About this Event
Learn it. Make it. Eat it. Gift it.
The annual tradition of panic-buying candles ends right here, right now. (Although we love a good candle.)
Part cooking class, part holiday workshop and part dinner, this hands-on evening is all about learning a few new tricks, eating really well and getting a little holiday gifting handled while you’re at it.
You’ll cook alongside Chef to create four beautiful, gift-ready edible gifts, learning the techniques behind each one as you go. Throughout the evening, those same creations become part of a full dinner—so you’ll be cooking, tasting and eating from start to finish.
Then we’ll package it all up. You’ll head home with four handmade gifts, beautifully packaged + labeled and ready to give—plus the recipes and know-how to make them all over again.
Whether you actually give them away is between you and Santa.
The Gift Department MAY Include:
Hot Honey With a Résumé
Local honey | Dried chile | Toasted coriander | Black lime | Dried orange peel
Learn controlled infusion, balancing heat and building big flavor.
The Holiday Jar That Actually Gets Opened
Port-cranberry + pear mostarda | Mustard seed | Rosemary | Black pepper | Cider vinegar
Fruit preservation, sweet-acid balance and working with whole spices.
Put This on Everything Crunch
Crispy shallot | Toasted pumpkin seed | Sesame | Sourdough crumb | Fennel | Garlic | Nori | Chile
Build a finishing condiment using salt, fat, aroma and several glorious kinds of crunch.
Midnight Drinking Chocolate
Dark cocoa | Toasted milk powder | Espresso | Cinnamon | Ancho chile | Vanilla | Smoked salt
Create a rich, giftable drinking chocolate mix that is decidedly not sad powdered cocoa.
Dinner MAY Include:
The Gift Receipt
Whipped chèvre | Warm sourdough | Black-lime hot honey | Everything crunch | Roasted grapes
Mostarda Made Me Do It
Cider-brined roasted chicken | Port-cranberry pear mostarda | Crispy smashed roots | Bitter greens | Rosemary jus
Drink Your Dessert
Midnight drinking chocolate | Torched vanilla marshmallow | Sour-cherry caramel | Cocoa nib crunch
You’ll Head Home With:
- Four handmade, packaged + labeled edible gifts ready to give
- Recipes, storage + serving instructions
- The skills to recreate everything at home
- Enough holiday confidence to become mildly unbearable
Event venue & nearby stays
Cork & Knife Provisions, 224 South Erie Street, Toledo, United States
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