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

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.

• 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.

• Shepherd’s pie – choice of beef or veggie
• Bread or rolls & butter
• Winter greens (spinach, arugula, etc.) salad with feta
• 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.

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

Another link to the sign up sheet

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.

Thanks and see you at the table ◊◊◊◊◊

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!

This event has been cancelled due to low enrollment – everyone have a great Labor Day holiday weekend, and please visit School Woods another time!

Kick off the Labor Day holiday weekend with happy hour at School Woods!
Served 5:30 – 7:30, Friday September 2nd

The menu includes plenty of choices for both vegetarians and carnivores, something sweet, and non-alcoholic beverages.

Strictly B.Y.O.B – We’ll provide the mixers for a cocktail designed to complement the evening’s foods, and make wine suggestions.

Kids welcome!

• Crostini Bar! Small toasts for you to use as the base for an array of toppings: tomato-basil; whole-milk ricotta & salami; white bean spread; olive tapenade; sun-dried tomato pesto
• Some variety of seasonal bean or pasta salad, like corn & black bean, or pesto-pasta
• Fruit kebabs with yogurt mint dipping sauce
• Nuts & other handfuls to munch
• Fancy chocolate to nibble – no-bake truffle cake

The suggested cocktail is:

A crisp white wine, like Pino Grigio, or a sparkling, sweeter white wine, like Prosecco or Asti; we’ll have Campari & soda and citrus for spritzers

Please sign up by 5:00 p.m. Thursday Sept. 1 – please email your host (ds83473@gmail.com) if you miss that deadline, or if you have any questions.

More specifically it’s looking like there’ll be pizzas with roasted squash, tomatoes, and olives, Eggplant pizza, and pizza with bacon and chiles!

Sign Up: (deadline 5:00 p.m. August 17th)

Questions? Miss the sign up deadline? Email your host ds83473@gmail.com or call 608-712-6368

Pizza with broccoli

Join us on most Friday evenings in July at School Woods for these buffet spreads of small dishes – more than snacks, easily a light dinner, featuring seasonal ingredients. There’ll be hot, cold, and crunchy choices, with plenty for both vegetarians and carnivores. And always something sweet.

Strictly B.Y.O.B – We’ll provide the mixers for a cocktail designed to complement each evening’s foods, and make wine suggestions.

Kids welcome!

Served 5:30 – 7:30 on Fridays – July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22. Menus will be posted by date as they evolve.

Link to sign up sheet