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FEB-JUL 2019 DOWNTOWN MARKET CLASSES & EVENTS CULINARY CLASSES • COCKTAIL CLASSES • SPECIAL EVENTS 616.805.5308 DOWNTOWNMARKETGR.COM 435 IONIA AVE SW GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503 COOKINg WITh CrAfT BEEr (21+) Sat, April 13, 6p-8:30p • $90/person Fri, June 28, 6p-8:30p • $90/person WORKSHOPS We’re lucky to live in the city with the best GET HANDS-ON WHILE WORKING TOGETHER craft brews, so don’t just drink the good WITH NEW FOODIE FRIENDS AND LEARN stuff—learn to cook with it too! This beer- THE INS-AND-OUTS OF MAKING CULINARY CLASSES AT THE MARKET inspired menu will include a refreshing CREATIONS THAT YOU CAN TAKE HOME AND Looking to become more confident in the kitchen? Have the seasonal salad with a pale ale vinaigrette, ENJOY! SAMPLING IS ENCOURAGED. AGES 16+. delicious brown ale-braised chicken, and desire to eat healthier, be greener, or cook more? Or do you rich chocolate stout cupcakes. Yes, beer in dessert! Complement your meal with your CHINESE NEW YEAR: simply want a new and fun activity for your next “date night” favorite brew, available for purchase from DumPLINg WOrkshOP our curated list. Sat, February 2, 2p-4p • $75/person or “girls’ night out”? Check out all the fun classes offered at Join us in celebrating the Year of the Pig this Chinese New Year by making Xiaolongbao— the Downtown Market. gET to Know GnocchI traditional chinese soup dumplings! Master Sat, April 20, 6p-8:30p • $90/person the art of filling, forming, pinching, and Discover the expert tips and techniques preparing. Take dozens of your creations behind the traditional potato pasta of home to continue celebrating after you northern Italy as you create two five-star leave this workshop. Pair your culinary gnocchi dishes! You’ll learn everything from experience with a beverage available for selecting the right potato to cutting and purchase from our curated list. shaping the morsels for that light, fluffy texture you love. To top it off, you’ll cook up a savory brown butter sauce and a seasonal RUIN YOUR Resolution shaved root veggie salad. Pair your meal WOrkshOP with a wine selection available for purchase Fri, February 22, 6p-8p • $90/person from our curated list. After hitting the gym hard in January, it’s time to ruin that New Year’s resolution by D.I.y. ThAI (gf, Df) self-indulging with two decadent take- REGISTER FOR CLASSES AT: Fri, May 24, 6p-8:30p • $90/person home recipes. We’ll start by making an Fri, July 26, 6p-8:30p • $90/person unforgettable batch of chocolate stout DOWNTOWNmArKETgr.COm/CLASSES brownies. Then, you’ll learn how to make Experience the flavors of traditional thai the richest mac ‘n cheese you’ve ever tasted cuisine with its strong aromatic components using a secret ingredient. Trust us, this class and spicy edge. Using authentic thai will be worth a cheat day! WArm uP ThE IrISh WAy ingredients, you will learn how to make tom Sat, March 16, 6p-8:30p • $90/person yum goong (hot & sour soup), thai green DINNER SERIES Join us for a St. Patrick’s day celebration beans, and a delicious chicken pad thai. Fat Tuesday PaczKI WOrkshOP PREPARE TO MAKE SOME NEW FOODIE like no other! Begin the night by making You’ll want to ditch the takeout with these Mon, March 4, 6p-8p • $75/person FRIENDS AS YOU WORK TOGETHER WITH classic brown butter soda rolls and irish new skills and recipes! Pair your creations It’s time to celebrate the best time of the OTHER CLASS PARTICIPANTS TO CREATE sausage. Then, experience a traditional irish with a beverage available for purchase from year—Mardi Gras! In this hands-on class, (AND EAT!) A MEAL IN A FUN, HANDS-ON colcannon—a delicious medley of softened our curated list. you’ll learn how to make your own raspberry ENVIRONMENT. AGES 16+. cabbage, leeks, and potatoes. Finally, warm filled pązckis from scratch. Roll, bake, fill, up with homemade irish coffee! Sip on and taste your perfect pązckis, but don’t eat Guinness available for purchase. Tapas DE BArcelona THat’S AMORE: A ROMANTIC Sat, June 22, 6p-8:30p • $90/person them all! Go home with a dozen pązckis to share with your family and friends or just EVENINg IN Italy Entice your international palate as you keep for yourself! Thu, February 14, 6p-8:30p • $90/person Slow your ROLL: explore bold and flavorful staples of spanish In this hands-on Valentine’s Day class, BEgINNEr SuShI cuisine. You will use traditional ingredients make your own ravioli from scratch! You’ll Sat, March 30, 6p-8p • $75/person to make tapas favorites such as pan con frENCh TArT WOrkshOP create a sweet and nutty butternut squash Fri, May 3, 6p-8p • $75/person tomate (tomato bread), stuffed piquillo Sat, May 18, 2p-4:30p • $90/person ravioli cooked in a rich brown butter sauce. In this beginner sushi experience, our peppers, patatas bravas, and tortillas Sat, July 13, 2p-4:30p • $90/person Learn how to emulsify balsamic vinegar expert chef will lead you through the española. Pair with a beverage available for Indulge your inner pastry chef as we learn straight from Italy, and use it to dress a basics of rolling, cutting, and preparing purchase from our curated list, including a the hands-on techniques for two classic tart complementing salad. Figs, apricots, and three classic sushi rolls. You will learn basic selection of spanish wines. doughs. In this class, you will learn french a sicilian marsala lend their flavors as you japanese knife skills, proper sushi plating, pastry techniques, including mise en place create a traditional italian compote served and expert garnishing techniques. This (planning ahead), dough preparation, and over ice cream. Pair your creations with a class is all about preparation, plating and proper handling. Bake and take home two beverage available for purchase from our presentation! Pair your rolls with a beverage seasonal fruit tarts and a whole batch of curated list. available for purchase from our curated list. your own handcrafted dough! 1 2 Pasta WOrkshOP CLASSIC NOLA Cocktails • KIDS AgES 7-11 Sat, June 8, 2p-5p • $90/person Sun, March 3, 4p-5:30p • $60/person Can’t decide between fettuccine, tortellini, Join us as we head south to indulge the best • ExCITINg 3-DAy CAmPS and cavatelli—why not have them all? way we know how—with perfectly crafted During this three-hour pasta workshop, you cocktails! We’ll create two popular New • hANDS-ON COOKINg will make a variety of hand-made pasta Orleans drinks that will have you feeling the dough, learn the basics of making pasta Big Easy vibes. Start with a sazerac—a rye with fresh ingredients, how to shape and fill whiskey cocktail with absinthe and lemon, • 9 CuLINARY your pasta, and how to use different types followed by a ramos gin fizz—a fluffy cocktail DESTINATIONS of dough. Go home with a variety of pasta made by vigorously shaking gin, egg whites, to share with your friends and family! and more! These recipes may be inspired by Mardi Gras, but you’ll want to mix them up all year long! TAKE-AND-BAKE Alternative FlavorS Of ThE WOrLD: Japan, Italy, AustrALIA Crust PIzzA WOrkshOP Tue, June 18-Thu, June 20, 9a-11:30a • $175/child Sat, July 20, 2p-4p • $75/person NExT LEVEL Cocktails Tue, June 18-Thu, June 20, 1p-3:30p • $175/child Looking for tempting pizza ideas to make at Sun, April 14, 4p-5:30p • $60/person Join us on a culinary tour to three thrilling destinations: home? Join us and discover how to make two Join us for a class designed to increase DAY 1: Enter the land of the rising sun as we embark on a pizzas featuring unique toppings and crusts! your beverage knowledge, teach you some flavorful journey through Japan and create homemade sushi rolls We’ll start by making a mushroom fontina important hands-on bar techniques, and and japanese fried rice. entertain you with two cocktail recipes that have pizza with a quinoa crust and follow it with DAY 2: Make a personal pizza the way the Italians do—using a sautéed onion and bacon pizza with a rice some real history behind them! Take a journey locally-grown herbs and fresh produce. Then, before you say flour crust. You’ll leave with two delectable with us as we learn about the beginnings of the “ciao”, you’ll learn to create a homemade gelato. dark ‘n stormy followed up with the last word—a pizzas to take home and freeze for a delicious DAY 3: Celebrate the Aussie heat as we throw a few skewers dinner option during your busy week. cocktail that uses gin and chartreuse! on the barbie. Then, kick back with your best mates and enjoy a refreshing summertime dessert from down under—fruity pavlova. Cinco DE Mayo Cocktails Sun, May 5, 4p-5:30p • $60/person FlavorS Of ThE WOrLD: ThAILAND, COCKTAILS Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with us as we SOuTh AfrICA, ENgLAND whip up two delicious cocktails! Explore the Tue, July 23-Thu, July 25, 9a-11:30a • $175/child MIX IT UP IN ONE OF OUR COCKTAIL CLASSES! fresh flavors of pineapple and lime as we Tue, July 23-Thu, July 25, 1p-3:30p • $175/child TRY YOUR HAND AT MAKING, SHAKING, AND create a grilled pineapple margarita, followed Join us on a culinary tour to three thrilling destinations: POURING LIBATIONS OF ALL KINDS IN THESE by a chavela—a mexican beer cocktail that DAY 1: Create harmonious flavors the thai way with these classic CLASSES LED BY A PROFESSIONAL BARTENDER will delight your taste buds and put you in a thai treats including spring rolls and a crunchy cabbage salad.