Lights, Camera, Action: It's Movie Month
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Experience Traditional Provençal Food
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 Provence Food and Wine is a blend of French, Italian, North African and Mediterranean flavors all in one cookbook. Author Viktorija Todorovska offers simple recipes, straightforward advice, and unique yet accessible ingredients.
Co-author François Millo is also an acclaimed photographer, capturing the spirit of Provence, its landscapes, and its people. Join Viktorija and François for an upcoming cooking demonstration and tasting of recipes from their book. Saturday, March 1, 2014
10am-12pm
The Chopping Block at the Mart
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 We are proud to partner with Fine Vintage to bring the prestigious wine courses of The Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) to Chicago. Designed for both wine enthusiasts and the wine trade, these courses offer highly accomplished instructors, fantastic wines, and internationally recognized certification. James Cluer, one of only 312 Masters of Wine in the world and only 38 in North America, is the founder of Fine Vintage and will teach the first courses at The Chopping Block in March himself. |
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Valentine's Day is Almost Here
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Are you sweet on someone? Show them how much you care with a romantic cooking class on Valentine's Day weekend. Purchase a Sizzling Savings Card worth $150 and get an additional $20 that you can spend on a bottle of wine, the tool or ingredient you can't live without, or even another class! Want to impress your date with a tasty and romantic dessert?
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The smell of chicken roasting in the oven warms our hearts just as much as it makes our stomachs growl. As Mike Lintal shares in his latest blog, if you utilize all of it, one chicken can last for days. Did you know the chicken's back is one of the most delicious pieces of the bird? Chef Sara Salzinski's family actually fights over it! Watch her video on how to remove the backbone for roasting in her latest blog. For more chicken know-how, sign up for our A Few Good Hens: Chicken 101 coming up in March. |
 Need even more ideas for chicken? Check out our
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Photo Courtesy of Tasting Table
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Learn the art of slicing and dicing like a chef in our most popular class: Knife Skills. Anthony Todd from Tasting Table did, and he shares what he learned, as well as some extra tips from our Chef Ron Martin.
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 The Chopping Block has received outstanding ratings in Zagat! Thanks to all of our customers for rating us so highly in the 2014 Zagat Chicago Shopping Survey. The survey is based on YOUR opinions, so we really appreciate your support. |
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Are You Still on Our Email List?
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 Our inboxes are fuller than ever these days. So in an effort to bring our mailing list up to date, as well as avoid sending you mail that you may no longer wish to receive, The Chopping Block recently asked our email subscribers to confirm their subscriptions in order to continue to receive our emails. Missed the opt-in email? |
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