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Holiday Cookie Secrets Revealed in this Issue! Learn how to make perfect cookie canvasses, and frosting them to dazzling perfection. Your creations will be the stars of the holiday cookie plate!
IN THIS ISSUE
FOXFIRE FRIEND PROGRAM
HOLIDAY COOKING CLASSES
BOOK PRIVATE EVENTS
PERECTING CUT-OUT COOKIES
DAZZLING DECORATIONS
SMART HOLIDAY COOKIE TIPS
COOKIE Q & A
REVIEW: "COOKIE CRAFT CHRISTMAS"
RECIPES FOR FESTIVE COOKIES
BRIDAL REGISTRY


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HOLIDAY HOURS at FOXFIRE GALLERY & KITCHEN SHOPS
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  HOLIDAY COOKING CLASSES!
Holiday Classes Are HereLooking for fun ways to learn? There's something for everyone, young, old, novice or expert.  Join us for some good times in our kitchen!

Click on the class title for all the details, then REGISTER ONLINE!
Or, call the store at (864) 242-0742
to register by phone.

Knife Skills 101 - Hands-on
Thursday, December 02, 2010 - 6:00 PM - Chef Ray Roback

Copper Chef Challenge
Monday, December 06, 2010 - 6:30 PM - Chef Curtis Wolf & Chef Rodney Friedank

Special Event

Christmas Breakfast
Wednesday, December 08, 2010 - Chef Alyn Abrams

Double Duty Dining
Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 6:30 PM - Chef Shannon Kohn

Gingerbread House Decorating
(Ages 6-12) - Hands-on
Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 10:30 AM - Chef Teresa Hoover

Gingerbread House Decorating
(Ages 6-12) - Hands-on
Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 1:30 PM - Chef Teresa Hoover

Special Holiday Dinners
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 6:30 PM - Chef Mark Nicholas


APPLIANCES FOR SALE
We are closing down the kitchen at the Woodruff Road store and have the following items for sale:

-  Viking 48" Range & Double  Oven with Griddle
                -  Viking 54" Hood
                -  Viking 4 Burner Stove Top
                -  Zephyr Glass Hood
                -  Viking 22.8 Cu.Ft. Refrigerator
                -  Viking Ice Maker
                -  Viking Undercounter Wine Cooler
                -  Granite Countertops
                -  Cherry Cabinets
                -  Cherry Cash & Wrap

Other fixtures available also. If interested please contact Foxfire at 864-242-0742 and see Craig's List for complete descriptions.
PRIVATE EVENTS
Private Events at Foxfire Gallery & Kitchen Shops
Perfecting Cut-out Cookies - A How-to for Making a Perfect Cookie Canvas for Decorating
Two Types of Icing are discussed along with Two Types of Application Methods -- Piping and Flooding
Tips that turn your cookies into wonderfully beautiful cookies!
Your Questions Answered: How best to transfer dough to the baking sheet?  What are dragees? Why use a silicone mat? How do I apply luster dust?
"Cookie Craft Christmas" - A Cookbook Review
Cookie Craft Christmas, Dozens of Decorating Ideas for a Sweet Holiday by Valerie Peterson & Janice Fryer. Published by Storey Publishing, North Adams, MA. Copyright 2009.
Cookbook
This charming little book provides large inspiration for the holiday baking season. Its petite size (about 6" x 6.5", hardcover) belies the wealth of information and ideas contained within. The authors share their expertise and passion for well-decorated cookies beginning with several excellent dough recipes that produce a perfect cookie canvas. From there, we are treated to a primer on royal icing and icing techniques. With these basics firmly grasped, dozens of cookie decorations and patterns are presented. Plain circles suddenly turn into a lovely portrait of Mrs. Claus, or glittering ornaments. This book, along with a rolling pin and a few cookie cutters would make a great start to a cookie baking gift kit. We enjoyed baking from this book well enough to invest in their first book, "Cookie Craft," which covers a year's worth of holidays and special occasions.
Three Festive Cookie Recipes
Rolled Sugar Cookies
as Holiday Cookie Tree
View & Print

This dough turns out terrific sugar cookies. The texture is very cooperative during mixing, rolling, and cutting. The dough accepts different flavorings and colors easily. Chill before baking, and the cutouts hold their shape very well. The result is a stack of perfect cookie canvases ready for decorating. Of course, the real test is how the cookie tastes - they taste very good!
Tree of Cookies
Two Icings: Glazing Icing and Royal Icing
View & Print

Working with icing is a bit of an art form. These recipes offer a successful starting place for beginning the craft of cookie decorating. With either icing, mix two consistencies - a stiff one for piping outlines, and a more fluid one for flooding the shapes. The glazing icing remains shiny when dry, while the royal icing dries quickly with a more satin finish.
Three Iced Cookies
Rolled Gingerbread Cookies
as Gingerbread Snowflakes
View & Print

As the authors note, this cookie dough has a mild gingerbread flavor with just the right amount of spice. The dough handles easily through all the handling steps, and well-chilled cutouts hold their shape nicely once baked. Snowflake shapes in gingerbread dough are piped with vanilla-flavored frosting and sprinkled with sanding sugar while still wet.
 Served
Recipes from Cookie Craft Christmas, Dozens of Decorating Ideas for a Sweet Holiday by Valerie Peterson & Janice Fryer through permission of Storey Publishing, North Adams, MA. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved.
BRIDAL REGISTRY
Bridal 

10/30/10 -Lindsey Bates & Jay Motley

 

11/6/10 - Prentiss Counts & Brian Shealey

 

11/6/10 - Anna Bell Farrar & Bert Gall

 

11/6/10 - Flynn Jameson & Clinton McKinney

 

11/26/10 - Heath Martin & Chris Beard

 

12/4/10 - Lauren Davis & Kent Barber

 

12/18/10 - Kendall Rice & William Bateman

 

12/31/10 - Harriet Gallivan & Matthew Hoffman

 

1/1/11 - Kelleigh Ledbetter & Morgan Thomas

1/8/11 - Marie Long & Trevor Turner

 

1/8/11 - Anne Green Taylor & Graham Buckner

 

1/15/11 - Jenny Pressly & Will Stewart

 

1/15/11 - Hillary Ann Dewitt & Todd Winton

1/29/11 - Abby Dykes & John Paylor

 

3/5/11 - Amanda Pool & Frank Wilson

 

3/5/11 - Landrum Johnston & Roland Knight

 

3/12/11 - Virginia Gail Atkinson & Graham Hardaway

 

3/19/11 - Lauren Jacques & Richard Cox

5/7/11 - Lauren Strittmatter & David Sigmon


5/11/11 - Marshall Turnbull & Townes Johnson

5/14/11 - Christi Moore & Jake Stansell

5/14/11 - Kayla Rock & Michael Perone

5/14/11 - Lea Butler & William Clanton

 

5/14/11 - Beth Sellers & Paul Landis

 

5/14/11 - Lauren Mason & Ryan Moulton

 

5/21/11 - Courtney Swan & David Camferdam

 

6/4/11 - Kaci McCall & Paul Halphen

6/18/11 - Katie Gordon & Andrew Evan

6/18/11 - Ann Leighton Coleman & Patrick Jackson

 

6/18/11 - Elizabeth Hunt & Hunter Pugh

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Unleash your inner artist on some edible masterpieces, and share them with someone special this holiday season!

Happy Cooking!

Karen & Denny

Karen, Denny, and the Entire Staff
Foxfire Gallery & Kitchen Shops

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