OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, November 6th!
Mark your calendar - You're cordially invited to our ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE on Sunday, November 6th, from 1 to 5 pm! Besides putting out our Holiday linens, candles, decorations and seasonal bakeware, we'll also be serving up ebelskivers and rosettes. What? You don't know what an ebelskiver is? Better stop by!

We'll also be running a special Gift Certificate Promotion! We'll give you 20% of your purchase back, in the form of a Cook's Shop Gift Certificate, on any Wusthof, Shun, Kyocera, Le Creuset, Emile Henry, Mauviel, or Swiss Diamond brand product bought during our Open House! These vendors don't allow retailers to discount so we have to be a little creative when it comes to promotions!


Our neighbor, Simple Pleasures, will be holding his Open House at the same time. We hope you'll find the time to stop in, grab something to eat and say hi at both establishments!

We recently had an opportunity to bring in a few solid copper, stainless steel lined fry pans from Mauviel at a great price (reg. $200, promotional $100) that forced me to review their quality and pricing before placing the order. What I found was a wonderful line of 5-ply stainless, made by a 180 year old French company, that makes cookware that is equal or superior to All-Clad, at a 10 to 15% lower price. The Mauviel M'cook line has a classic look and feel, works on induction cook tops, is dishwasher safe, has an indestructible cast stainless handle and the ability to transfer heat quickly and evenly over its 5-ply surface. We've brought a few pieces into the shop to sell and test. Next time you're in, take a look and tell us what you think.

Further along in this newsletter you'll find a mention of Small Business Sunday, a promotion sponsored by American Express. We're all for anything that supports local business, the local economy, and the town we live in. We've always supported the 3/50 Project, which has a link on the left hand side of this page.

The Cook's Shop is a member of ReStore Marietta whose mission is to stimulate economic vitality, enhance the visual appearance, and improve the quality of life in Marietta, Ohio through the promotion of our Historic Community as a great place to live, work, shop, and invest. You may not be aware of it, but ReStore is responsible for the purchase and maintenance of all of the beautiful flowers that hang from the light posts in downtown Marietta. ReStore hangs the flags from the light poles, purchases and hangs Holiday decorations downtown, organizes the Christmas Parade, sponsors the Merchant's and Artist's Walks, Rivers Trails and Ales, The Red White and Blues Fest, The Loft Tour, Merry-Etta Moonlight Savings Sale and more. ReStore members give their time, along with volunteer students from Marietta College, to clean the flower beds on Front Street, clean the river banks and bike trail. It's a volunteer organization funded by merchants, businesses and residents of Marietta. ReStore is probably the best example of why it's important to support your local businesses, because they support you. Often in ways you don't realize. For more information, to view a list of members, or to join ReStore, visit www.restoremarietta.org.

On a similar subject, the big news this past month in the kitchenware's industry has been the sale of Sur La Table to an investment group that's based in Bahrain. You may want to take that into consideration the next time you're shopping in Columbus or online.