Chinese Takeout, Made in Your Kitchen
Potstickers and the rest of the takeout canon, built from scratch across three hours. You cook it, then everybody sits down together and eats it.
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Spain: Tapas & Flamenco Vibes
A three-hour hands-on Spanish cooking class in the tasting room, tapas built from scratch and eaten together at the end. Small group, so it tends to book out.
Fresh Pasta Demystified
Dough by hand, rolled and cut and cooked inside one afternoon. This is the class people take when they finally want to stop buying the dried stuff.
Bake the Season: Pie Baking Workshop
Crust technique and seasonal filling, timed a month ahead of Thanksgiving for obvious reasons. Morning class, three hours, and you leave with what you made.
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Rice's Market (Tuesdays)
Thirty acres of flea market, farm stands and antique dealers going since the 1870s. Gates at 7am and it thins out by midday, so come early and bring cash.
Executive Scramble
Nine simulated holes before work with a rotating cast of local business people. Ninety minutes, no handicap required, and the point is the conversation between shots as much as the golf.
Autumn Avian Adventures: Murmuration & Migrations
A guided morning walk across Stroud's meadows and woods hunting migrating songbirds, raptors and waterfowl. Bring binoculars. Registration goes through Natural Lands, and the preserve itself is free.
