The Science of Gelato
An interactive class for elementary school children taught by Barista Shavanna Holland!
Here is Wednesdays class making monkey shines and cross eyes for the camera! These students picked Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough as their favorite gelato and named it "Cookie Dough Dough Dough!"
The students enjoyed weighing and checking the temperature of the gelato. They learned that American ice cream is served colder than gelato and that gelato weighs a lot more than ice cream!
The students were pretty good at figuring out the ingredients in each gelato by using their taste buds! Here students record their favorite flavor.
Here students show how gelato is slow churned to make it super creamy. The Monday class picked Peanut Butter Fudge as it's favorite flavor and named it "Peanut Butter Nut Nut"
Behind the Counter Latte Adventure
Guests being taught the art of latte making by Barista Deborah Keaton
Cake Decorating Class
The class decided that cup cakes were a lot less intimidating than decorating a whole cake in this Intro to Cake Decorating class taught by Beth Lanni!
Tea 101
Barista Heather Avant shares her passion for tea with guests during Tea 101! Students learned correct brewing techniques and sampled many varieties of tea.
Creme Brulee Demo
Tristin Murphy showed guests a short cut to making one of Pies & Plates popular desserts - creme brulee!
Cake Decorating Contest for Charity
Pies & Plates cake decorating contest raised money for homeless teens in Charlotte County. This was our FIRST ANNUAL decorating contest so all you cake decorators out there need to start practicing for our next contest!
Winner of the People's Choice Award
Jungle Love (below) by Pies & Plates' s owner - Cindee Murphy
Knife Skills Class
David Scheschowitz demonstrated how you can chop and dice without
cutting your fingers off!
Coffee Cupping
Master Coffee Roaster Ed Miller wowed guests with his extensive coffee knowledge! By far our best attended lecture of the series, Ed had everyone jittery with excitement by the end of class! Well, maybe it wasn't Ed...maybe it was the caffeine!
Coffee tasting is serious business for these cuppers below!
"I think it has a smoky aroma with a winey snap finishing with a floral after taste."
Souper Douper Recipe Contest
Our esteemed judges John Wright, Chuck Kindle and David Scheschowitziz sampled eight soups choosing Carolyn Gulich's "BLT Soup" as the winner. Watch for it on Pies & Plates Menu!
Sarah Reilly's Tools and Gagets class got a bit messy but it was a lot of fun! Everyone got into the action!
Cooking Up Fun
The launch of Pies & Plates' summer cooking program for kids - Cooking Up Fun was a hit with these junior cooks and their moms!
Not only did the students get to assemble Prepped & Ready entrees that they will finish cooking at home with mom but they also had fun making lady bug picture frames for Mother's Day!
Coffee Bean Bag Races
After their cooking class the junior cooks were "hoppy" to burn off a little energy in Pies & Plate's coffee bean bag races!
Bill Zeithammer set up shop for the day at Pies & Plates to help us raise funds for homeless teens in Charlotte County. If you missed out on the opportunity to have your knives sharpened I'm sure Bill can help you out at Isles Do It Best Hardware!
A Trip to the Dog Beach
Pies & Plates staff started off the week with a relaxing trip to the dog beach in Venice. You know what they say about all work and no play!
It was a great week! Thanks to everyone who came to enjoy the festivities and help us celebrate!
If you missed out, don't dispair! We plan to repeat most of our anniversary events this winter during "season". And, we are planning several summer events! Be sure to check your emails from Pies & Plates!
Cindee, Dennis and the Pies & Plates gang!
Phone - 941-505-7437
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