April in Pellston Translated!

Each April I say the same thing, grab a friend and head up to Pellston, the Paris of the North, and go antiquing and then stop by The Market for lunch or our special dinner this Saturday, April 25th!.

Who can tell what can be found deep in the cave of Diane Kowalski's eclectic shop across from the train depot?

Enjoy your finds over a cup of Chocolat Chaude or Cafe Presse, and maybe add a Sandwich Jambon Suisse Grille!!

Market Hours Tuesday through Staurday 10 - 4
A Bientot!!

Time for our April in Pellston/Paris Dinner!

April 25, 7:00pm

Savour the flavors of Gay Paris in the chaleureuse confines of the Pellston Market

Hors d' Oeuvres
Chef's Choice

First Course

Prince Edward Island Mussels in a Creamy Reduction sauce over Stir Fried Baby Spinach and topped w/ a Puff Pastry "Lid"

Main Course

Seared Duck Breast w/ a Roasted Fig and Green Peppercorn Sauce

Creamy Polenta

Seasonal Vegetables

Salade

Springtime Salad

Dessert

Floating Islands of Poached Meringues in Creme Anglaise w/ Caramel

Coffee Service

$50 per guest, plus 6% tax and 20% gratuity

Please call 231/539-7100 to reserve

Join us at the Pellston Market, Saturday May 9, 7:00pm for an evening of Cabaret and Tableside Magic by Jania and a Magical Four Course Dinner with Hors d'Oeuvres!
After mingling and enjoying assorted Hors d'Oeuvres, enjoy a

First Course of Three Cheese Raviloi w/a Creamy Sage and Sun Dried Tomato Butter Sauce garnished w/ Fresh Basil, Toasted Pine Nuts and Oven Roasted Tomatoes.

Main Course features Roasted Salmon Filet w/ Red Wine Shitake Sesame Butter Sauce, Grilled Asparagus and Exotic Oriental Rice Pilaf
Salmon w/ Red Wine Butter SAUCE

Salade - Asian Cannage Slaw w/ Honey Ginger Sesame Vinaigrette

Dessert - Semi Frozen White Chocolate Mousse Towers w/ Fresh Strawberry Crush and Passion Fruit Coulis

Cost $50 plus tax and 20% gratuity.
Magic by Jania by donation

Please call 231/539-7100 w/ credit card to reserve
* This venue is alcohol free

Bits and Pieces

Manna Food Project Donation

Manna Food Donation

Last Monday Brenda and I loaded Kathy Hart's Manna Wagon with over $5000 worth of goodies for the food pantry, everyone deserves great food!

Sicily Foodie Tour

Don't Forget, Oct 14 - 23, 2009

We still have a few places for the trip of a lifetime! Download the complete brochure at www.pellstonmarket.com . The cost is $3495 air excluded. We would love to have you join us for this unique event!

Just Arrived this week,

New Chocolate Bars

The ultimate artisan "bean- to -bar" Chocolate by Alan McClure of Patric Chocolate in Missouri! Alan is a micro-batch producer and is one of about 13 such artisans in the United States and has been highly regarded by the press even though his company is very young. I have two whole pages just listing the press articles they have received in the past three years.

In 2007 , he introduced his first bar, a 70% with beans grown in the Sambirano Valley in Madagascar. It is lush and inviting w/ notes of citrus, red wine and berries which embody that complex region, but also with additional notes of cream, caramel, spice and pleasant cocoa to round out the profile of this bar that is surprisingly lacking in bitterness!

I know all of that sounds very flowery, but you really can taste the flavors yourself, we were super impressed with the quality and wanted to share it with you.

The following year Alan released his first 67% Madagascar bar, including cocoa butter pressed at the Patric facility from the same beans of origin, a rarity in the industry. It is a lovely chocolate with lively notes of plum preserves that intermingle with fruits rouge and enticing hints of butter hazelnut toffee!

Last we have the magnificent 75% Madagascar thatcame out this year, robust, yet balanced with subtle notes of toasted nuts, coffee, pleasant cocoa and an undercurrent of citrus and berries. The only ingredients are cocoa beans and pure cane sugar.

Come in and we can talk about and taste chocolate! The 50 gr bars are $6.99.

Thanks for reading, Come and Visit!