Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes
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- Thais Anne Peterson in Hollander’s Kitchen
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- Tomato Shortcakes
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- Goat Cheese & Tomato Tarts
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- Maccheroni all’ Ubriaca (Drunkard’s Macaroni)
On Wednesday, September 16, we had our first cooking class in Hollander’s new Kitchen Store. Thais Anne Peterson taught the class how to make the most of the late summer tomato harvest with these three delicious dishes: Goat Cheese & Tomato Tarts – an elegant tart that can go from appetizer to brunch to supper in a flash; Tomato Shortcakes – a twist on the bruschetta with a unique savory topping; and Maccheroni all’ Ubriaca (Drunkard’s Macaroni) – a hearty pasta dish brimming with tomatoes and sausage. (Actually, Thais ran short on tomatoes for this last one, and so it wasn’t quite brimming, but we all got the idea and it was still very tasty!)
For Cindy and me, it was the first time we had ever taken a cooking class, although we have watched them on TV. The television shows seem okay, but we never get too excited over them. Maybe, in that’s because we don’t get to sample what is being made immediately afterwards. Well, all that has changed after sitting in on Thais’s class. It was one of the greatest lunch hours ever spent. Not only was it entertaining to hear a lot of cool tidbits of cooking infomation, but it was fun seeing the entire process, live and in a relaxed atmosphere. The best part was definitely the samples that came our way about every 20 minutes. They were absolutely delicious. Basically we had a great three course meal.
By the way, class fees are very reasonable, generally about $13, and that includes a live chef, tasty samples, recipes, and a Hollander’s 10% off coupon.
We hope you can join us for some of our upcoming classes – a Tailgate Brunch with Marge Biancke on Wednesday and NY Style Pizza with Brian Steinberg next Sunday. And then lots more throughout the fall.
Edible Book Contest
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- The People’s Choice
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- Best Pun Intended
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- Most Book-Like
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- Best In Show
The Kerrytown BookFest was a huge success on Sunday. This year’s theme was culinary and one of the highlights was an edible book contest. As every year, for the past seven, the event included panel discussions, presentations, demonstrations, kid’s activites, storytelling, workshops, booksellers, and much more. It was a near perfect day, weather-wise, and the crowds were big and appreciative, especially to hear road foodie authors, Jane and Michael Stern and mystery author, Jeffery Deavers. The estimated attendance for the event was 4,500.
The edible book contest was held all day in Hollander’s downstairs workshop space. There were 17 entries which were judged for Best Pun Intended, Most Book-Like, Best in Show and The People’s Choice. The judges were Jane and Michael Stern, Don Etherington, fine binder and last year’s honorary co-chair, and Chef Ellen Moloney from the Food Gatherers. The People’s Choice Award was voted on by the viewing public all day long.
And the winners were . . .
Best Pun: Huckleberry Fin by Debbie Taylor
Most Book-Like: A Salad Book of Days by Lynn Yates
Best in Show: The Stinging Nettle by Teri Williams
People’s Choice: The Edible Alphabet by Karen O’Neal
Honorable Mention: S’Mores by Isabella Yates – Age 6!
It was the most successful BookFest yet and we want to say thank you to all those who came and supported it. Thank you especially to the many volunteers, demonstrators, presenters, donors, and others who made this another great year.
Kerrytown BookFest Program
KERRYTOWN BOOKFEST 2009 PROGRAM
Sunday, September 13 from 11:00 to 5:00
Ann Arbor Farmers’ Market
MAIN TENT
11:00 COMMUNITY BOOK AWARD PRESENTATION to Jan Longone, Curator of American Culinary History at the Clements Library, presented by Honorary Chair Ari Weinzweig, co-owner of Zingerman’s
12:00 LOCAL FOODS IN THE WORLD AND GLOBAL FOODS IN MICHIGAN – Ari Weinzweig (Kerrytown BookFest Honorary Chair) and Jane and Michael Stern (Roadfood and NPR’s “The Splendid Table”); Moderator Jan Longone, KBF Community Book Award Recipient
1:00 MICHIVORE: CHERRIES, FISH & JIFFY MIX – Cynthia Furlong Reynolds, T. R. Durham, Patty LaNoue Sterns, Tom Bloomer (coined the term “Michivore”); Moderator Steve Klein
2:00 MYSTERIES TO COOK BY – Authors including cooking and/or catering in their mysteries Julie Hyzy, JoAnna Carl, Miranda Bliss; Moderator Angelee Kovach
3:00 EATING ONLINE: LOCAL FOOD BLOGGERS – Maria Bonn, Shana Kimball, Kim Bayer, Lisa Leutheuser; Moderator Bonnie Bucqueroux
4:00 CONVERSATION WITH JEFFERY DEAVER – International and New York Times best-selling author
CHILDREN’S TENT
11-4:00 PAPERMAKING – artist Karen O’Neal
11-4:00 PAPER MARBLING – artist Janet Osborn
12:00 CUPCAKE DECORATING ACTIVITY
1:00 THE BOOK THAT EATS PEOPLE – author John Perry
2:00 GREETING GRANDPARENTS – Mother Goose
3:00 ADVENTURES OF A NEPALI DOG – Heather O’Neal
4:00 DRAWING – with Ellie McDoodle author, Ruth McNally Barshaw
ON-GOING THROUGHOUT BOOKFEST
OLD & RARE BOOK APPRAISALS – Free book appraisals by local members of Antiquarian Booksellers of America Jay Platt, West Side Book Shop and Garrett Scott, Garrett Scott Bookseller
BOOK CONSERVATION TIPS – Tips on book repair and conservation from Jim Craven of UM Bentley Historical Library and Jon Buller of Bessenberg Bindery
BOOK & PAPER ARTS DEMONSTRATIONS – Various exhibitors and graduates of Hollander’s School of Book & Paper Arts in Farmers’ Market area
LINOTYPE STUDIO TOUR – Kent Burkhart offers a tour and demonstration of the historic Linotype equipment owned by his father, Ben Burkhart, in Kerrytown
3:00 CAKE WALK – Walk the circle in the Farmers’ Market to win cakes from local bakers and support Food Gatherers & Kerrytown BookFest!
Kerrytown Concert House
11:00 THE FIRST AMERICAN COOKBOOK BOOK COVER AWARD WINNERS
12:00 HUSBAND & WIFE WRITING TEAMS – Peter Ho Davies & Lynne Raughley and Michael Byers & Susan Hutton discuss their books, their writing process, and what it’s like for two writers living together
1:00 TRUE CRIME – Mardi Link, Patrick Brode, Steve Miller, Andrea Billups discuss crime writing in past and present; Moderator Laura James
2:00 FUTURE OF PRINT JOURNALISM – Mary Morgan (Ann Arbor Chronicle), Susan Carney (Detroit News), Tony Dearing (AnnArbor.com), Sharon Carty (USA Today); Moderator John Hilton (Ann Arbor Observer)
3:00 CONVERSATION WITH MARY ELLEN GEIST – Author of A Measure of the Heart, a Michigan Notable Book winner about Alzheimer’s Disease
4:00 COUNTERCULTURE & MUSIC OF THE 60’S – Authors Mark Shaw, Michael Rosenberg, Michael Erlewine, and photographer Tom Weschler; Moderator Bill Castanier
HOLLANDER’S SCHOOL OF BOOK & PAPER ARTS
11-4:00 EDIBLE BOOK EXHIBITION AND CONTEST
4:00 EDIBLE BOOK CONTEST HISTORY & AWARD WINNERS – Pat Lawrence presents a brief history of Edible Books followed by awards for Pun Intended, Most Book-Like, People’s Choice, and Best in Show presented by Ellen Mohoney (Food Gatherers), Jane and Michael Stern (Roadfood), and Don Etherington, last year’s Honorary Chair
HOLLANDER’S MINI WORKSHOPS — FARMERS’ MARKET
11:00 ACCORDION STYLE RECIPE BOOK – Barbara Brown, last year’s Kerrytown BookFest Community Book Award Recipient will lead workshop
1:00 CULINARY COLLAGE – Donna Engstrom teaches elements of design and composition in creating a collage from food magazines
3:00 COUPON HOLDER – Eric Alstrom takes participants through the steps of creating a non-adhesive, folded coupon holder
HOLLANDER’S UPSTAIRS KITCHEN
1:00 VEGETABLE PAPYRUS – Papermaker Karen O’Neal demonstrates the making of papyrus from leeks, eggplant, carrots, and mushrooms
2:00 FRESHMAN IN THE KITCHEN – Max and Eli Sussman cook from their book geared towards college students
This program sponsored in part by Ann Arbor Observer, Bank of Ann Arbor, City of Ann Arbor, Hollander’s, Kerrytown Concert House,
Kerrytown Market & Shops, WEMU, WUOM, and MICHIGAN HUMANITIES COUNCIL, an affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities
For more information visit www.kerrytownbookfest.org
Hands in a Sea of Paper
In 2008, Hollander’s School of Book & Paper Arts initiated a summer residency program for artists working in book arts and affiliated fields. Tom and Cindy Hollander invited the WSG Gallery of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to participate in their summer residency program of 2009 and many of the members of the gallery were able to take advantage of the opportunity.
Barbara Brown provides a synopsis of the residency:
In planning our residency during the 2009 summer season, WSG artists decided to work on several projects: Alvey Jones asked both visitors from the public as well as WSG artists and Hollander’s staff to make either a drawing, collage or paste paper art piece which he photographed, scanned and used for a limited spiral bound edition of 50 books titled “Hands in a Sea of Paper“. A special sewn binding was to be presented to Hollander’s.
Barbara Brown taught a board binding to the WSG artists and several people completed books which were placed on display at WSG Gallery. We used paste paper, mono prints, collages, and cyano prints for decorating the boards. Each artist also made a board to contribute to a book for Hollander’s. This also included a clamshell box.
Erin Hoffman, a printmaker, made collograph and intaglio prints of her own as well as teaching WSG artists several printmaking techniques and helping them to make print runs.
Barbara Brown taught paste paper techniques to several WSG artists and also had a table with supplies for visitors to use. This was one of the projects we offered to the public along with supplies to make collages.
We had a lot of visitors this summer, and we had a great time not only working with each other, something we have never had a chance to do before, but also with the public.
Many thanks to Tom and Cindy, and especially Ben Reynaert, who helped so much to organize it all, and the entire Hollander’s staff!
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- Running Rabbit by Erin
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- Soups on!
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- Adrienne, Norma, Barbara, Alvey, Michelle, and Erin
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- Hands in a Sea of Paper
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- Book and Box by Alvey Jones
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- Collaboration!
Cooking Classes Start Sept 16
We have just released our fall schedule of cooking classes at Hollander’s new kitchen store. Hollander’s is located in the Kerrytown Shops next to the Farmers’ Market. There are 20 classes scheduled and they will be held on Wednesdays and Sundays beginning September 16 though December 6.
We are very excited about our new venture and feel like Ann Arbor and the surrounding communities will enjoy and appreciate the variety of classes we are offering. From how to prepare beef bourguinon to making New York style pizza at home, we have some great offerings. South American, Indian, Chinese, German, French, Italian, Cajun, and Creole are all part of the ethnic cuisines to be experienced this fall. You can even learn how to make perfect gingerbread houses!
One of the highlighted chefs of our first cooking schedule is Eve Aronoff of eve, the restaurant, who is currently competing in the Top Chef competition on Bravo. She will be demonstrating one of her favorite holiday foods; savory magret duck breast with potato latkes and hard-cider spiked applesauce.
Our cooking class schedule is available on our website and you can register for our classes both on-line or in the store. We also have printed schedules that are availabe in our store.
We have posted several earlier blogs that we hope you get a chance to read, especially the post regarding the Kerrytown BookFest. This is a great event with a strong culinary emphasis this year. Hopefully you will get a chance to check it out and visit our new kitchen store at the same time.
2009 Kerrytown BookFest
On Sunday, September 13, the Kerrytown BookFest celebrates its 7th year with a special focus on culinary authors and related events. The BookFest, which draws several thousand people each year, is from 11:00 to 5:00 and is held at the Kerrytown Farmers’ Market.
Hollander’s Free Mini Workshops – Outdoors in the Farmers’ Market:
11:00 — 12:30 Accordion Style Recipe Book with Barbara Brown. Make a unique accordion book with the bottom edge folded up to make pockets.
1:00 — 2:30 A Culinary Collage with Donna Engstrom. Bring a food magazine and your imagination to this creative collage class!
3:00 — 4:30 Coupon Holder with Eric Alstrom. Learn a simple, yet elegant folded structure known as a blizzard book, made famous by book artist, Hedi Kyle. This structure is perfect for holding coupons.
Upstairs in Hollander’s Kitchen Store:
1:00 — 2:00 Vegetable Papyrus Demonstration with Karen O’Neal. “Real” Egyptian papyrus was made from the inner pith of the Papyrus plant. This demo will show you how to simulate making the original papyrus, using the same steps, but made from vegetable slices.
2:00 — 3:00 Freshman in the Kitchen Demonstration with Max and Eli Sussman. The Sussman brothers are recent college graduates with a wide range of cooking experiences. They recently published their first book, Freshman in the Kitchen.”
Downstairs in Hollander’s School of Book & Paper Arts:
An Edible Book Contest! New at this year’s Kerrytown BookFest is an edible book contest. Edible books must have something to do with books — book titles, characters, functioning books, book art. All of the entries must be at least partially edible! Awards will be given to ‘Best in Show’, ‘People’s Choice’, and ‘Most Bookike’. Contact Cindy Hollander at Hollander’s for more information. Pat Lawrence will be give a presentation covering the history of edible books.
Other Culinary Highlights:
Ari Weinzweig co-founder and author of “Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon” will join a panel discussion with Jane and Michael Stern, NPR road show personalities and authors of 20 books on pop culture, along with Jan Longone, culinary historian at the U-M Clement’s Library. Jan is also this year’s Community Book Award recipient. The panel is sponsored by Michigan Radio and begins at noon.
Moderator Steve Klein of the Huron River Press leads a discussion with food authors Cynthia Furlong Reynolds (“Jiffy: A Family Tradition”), T.R. Durham (“The Smoked Seafood Cookbook”, Patty LaNoue Stearns (“Cherry Home Companion”) and Tom Bloomer, who coined the term “Michivore.”
A complete schedule of all events and authors is available at www.kerrytownbookfest.org
Our San Francisco Trip
We were in San Francisco the past week, attending the National Gourmet Housewares Show and the S.F. International Gift Show. While there we also visited Ingrid Butler of the Moth Marblers in her Sausalito studio and bought 75 new, spectacular papers for our store. In addition we checked out the San Francisco Book Art Center and while there, actually met two people who have been to Hollander’s!
(We now have visited most of major book art centers we know of in the country. This includes New York Center for the Book Arts, Minneapolis Book Art Center, Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, and now San Francisco. We have also been to the book art centers at the University of Iowa and the University of Alabama and have visited or taken classes at the Garage Street Annex in Massachsuetts, the Americn Academy of Bookbinding in Telluride, Bookworks in Asheville, NC and several others. It’s always interesting for us to see similar facilities.)
While in San Francisco, we also had time to enjoy just getting out and took a scenic drive along the winding coastal Route 1, walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, and made a relaxing visit to the Japanese Tea Gardens in Golden Gate Park. We also visited the vibrant and colorful marketplace in the Ferry Building along the Bay, enjoyed checking out all five floors of the original Williams-Sonoma store, and even saw the premiere of Julie and Julia at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in Japantown.
Hollander’s Starts Cooking
On Sunday, August 2, our friend and neighbor since he was 5 years old, Isaiah Campbell conducted a personal demo for us. Not only was it great to walk through a cooking class with him, we were impressed with the taste of his grilled rib-eye steak and kohlrabi. Although this post won’t allow you to smell or taste the results, you can at least see them. Isaiah, now a chef at the Pacific Rim restaurant in Ann Arbor is one our cooks scheduled in the fall. Thanks, Isaiah!
Welcome to Our New Blog!
In May of 2009, with the opening of Hollander’s Kitchen & Home, we decided to expand our business into a completely new direction. We also decided that with all the store activities and products we offer, it would be helpful to create a blog to better communicate with our customers.
The goal of our blog is to keep you updated with the latest happenings at Hollander’s. Through periodic updates, our intention is to use our blog to offer timely information regarding our new upcoming cooking classes, book and paper arts workshops, new products, feature stories about some of our teachers and chefs, and other related events that we think may be of interest to our readers. We especially welcome your comments and feedback.
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