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Summer Salads

Salads are year-round fare, but especially desirable in the summer where gardens and farmers' markets overflow with the best produce of the year. It's a great time to embrace "Buy Fresh, Buy Local," and salads are a natural choice for the fresh harvests underway now.

IN THIS ISSUE, we feature three salads with delicious, fresh dressings that sparkle and bring out the best in all the ingredients. Salads beg for improvisation, play the plate with combinations of what's ever around - there are no wrong combinations!

In This Issue
Summer Cooking Classes
Crisp, Cold and Clean
RECIPE: Leafy Green Salad with Lemon-Basil Goat Cheese
Knife Technique: Chiffonade
The Perfect Vinaigrette
RECIPE: Tomato and Arugula Salad with Grilled Steak and Portabella Mushrooms
The Fork: Who Knew!
RECIPE: Potato Salad with Dill Pesto
Potato Salad Tips
Cookbook Review
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Summer Cooking Classes at Cooks'Wares
Summer Cooking ClassesThe schedule of cooking classes at both Cooks'Wares locations is available for viewing on our website. You may register online, by phone, or in person at either store. Sign up early as many of our classes do fill up quickly! 

 

Thurs, Aug 4 - Summer-Fresh Vegetarian Recipes with Terri Schmitt 
Harper's Point 6:30pm - 9:00pm $40. 

 

Tues, Aug 9 - A Moroccan Menu with Susan Neff
Harper's Point 6:30pm - 9:00pm $50.

 

Wed, Aug 10 - A Moroccan Menu with Susan Neff
Settlers' Walk 6:30pm - 9:00pm $50.

 

Thurs, Aug 11 - Three Complete Dinners for Any Night with Courtney Rathweg 
Harper's Point 6:30pm - 9:00pm $40. 

   

Tues, Aug 16 - Paella and Tapas with Hector Esteve
Harper's Point 6:30pm - 9:00pm $45.

 

Tues, Aug 16 - Three Complete Dinners for Any Night with Courtney Rathweg 
Settlers' Walk 6:30pm - 9:00pm $40.    

 

Thurs, Aug 18 - World Championship Winning BBQ! with The Hog Heaven Team 
Harper's Point  6:00pm - 9:00pm $65.

 

Thurs, Aug 18 - Summer-Fresh Vegetarian Entrees with Terri Schmitt
Settlers' Walk 6:30pm - 9:00pm $40.

 

Tues, Aug 23 - Midsummer's Night Farm Picnic with Dan Berger
Harper's Point  6:30pm - 9:00pm $45.

 

Tues, Aug 23 - Paella and Tapas with Hector Esteve  Settlers' Walk 6:30pm - 9:00pm $45.

 

Thurs, Aug 25 - From the Bayou to You - A Cajun Occasion with Bill Schroeder
Harper's Point  6:30pm - 9:00pm $50.
 

 

Check out other classes we have planned for August on our website! 

 

Harper's Point classes - Call 513-489-6400   
Settlers' Walk classes - Call 937-748-4540
www.cookswaresonline.com  
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on your merchandise
purchases
on the day you attend class!
(excluding kitchen electrics and during Storewide Sales)

Crisp, Cold & Clean

Crisp, Cold and Clean
Consider Organic

RECIPE: Leafy Green Salad with Lemon-Basil Goat Cheese 

Knife Technique: How to Chiffonade Basil

Tips

Tools for this Recipe
Microplane Citrus Zester
Microplane Citrus Zester
Comfortable in the hand, this zester releases the best of oranges, lemons and limes.
6" Cook's Knife
Wusthof 6" Cook's Knife 
The knife that serves so many purposes in the kitchen, easy on the hand, just the right size.
Lettuce Knife
Lettuce Knife
Serrated and sharp,this knife helps reduce browning and avoids metallic tastes on food.

Oil & Vinegar

Oil and Vinegar

Vinaigrette Mix-Ins

RECIPE: Tomato & Arugula Salad with Grilled Steak & Portabella Mushrooms
Tools for this Recipe
Salad Spinner
OXO Salad Spinner
Wash salad greens and vegetables well, then spin dry for maximum freshness. 
Tomato Knife
Wusthof Tomato Knife 

Tackles beefsteak and cherry tomatoes alike easily. Pronged tip moves slices to plate.

Small Whisk
Small Whisk 
A small whisk is perfect for making emulsions of small amounts of vinaigrettes.

The Fork

More on the Fork


RECIPE: Potato and Green Bean Salad with Dill Pesto
Tips
Tools for this Recipe
Vegetable Brush
OXO Vegetable Brush
Scrub any dirt away from fresh potatoes with this easy on the hand vegetable brush.
Bean Slicer
Norpro Bean Slicer
Make quick work of a pile of fresh beans with this trimmer and slicer.
Garlic Zoom
Chef'n Garlic Zoom
Roll back and forth and mince garlic. It couldn't be easier to add garlic to any recipe.

Cookbook Review


Summer's fresh fruits and vegetables make it easy for all cooks to shine!

Mary Fricke
Cooks'Wares, Inc.
e-mail:  cookswares@aol.com
website:  www.cookswaresonline.com
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