• Real quiche Lorraine – bacon, eggs, & cream in a crust
• For non-baconatarians, asparagus (and/or spinach) quiche
• Roasted potatoes with garlic & herbs
• A salad of mixed spring greens
• A basket of assorted muffins, such as blueberry, rhubarb upside down, corn-cranberry
• A platter of fruit
• Coffee, tea, orange juice

Sunday May 13th 11:00 a.m.
(A second seating at 12:30 will be added if 11:00 fills)

Please use this form to sign up – also under the Members-only tab above. The deadline to sign up online is Friday May 11 – please contact your host, Deb, at 608-712-6368, or email ds83473@gmail.com if you miss the deadline or have any questions.

Thanks and happy mother’s day!

Mother's Day Brunch, 2011 - broccoli quiche, salad, potatoes

lovingly prepared by deb

In the tradition of last summers’ small plates buffets »»

Please Join us at School Woods on Friday April 27th, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. for an evening of drinks, snacks, and pleasant conversation.

We’ll supply the appetizers, you supply the drinks. We’ll have non-alcoholic beverages, mixers, ice, glasses, lemons, limes & cherries – everything we’ll need.

The menu will include:

• Crostini: Small toasts that serve as the base for an array of toppings: goat cheese & sun-dried tomato; lentil and chicken liver patès
• Vegetables & spicey peanut dip
• Sweet potato quesadillas with pepper jack cheese, sour cream & salsa
• Nuts & other handfuls to munch
• Small servings of dessert: flourless chocolate cake, little lime-coconut cupcakes, oat rhubarb jam bars
• And more!

Please sign up using this form – also under the Members-only tab above. The deadline to sign up online is Thursday April 26th. If you miss this deadline or have any questions, please contact your host, Deb, by phone (608-712-6368) or email ds83473@gmail.com.

Thanks!

• Sunday, April 15th
• 11:00 – 1:00*

Menu:

• Crepe gateau, a layered cake of crepes, filled with spinach, ricotta, and other cheeses
• Roasted potatoes
• Cranberry corn muffins and streusel-topped blueberry muffins (berries from my freezer – shown below)
• Green salad
• Fresh fruit or applesauce

Frozen blueberries

If you’d like to come to brunch, please sign up using this form (also under the Members-only tab above). You’ll receive a confirmation email with all the details you’ll need to know to get to brunch. The deadline to sign up online is Friday April 13th – if you miss the deadline or have any other questions, please contact your host, Deb, by phone (608-712-6368) or email – ds83473@gmail.com.

Thanks and see you at the table!

Note – Brunch will be served buffet style starting at 11:00 a.m. Guests should plan to arrive by 12:30 p.m. at the latest to ensure the best choice of tasty morsels – but you are welcome to linger until 1:00 or a little later, to finish your meal and enjoy the company.

School Woods announces the return of one-dish dinners!

Hearty family meals, served buffet style, with a main course, salad or side dish, and dessert. There’ll be 6 dinners in the 2012 series, every other Thursday in January & February, finishing up with two in a row in March. Menus will be filled in below as they are determined. Sign up using this form (also above under the members-only tab), by 5:00 p.m. the Tuesday before any dinner. Please call or email your host, Deb, at 608-712-6368, ds83473@gmail.com if you miss the deadline, or have any questions.

Thursday January 12th, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Soup, glorious soup (if there are enough eaters, we’ll have three soups; less people only two, but there’ll still be meat and vegetarian choices):

• Beef and Beet Borscht – a meat & vegetable soup of Russian origins
• Anna’s Cream of potato (vegetarian), chunks of potato & grated carrot in a creamy soup
• Vegetarian curried lentil soup, a la Heidi Swanson [modified by deb]
• Assorted breads: Cheese-stuffed, dill dip inside a dark rye
• Raw vegetable platter to go with the rye & dill dip, above
• Coleslaw
• Apple pies and ice cream

Thursday January 26th, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

• Noodle casseroles: Turkey Noodle, Broccoli-Cheese-Mushroom Noodle
• Spinach salad
• Winter fruit salad
• Cookies

Thursday February 9th, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. cancelled due to low enrollment

• Pizza & Stromboli (rolled up pizza) – many toppings choices – most likely the pizza will be veggie, some with whole wheat crust; Stromboli will be meat-filled
• Roasted beet salad and green salad
• Chocolate pudding

Thursday February 23rd, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. cancelled due to low enrollment

• Shepherd’s pie – choice of beef or veggie
• Whole wheat rolls & butter
• Winter greens salad, with dried fruit and cheese (Based on the breakaway cook)
• Lemon tart

March 8th, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

• Curry – Aunt Janie’s California style chicken curry and a vegetable curry (probably cauliflower
• Dal (curried lentils)
• Rice, raita, chutneys
• Chapatis
• Indian-inspired sweets: stuffed dates, honey & rosewater tapioca pudding with pistachios

March 15th, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.  Cancelled – let’s do brunch instead!

• Pasta with chick peas & greens
• Broccoli gratin
• Garlic bread
• Almond cake with cherry compote

Another link to the sign up sheet

Pre-Valentine’s Sunday Supper – February 12th cancelled due to low enrollment

Enjoy a cozy Sunday supper with your special someone(s). Three courses, with vegetarian and seafood options. Arrive at 6:00 p.m. for drinks, a few nibbles, and general socializing, and sit down for the first course when everyone has arrived.

Please use this form to sign up (also under the Members-only tab above). Please sign up by 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 10. You should receive a confirmation email within 24 hours – if you do not, or if you have any questions, please call or email your host, Deb, at 608-712-6368, ds83473@gmail.com.

Menu:

• To begin: Baked Brie, melted over baguette slices served with a salad of spicey greens
• Mains: Choice of seafood or spinach and cheese crêpe gateau, served with:
• Roasted broccoli
• wild rice pilaf
• Walnut fougasse
• Dessert:Almond chocolate meringue torte with raspberry sauce
  

  Crepes

Reservations required – Please use this form to sign up (also found under the members-only tab, above)

Egg Dishes Drying On the Counter

• Shirred eggs – baked in individual dishes with a splash of cream and a sprinkle of Parmesan
• Greens & pepper jack gratin – creamy sauce, crunchy crumb topping, slightly spicey
• Hoppin’ John – black-eyed peas and rice cooked in vegetable broth with celery & onion – traditionally eaten on New years for good luck!
• Corn bread and crusty round loaves
• Bacon and sausage
• Fruit platter – grapes & clementines
• An array of tiny desserts – mini carrot cake cupcakes, rugelach, hazelnut chocolate truffles
• Coffee, tea, and orange juice – please BYOB if you’d like to add something alcoholic!

Please sign up on this form. The deadline for online reservations is Friday, December 30th. You should receive a confirmation email within 24 hours after signing up, with all the details you’ll need to get to the brunch. Please call or email your host, Deb at 608-712-6368, ds83473@gmail.com – if you miss the deadline or have any questions.

Thanks and happy New Year!

Treat yourself to a little luxury -

Eat a fancy dessert while wearing nice jewelery

School Woods Fall Fancy Dinner, Saturday, November 12

Starting at 6:30 p.m.

We’ll have four courses -

• Appetizer / Salad: Butternut squash and goat cheese galette / leafy salad with cider-reduction vinaigrette, toasted hazelnuts, and dried cherries

• Mains: Choice of prosciutto-wrapped chicken breast OR pan-seared tofu, both in a white wine tomato sauce with Asiago cheese and broth-braised lentils with greens

• Baguettes with roasted garlic, olive oil, and Parmesan

• Dessert: Salted caramel tart

• Cheese: Platter of local cheeses, with crackers and olives and various condiments

Served with sparkling and still water, coffee and tea after

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BYOB – please use this menu to create your own wine pairings -

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Please use this form to sign up – Sign up for fall fancy dinner. You can also find the form under Members-only, above. Please sign up by Wednesday, November 10th. If you miss the deadline, or have any questions, please call your host, Deb, at 608-712-6368, or email ds83473@gmail.com.

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Pie pumpkins in the steamer

Come to School Woods for a special, pre-Halloween brunch, featuring autumnal and pumpkin foods.

Sunday October 30th, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Menu:

• Autumn vegetable hash and eggs – a melange of sweet potatoes, parsnips, onions, carrots, peppers, and potatoes, browned and baked with eggs on top
• Assorted breads, with jam and butter for toasting, including golden (from squash) challah, and bacon pull-apart bread
• Green salad with apple cider reduction dressing, and goat cheese croutons
• Apple, pear & cranberry compote
• Pumpkin sticky pudding – an American-ized version of this favorite British pudding (dessert), served with whipped cream
• Coffee, tea, and juice

Please sign up on this form – you’ll receive a confirmation email within 24 hours, with all the details. The deadline for online signups is Friday, October 28th. Please call or email your host, Deb Shapiro, 608-712-6368 if you miss the deadline, or if you have any questions.

Thanks and see you at the table!

• When: Friday October 21st, 5:30 – 9:00 p.m.
• What: Nibbles and sips, Scroll down for the menu
• BYOB – Bring your favorite alcoholic- or non-beverages
• Why: Celebrating six five years of School Woods!

Now we are six, by A.A. Milne

The menu of nibbles will include (but will not be limited to):

• Crostini with assorted toppings, such as goat cheese, slow-roasted tomato, & pickled onion; roasted peppers; white bean… More
• Chicken salad with walnuts & apples
• Platter of local cheeses with bread, crackers, fruit and appropriate condiments
• cocktail meatballs and tofu balls
• vegetables and chips and diil dip and edamame hummus
• Some small sweet things – Heidi’s chocolate truffle cake and my version of Dorie’s jammers (cookies)
• Birthday cake! (or maybe cupcakes ….)

Please RSVP by filling out this form – also found under the “members-only” link above. Deadline Wednesday October 19 – please call or email your host, Deb Shapiro, 608-712-6368 or ds83473@gmail if you miss the deadline or have any questions.

Fall fruit, Door County cherry french toast, potato-poblano gratin

Menus will vary, but will always include fresh local ingredients from Madison area farmers’ markets. Brunch favorites like eggs, potatoes, home-baked treats – muffins, scones, sweet rolls – and fruit, juices and lots of coffee will all make an appearance!

Served buffet style, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; guests are welcome to linger until 1:00 or later to finish eating and enjoy the company!

Link to the sign up sheet – (also found under the “Members-only” tab above) – more instructions below

Dates & Menus:

Sunday October 2

Potato-zucchini pancakes, served with raspberry sauce & sour cream
Eggs cooked to order – fried or scrambled
Overnight sticky buns (yeasted dough rolled around a cinnamon filling, topped with honey and nuts)
Breakfast sausages and vegetarian sausages
Fall fruit platter
Coffee, juice and iced tea

Please sign up by 5:00 p.m. Friday September 30.

Sunday October 30

A special day-before-Halloween brunch with lots of pumpkin foods!
See the menu, and more info

If you’d like to come to a brunch, please follow this link to the sign up sheet. You should receive a confirmation email with more details within 24 hours. Please sign up by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before any brunch you’d like to attend. Please email your host, Deb, at ds83473@gmail.com, or call 608-712-6368 to check availability if you miss the deadline, or have any questions. Thanks!