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January's Printable Calendar
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Check out Shelley on ABC as she makes her 3 favorite summer desserts: Crumple, Crisp, Cobbler. Get the recipes too!
By popular demand, we have decided to sell The Green Egg Grill throughout the winter season. Great for winter grilling and smoking. Come to think of it this would look quite impressive underneath this year’s tree!
Cooking Classes
The Chopping Block Cooking School, with two locations in Chicago, offers daily hands-on and demonstration
cooking classes for the home cook. Our classes are intimate and interactive,
and subjects change monthly. Topics include seasonal, ethnic, healthy / vegetarian and
weeknight cooking, entertaining, knife skills and wine tastings,
plus our popular technique - oriented Building Blocks Series.
Gourmet Retail Store
Our retail stores feature professional quality cookware and kitchen
tools plus gourmet and ethnic ingredients.
Private Events
We also specialize in customized private classes at our locations or
yours, corporate teambuilding, bridal events, and birthday parties
for children and adults.
Gift Certificates and Registry
We offer gift certificates in any denomination for classes and merchandise and gift registry for any occasion.
Culinary Boot Camp
It's like a professional cooking school without the commitment. Our team of Chefs will lead you through a Culinary Ropes course designed to challenge and delight the home cook and the aspiring chef!
Read about The Chopping Block in the September issue of Traditional Home magazine and get Shelley's take on vegetarian cuisine.
The Chopping Block
Wants You!
Click here for information
about employment
at Lincoln Square and
the Merchandise Mart!
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 Check out The Chopping Block's January Red Tag Sale and Mid Winter Celebration!
40 to 70% off select kitchen tools and ingredients, daily product and wine tastings, recipe giveaways, and free cooking demonstrations. Click here to view the free January Classes!
It's one big party designed to Get You Cooking! |
Sommelier
Series on Mondays @ Merchandise Mart
Monday
is a day in need of P.R. help. Our resident wine goddess, Diana
Hamann (right), agrees. So she's polishing up the week's
dreariest day by welcoming some of Chicago’s best and
brightest wine minds to the Merchandise Mart every Monday in
January! The classes will feature experts from Alinea, L20,
Nomi, and the Wine Discount Center. The topics will range from
hotspot wine regions (Burgundy, Italy) as well as techniques
(food pairings, restaurant wine list breakdowns). Let's hear you
say it: TGIM! Click here for more info. |
Cooking Parties shown to reduce stress and create togetherness.
  It's true. Now more than ever, we need to find unique ways to create and share experiences which enrich us through learning, laughter, and togetherness. Our Cooking Party team is geared up to create a memorable experience for your family and your team at work. From Iron Chef competitions, to teambuilding events or just fun playful cooking parties we programming to fit the bill and budget. Click here to request more information.
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Guest Chef! Mitch Kim of Toro Sushi
  If you are the type of person who is fascinated by the amazing assortment of ingredients modern sushi chefs use for their creations, then join us for this very special opportunity. Mitch Kim, chef and owner of Toro Sushi in Lincoln Park, will guide you through his techniques for preparing maki rolls, nigiri, and special sauces such as spicy mayonnaise and unagi sauce. Learn the tricks of the trade to ensure your success in selecting the freshest fish at the market to create your own edible works of art. Included in the price of the class is an essential sushi kit including rice vinegar, nori, bamboo rolling mat and sushi rice. Everything the home sushi chef needs!
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Check out Shelley’s new video on
how to Mince Garlic.
Chopping Garlic Made Easy!
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CHOPPING BLOCK HOMEMADE COOKIE AND PIE DOUGH
Offering our handcrafted small-batch Take ’n’ Bake cookies and Ready-to-Roll pie dough.
If making (and eating!) a pie sounds fun, yet making the dough feels intimidating, we have the answer for you. We are finally selling Shelley’s tried and true recipe for you to use at home. Two doughs for $6.50. |
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Calling all cookie monsters! Available in four fantastic flavors:
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Chocolate Chip Krispy |
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White Chocolate Cherry |
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Peanut Butter Oatmeal |
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Pecan Shortbread |
15 ready to bake cookies for $8.50
All doughs are ready to take home and bake or you can store them in the refrigerator or freezer. We use only the highest quality ingredients and never add preservatives so that you can enjoy only the best of baked goodness! Available at our Lincoln Square Location Only. |
Introducing our new Wine Shop Pricing!
Diana has done it again, and created our best list to date of food friendly and yummy wines! In the process she also created the new list with wine shop pricing so that our wines are a super value as well as being super delicious. Stop by our Merchandise Mart location every Friday where we will be sampling some of our new wine between 4 and 6 pm.
Our new sake selections are a big hit as well, and these refreshing and refined Sakes are not just for Sushi anymore. Surprise your guests by pairing these with anything from shellfish to pork to any sort of light meal. Our list is chock-full of yummy reds and whites from the world over and is specifically chosen to pair well with all of your culinary adventures. Click here to view the list. |
Cooking Parties and Teambuilding
Teambuilding? Client Entertaining? Networking? Meetings or Seminars? Rehearsal Dinners or Celebrations?
  Whatever your purpose, The Chopping Block has the perfect recipe to not only make your event unique and memorable, but delicious as well. Bring together your clients, colleagues, friends or family in the creative, fun, warm and friendly confines of one or more of our beautiful kitchens.
Our team of highly trained Chef Instructors will guide you through an interactive and engaging event with as much (Iron Chef) or as little (catered event in a unique and gorgeous space) as you wish. Coupled with pairings from our hand-picked and food-friendly wine list, you and your guests are guaranteed a fabulous time. Click here for more information and pricing. |
Knife Sharpening now at Lincoln Square!
Ever wonder how professional Chefs slice and dice with such ease? Keeping your knives in good sharp shape, not only keeps you safer in the kitchen, but will also decrease your prep time!
Tuesdays 10am to 5pm. Sharpen while you wait or drop them off. $3.50 per knife. |
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