester as well as it’s sibling cheeses the Manistique and Washtenaw. In addition we’ll taste two sweet preparations, one that has been topped with Michigan tart cherries soaked in Riesling from Bower’s Harbor Winery; and one that we have sprinkled with a bit of demerara sugar and bruleed on top! We’ll have crusty bread, seasonal pickled veggies, and other palate cleansers on hand to pair up with the cheeses!
9th Annual Halloween Hootenanny at Zingerman’s Deli
The Hootenanny is a fall-themed, Zingerman’s-style celebration for kids, 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 invite you to stop by and play for a while! You’ll enjoy music and complimentary snacks as you participate at your own pace. We’ll have cider and donuts available for purchase.
Costumes are not required, but they are encouraged!
Tuesday, October 27th, 4-7pm.
On the Deli Patio
Tickets $5 per kid in advance/$8 per kid at the door
Parents are free!
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Eleni Kelakos
Great leaders and great actors are remarkably alike. Both radiate a powerful, transformational presence. Both use their vocal, physical and energetic presence to move us to thought, feeling and action. Both strive not for perfection but for excellence. Both inspire us to follow them, believe them and trust them.
Here is one more thing that Eleni Kelakos believes that great leaders and actors have in common – they seek to achieve Presence Mastery, the art of being fully who they are wherever they are no matter who’s watching or what’s at stake. And they commit to taking regular, ritualized actions to achieve presence (and presentation) mastery, so they can speak and lead with the greatest impact.
In this interactive session, Eleni Kelakos will teach you how to achieve Presence Mastery using acting methodologies honed from her experience as a professional actor in New York and Hollywood.
Join us on Wednesday, October 28th, 8-930am to learn:
- The 5 Principles of Transformational Presence– the building blocks of presence, presentation and performance mastery
- A simple, actor-based methodology to identify and develop your “Type” or Personal Leadership Brand
- Techniques to minimize the Lies That Bind you so you can lead with confidence and courage in pressurized scenarios
- The 10-minute Daily Presence Practice
- The Waiting in the Wings Warmup for optimum presence and performance
- The Final Four Questions, for ongoing development of your leadership presence and presentation excellence
If you are committed to achieving mastery as a conscious communicator and leader-this speaker series session is for you!
See you soon!
Made in Italy: An Italian American Dinner at Zingerman’s Roadhouse
On Tuesday, October 6th, 7pm, Gustiamo, one of our favorite suppliers of Italy’s finest, featuring extra aged balsamic vinegars, extra virgin olive, San Marzona tomatoes and Martelli pasta, will visit Ann Arbor for a very sepcial dinner at Zingerman’s Roadhouse.
Like Zingerman’s, Gustiamo is uncompromisingly dedicated to good food and good people. Located in the heart of New York City, Beatrice Ughi and Edoardo Dal Santo focus on bringing the best of Italy to the stomachs of the America. Together with Chef Alex the three of them have designed a menu inspired by the city of Rome, using all original recipes from Italy. The dishes are close to Beatrice’s heart, as she grew up in Rome, all very simple with few ingredients. But it is the few ingredients being the best Italy has to offer that makes them so delicious. The dishes on this menu tell a story of Italy and the land around Rome, from the lamb from the countryside to the San Marzano tomatoes from the neighboring regions, these are iconic Italian meals, when they are done right, they are heaven. Divine in their simplicity.
Cocktail Class at Cornman Farms: Bourbon Basics
The story of bourbon is the story of America itself. Smoky, sweet, spicy and complex, this corn-based spirit has been a part of our culture for centuries. Recognized by Congress in 1964 as a “distinctive product of the United States,” bourbon is our national liquor. The history of our native spirit is long and colorful, and continues to unfold all around us. Join us this week as we celebrate our only indigenous liquor by mixing three Bourbon-based cocktails and discussing what it is that makes bourbon so tasty and so special to the United States. We’ll be featuring spirits from both bourbon’s ancestral home in Kentucky and our local craft distillers in Michigan. Settle in at our lovingly restored century-old Barn, partake in appetizers crafted by the farm’s own chefs, and feel like a patriot as you imbibe our native spirit! Wednesday, October 7th, 7pm.
An Evening with Brewery Vivant at Zingerman’s Creamery
Founded in part by a former Bar Manager at Zingerman’s Roadhouse, Brewery Vivant in Grand Rapids brews with a passion for sour beers and other unique styles. Ben Darcie from Brewery Vivant will be on hand to introduce us to their beers as one of our cheesemongers presents cheese pairings from the shop for each beer! We’ll have crusty breads, seasonal pickled veggies, and other palate cleansers on hand to enjoy with the pairings. Join us on Thursday, October 8th, 6pm.
*You must be 21 or older to attend this event
Creating a Creative Organization:
A breakfast with Zingerman’s Co-Founder Ari Weinzweig
Feeling a little flat some days? Looking to up your creative ante? Thinking about to how to move your crew closer to the creative edge?
How about starting your day with one of the more interesting and creative mornings you’ll have this year? Creativity is one of the key themes of Ari’s most recent book, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 3; A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Managing Ourselves. Join us Tuesday, October 13th at Zingerman’s Roadhouse, enjoy bit of breakfast and coffee, and Ari will get your morning moving in a very positive way!
Increased innovation and creativity are things that almost everyone in the world are after. Many people are very creative in their own work. And yet, few of us really understand what we can do to create the conditions that significantly increase the odds of creative activity taking place. During the course of the session, Ari will talk about what happens so often to inhibit creativity, and what we can to enhance it, both for ourselves and for our organizations. The more we tap our innate creativity, the more we enhance it organizationally, the more effectively we can operate, the more we increase our energy and the more rewarding our work will be!
Breakfast served at 7:30 am, Presentation begins at 8:00 am
Continental breakfast featuring Zingerman’s Bakehouse muffins, croissants, coffeecake, bagels, Zingerman’s Creamery cream cheese, fresh fruit, and Zingerman’s Coffee Company Roadhouse Joe.
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Leading with Mojo with Marisa Smith
Marisa Smith, owner and founder of the Whole Brain Group, believes that a critical part of Leading with Mojo is attracting the employees, co-workers and customers you want to work with.
Three years ago, Marisa found herself quite done with all of the classic frustrations that come with growth. She finally decided that an important way to address these frustrations was to be intentional about who she worked with – be it employees, co-workers, or even customers! And she did. And now she’s here to tell you how you can.
JOIN us to learn how Marisa:
- CRAFTED a vision of success
- IMPLEMENTED a series of simple tools to make that vision a reality
- DISCOVERED that she ended up with more flexibility, freedom, and revenue in the process!
We anticipate that this session will be chock full of a-ha moments for you!
Brewing methods at Zingerman’s Coffee Company
On Sunday, October 18th, 1pm, learn the keys to successful coffee brewing using a wide variety of brewing methods from filter drip to syphon pot. This tasting session will explore a single coffee brewed 6 to 8 different ways, each producing a unique taste. A demonstration of the proper proportions and techniques for each method and a discussion of the merits and differences of each style will take place.
Pawpaw Party with Neal Peterson at Zingerman’s Creamery
The Pawpaw tree bears fruit that is large, yellowish-green with a hint of brown. It contains many large brown seeds within the edible fruit pulp. When the Pawpaw trees flower, the fruit is first green and then begins to mature in September and lasts through October. Join us Tuesday, October 20th, 530pm, as we celebrate this tasty and unique fruit with a visit from Neal Peterson, a plant scientist who specializes in Pawpaws. We’ll start the evening off with a demonstration of how we use Pawpaw at the Creamery to create our one of our signature gelato flavors, then Neal will talk about this special American fruit. We’ll have samples of freshly made Pawpaw Gelato to taste during Neal’s presentation, and season permitting, fresh pawpaw fruit for tasting and for sale in our shop.
Westside Farmers’ Market Fundraiser Dinner at Zingerman’s Roadhouse
Now in its 10th year, the Westside Farmers’ Market brings incredible, locally sourced food to Ann Arbor’s Westside every Thursday afternoon during the summer. Zingerman’s Roadhouse is proudly supporting the market with a celebratory fall harvest dinner featuring Westside Farmers’ Market vendors. The dinner is a fundraiser for three new Market outreach programs in 2016:
-“School to Market” program in collaboration with Agrarian Adventure
– Senior community transportation to the Market
– Educational Market group tours
The vision for these programs is to increase market access and awareness throughout the Westside community while improving the Westside Farmers’ Market long-term sustainability. Your support will help make this vision become a reality.
James Beard award-winning Chef Alex Young has created a menu featuring the beautifully grown produce and sustainable raised meats from Westside’s vendors.The meal will also feature Laurentide wine pairings, one of our favorite vendors from Leelanau, Michigan. Please join us on Tuesday, October 20th, 7pm, as we enjoy the peak flavors of the season at this very special dinner!
Manchesters United! at Zingerman’s Creamery
Join us Thursday, October, 22nd, 6pm, for this evening celebrating one of our flagship cheeses! Our Manchester cheese is one of the first aged cow’s milk cheese we started making at the Zingerman’s Creamery around 10 years ago! They are currently being made with the lush Jersey cow’s milk from the Van Buskirk family farm down in Carleton, Michigan. Join us as we taste through three ages of the Manchester as well as it’s sibling cheeses the Manistique and Washtenaw. In addition we’ll taste two sweet preparations, one that has been topped with Michigan tart cherries soaked in Riesling from Bower’s Harbor Winery; and one that we have sprinkled with a bit of demerara sugar and bruleed on top! We’ll have crusty bread, seasonal pickled veggies, and other palate cleansers on hand to pair up with the cheeses!
9th Annual Halloween Hootenanny at Zingerman’s Deli
The Hootenanny is a fall-themed, Zingerman’s-style celebration for kids, 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 invite you to stop by and play for a while! You’ll enjoy music and complimentary snacks as you participate at your own pace. We’ll have cider and donuts available for purchase.
Costumes are not required, but they are encouraged!
Tuesday, October 27th, 4-7pm.
On the Deli Patio
Tickets $5 per kid in advance/$8 per kid at the door
Parents are free!
ZingTrain Speaker Series: Eleni Kelakos
Great leaders and great actors are remarkably alike. Both radiate a powerful, transformational presence. Both use their vocal, physical and energetic presence to move us to thought, feeling and action. Both strive not for perfection but for excellence. Both inspire us to follow them, believe them and trust them.
Here is one more thing that Eleni Kelakos believes that great leaders and actors have in common – they seek to achieve Presence Mastery, the art of being fully who they are wherever they are no matter who’s watching or what’s at stake. And they commit to taking regular, ritualized actions to achieve presence (and presentation) mastery, so they can speak and lead with the greatest impact.
In this interactive session, Eleni Kelakos will teach you how to achieve Presence Mastery using acting methodologies honed from her experience as a professional actor in New York and Hollywood.
Join us on Wednesday, October 28th, 8-930am to learn:
- The 5 Principles of Transformational Presence– the building blocks of presence, presentation and performance mastery
- A simple, actor-based methodology to identify and develop your “Type” or Personal Leadership Brand
- Techniques to minimize the Lies That Bind you so you can lead with confidence and courage in pressurized scenarios
- The 10-minute Daily Presence Practice
- The Waiting in the Wings Warmup for optimum presence and performance
- The Final Four Questions, for ongoing development of your leadership presence and presentation excellence
If you are committed to achieving mastery as a conscious communicator and leader-this speaker series session is for you!
See you soon!