Station Park (Farmington)

<h3>Harmons Station Park (Located Upstairs)</h3> <h3>Sunday, November 15 1:00pm-3:00pm</h3> <p>Chef Laura</p> <p>Keep on scrolling if you're looking for a predictable brunch experience.<br> ✧˖°.<br> Still here? Then you must be ready to do brunch differently! Lets combine fine dining and incredible dance moves for a unique brunch experience. Brunch is already a great time, but can be crowded or disappointing. Our School has no wait time, no gratuity, and the opportunity to meet others who love brunch, disco, or hanging out and having fun while cooking.</p> <p>Our professional kitchen will be dressed for a party, and even our staff show off a groove or two while we instruct how to make our tasty brunch menu. Roll out herbed biscuits, glaze bacon, and fry some incredible breakfast potatos pavé. Once the demo is complete, boogie on over to one of our workstations with your squad! Our groovy Chefs already measured everything for you, and we clean up after you! All you have to do is have fun.</p> <p>Don't love cooking but want to join? We have plenty of Chef-prepared brunch items for you to enjoy, and work hard to create an incredible social environment. Here's what one of our regular guests Faun, had to say:<br> <em>"BEST COOKING CLASS EVER!!..... You can tell you love what you do because it shows in your events.</em>"</p> <p>You'll Make:<br> Cheddar and Jive (Chive) Biscuits with Groovy Gravy<br> Thick Cut Bacon with Disco Glaze<br> Glimmering Ghee Potatoes Pavé<br> Jammy Egg Avocado Toast</p> <p>Provided by our D̶J̶'̶s̶ Chefs:<br> Scrambled, Poached, Boiled or Fried Eggs<br> Earth, Wind and Fruit Bar<br> Sparkle-Mosa (Sparkling Wine, Harmons Own Fresh Squeezed OJ)<br> Studio Fifty-Faux-Mosa (Sparkling Grape with Harmons Own Fresh Squeezed OJ)<br> Coffee Bar with Cold Foam</p> <p>This menu is an exposure to some of the best Harmons has to offer- our Artisan bread, our first pick produce, our Fresh Cut department and more! Without all the work of shopping, chopping, and cleaning.</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School (Located Upstairs)</h3> <h3>Monday, November 16 6pm-8pm</h3> <p>Chef Laura &amp; Sarah Dyer-Heim RDN, CD</p> <p>We love Thanksgiving. We also think we've collectively cooked the same twelve side dishes about a hundred times. It's time for a Thanksgiving remix!</p> <p>Step into a professional Chef's kitchen and learn all the secrets behind creating big time flavors and cooking efficiently using science and practice. You'll watch our devoted Chef Laura and Chef Sarah demonstrate the best Fall has to offer, then you can recreate the magic at one of our workstations. Once complete, enjoy the fruits of your labor! You can take home all the leftovers, the recipes, and become the favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table this year!</p> <p>We're making sweet and savory chicken sausage stuffing, cranberry-orange sauce, Brussels sprouts with pomegranate, and gorgeous Hasselback butternut squash. Imagine everyone asking for your Hasselback squash every Thanksgiving instead of your sister's whipped potatoes. Imagine casually dropping words like <em>Hasselback, harissa</em> and <em>Maillard reaction</em> at the family table. We'll teach you the technique. You take all the credit.</p> <p>Our Menu:</p> <p>Sweet and Savory Sage &amp; Harmons Chicken Sausage Stuffing<br> Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Zesty Orange Pomegranate Dressing<br> Hasselback Butternut Squash — spiced with Chile &amp; Harissa<br> Cranberry "Snowglobe" Mocktail</p> <p>Tell your family the whole thing came to you in a stroke of culinary genius. It can stay between you, me and the Cooking School that you learned it here. How would they know? And because we're cooking at Harmons, we're not skimping on the good stuff. We go out of our way to give you excellent ingredients, great service and a genuinely fun night out. So bring your date. Bring Dad. Bring the friend who takes Thanksgiving way too seriously. Come by yourself and acquire some new culinary bragging rights. Or stay home and eat the same boring holiday food you've been eating for years.</p>

<h3>Wednesday, November 18 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.</h3> <h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School</h3> <p>Chef Laura</p> <p>Macarons can be difficult to make, but once you know the correct method it gets easy! Our devoted Chef Laura will be teaching you how to craft the Italian meringue method of making macarons, a technique you can use again and again. Not only is the recipe itself useful, the wealth of knowledge provided by students and staff foster a fun, engaging learning environment for new and experienced Chefs alike. In this return special edition of Macaron Magic, you'll be delighted to have special flavored fillings, and all the Thanksgiving decorating skills we have to offer!</p> <p>A Chef-prepared dinner is provided during our class.</p> <p>What you'll do in class:<br> Bake delicate and delicious Italian meringue macarons<br> Fill them with:</p> <p>Cranberry Jelly<br> Gingerbread Creme<br> White Chocolate Chai Filling<br> Butter-Pecan Pie Buttercream</p>

<h3>Monday, November 30 6:00pm-8:00pm</h3> <h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School</h3> <p>Chef Laura</p> <p>Ditch the line at the taco stand and forget finding the next hidden gem- it's right here and you're the Chef! We'll provide everything you need to sling up chicken and beef tacos for you and yours, and we do all the clean up too. These recipes are deep and complex in flavor but not in preparation, leaving you lots of time to enjoy a night out.<br> Our Cooking School is the perfect place to spend a fun evening picking up a new skill, a new recipe, making friends, and enjoying great food and drink. What you can expect:</p> <p>You'll Make:</p> <p>Pulled Chicken Tinga Tacos<br> Birria Beef Tacos<br> Cumin-Lime Black Beans<br> Calabacitas (Roasted Vegetables with Cheese)<br> Fresh Grilled Corn or Flour Tortillas<br> Salsa Verde y Salsa Roja</p> <p>We'll handle the instruction, clean up, and drink service- you'll be in charge of having fun... and that's about it.</p> <h3>What to expect in a hands-on Harmons Cooking Class:</h3> <p>Please come prepared with closed-toed shoes and long hair securely tied back. You'll work in small groups in a fun, hands-on environment led by our professional Chef instructor, sharing equipment and workstations. Seats are priced per person.</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School (Located Upstairs)</h3> <h3>Friday, December 4 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.</h3> <p>Chef Laura</p> <p>It's time again for the Harmons Cheese Festival! It's 25% off all specialty cheeses and it only happens once a year. Let's celebrate by sampling some of the greatest hits from our cheese island.<br> Whether you're a seasoned connoisseur or just graduating from macaroni and cheese, we welcome all!<br> Arrive at our Cooking School where we've turned the stoves off and dimmed the lights, a departure from our usual cooking lessons. Our Chef Laura takes you through 4 different cheeses, explains a little about what makes them unique and delicious, and you can sample all for yourself.<br> Spend an hour or two with your friends and the friends you haven't met yet. Our professional staff works hard to ensure everyone feels included and welcome.<br> A Chef prepared dinner and light mocktail service will be prepared prior to our cheese tasting.<br> You'll leave ready and informed to plan some serious cheese purchases during our Harmons Cheese Festival, December 5th.</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School (Located Upstairs)</h3> <h3>Wednesday, December 9th 6:00pm-8:00pm</h3> <p>Chef Laura</p> <p>Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know that chocolate fixes all the things I can't change and don't have the patience to deal with.</p> <p>We'll welcome you into our Station Park Chocolate Factory where we fully support your habit- and teach you a few different ways to indulge it. Head chocolate lover Chef Laura shows off how to mix up a savory poblano-cocoa mole for tamales, peppermint chocolate brownies with new Ghirardelli Peppermint Mix-Ins, and finally a delicate Station Park chocolate torte. Based on a Sacher torte, it's a recipe you'll make again and again.</p> <p>Ghirardelli has graciously offered to sponsor this months Chocoholics Anonymous meeting, which means there are several delectable Ghirardelli surprises in store! Each participant walks away with a Ghirardelli goodie bag, and you can enter our raffle to win an XL bag of Ghirardelli chocolate squares!</p> <p>It's going to be an incredible evening! Try not to wear white.</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School (Located Upstairs)</h3> <p>Thursday, December 10 6:00pm-8:00pm<br> Chef Laura</p> <p>Take your baking dreams from your Pinterest board into your Camera Roll. This holiday baking season, let us handle the boring stuff so you can focus on everything you love about baking: being creative, learning new techniques, and that glorious feeling of accomplishment.</p> <p>Our cooking school is a unique blend of a helpful learning environment and a fun night out. You'll start with a professional Chef prepared dinner- hard to learn on an empty stomach! Then we watch as Chef Laura twists and turns out three enriched breads: yeast based dough that has been 'enriched' with fat. Ask any and all questions you've been holding onto, then you'll recreate the three breads at one of our workstations. Our team of professional Chefs and staff hang out to keep you on the right track while offering plenty of encouragement.<br> You'll leave with the three breads you make in class, the recipes we used to make them, and tons of tips and tricks about enriched bread dough from the pros so you can recreate them at a professional level.</p> <p>The Three Enriched Breads:</p> <p>Savory Babka:<br> Savory herbed cream cheese and caramelized onion- complex and beautifully braided.</p> <p>Orange Pistachio Pull Apart:<br> Orange, pistachio, cardamom, a fragrant, citrusy, and wonderfully soft shareable bread.</p> <p>Brown Butter Cinnamon Holiday Bread<br> Decadent brown butter and cinnamon jam swirled into a stunning holiday star.</p> <p>And when we say we handle the boring stuff, we mean it. Everything is measured and ready when you arrive, and we even do all the dishes!<br> Forget stuffy, awkward meetups. Have fun socializing or focus completely on your bake. Our cooking school is almost guaranteed to be the most fun you'll have in the grocery store.</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School</h3> <p>Friday, December 11th 6:00pm-8:00pm<br> Chef Laura</p> <p>We love to celebrate here in the Cooking School and we are extending the invitation to you to celebrate this season in a new way, the Scandi way! Picture yourself immersed in cozy and warm kitchen, decor twinkling nearby, savory smells filling the air. That is hygge. Scandinavian food is a celebration of hearty meats and vegetables drowning in delicious gravies and sauces, quite similar to the American holiday menus. You'll be adding new recipes to your repertoire and learning how to make them like the pros. All while clinking glasses and laughing with friends you bring, and ones you meet here.</p> <p>You'll Make:</p> <p>Smørrebrød- (pronunciation- smuhr-broht)<br> Open faced rye bread, Norwegian Salmon lox, silky dill beurre blanc<br> Köttbullar- Swedish Meatballs (pronounced CHUT-boo-lar)<br> Served with Lingonberry Jam. Not made by any Henson-esque Swedish Chefs<br> Kalops- (Pronunciation- kah-lohps)<br> Seared beef short ribs, braised in savory gravy, whipped buttery golden potato and parsnip, served traditionally alongside pickled beets with roasted root vegetable melange<br> Risengrynsgrøt- (Pronunciation- REE-sen-gryn-sgruht)<br> Warmed and spiced rice pudding<br> Glögg- (Pronunciation- Glue-g)<br> Swedish mulled wine<br> Glögg(ish)-<br> Mocktail offering</p> <p>We take all the hard work away. We measure, instruct, help, and even clean up. At the end of the evening, you'll clink glasses over a cozy Scandinavian meal you made all on your own. Any leftovers you can take with you! Forget stuffy, boring instructional cooking classes that are awkward and intimidating. Our staff is exceptional at making you feel welcomed, regardless of skill level. Have a hygge evening!</p>

<h3>Saturday, December 12 | 1:00-3:00 p.m.</h3> <h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School</h3> <h3>Chef Laura</h3> <p>Macarons can be difficult to make, but once you know the correct method it gets easy! Our devoted Chef Laura will be teaching you how to craft the Italian meringue method of making macarons, a technique you can use again and again. Not only is the recipe itself useful, the wealth of knowledge provided by students and staff foster a fun, engaging learning environment for new and experienced Chefs alike. In this return, special edition of Macaron Magic, you'll be delighted to have special flavored fillings, and all the Holiday themed decorating skills we have to offer!<br> A Chef-prepared dinner is provided during our class.</p> <p>What you'll make in class:<br> Delicate and delicious Italian meringue macarons<br> Rosemary and Cranberry Filling<br> Hot Chocolate Buttercream<br> Peppermint Buttercream<br> Mexican Chocolate Ganache<br> Cinnamon Roll Filling</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School (Located Upstairs)</h3> <p>Thursday, December 10 6:00pm-8:00pm<br> Chef Laura</p> <p>Take your baking dreams from your Pinterest board into your Camera Roll. This holiday baking season, let us handle the boring stuff so you can focus on everything you love about baking: being creative, learning new techniques, and that glorious feeling of accomplishment.</p> <p>Our cooking school is a unique blend of a helpful learning environment and a fun night out. You'll start with a professional Chef prepared dinner- hard to learn on an empty stomach! Then we watch as Chef Laura twists and turns out three enriched breads: yeast based dough that has been 'enriched' with fat. Ask any and all questions you've been holding onto, then you'll recreate the three breads at one of our workstations. Our team of professional Chefs and staff hang out to keep you on the right track while offering plenty of encouragement.<br> You'll leave with the three breads you make in class, the recipes we used to make them, and tons of tips and tricks about enriched bread dough from the pros so you can recreate them at a professional level.</p> <p>The Three Enriched Breads:</p> <p>Savory Babka:<br> Savory herbed cream cheese and caramelized onion- complex and beautifully braided.</p> <p>Orange Pistachio Pull Apart:<br> Orange, pistachio, cardamom, a fragrant, citrusy, and wonderfully soft shareable bread.</p> <p>Brown Butter Cinnamon Holiday Bread<br> Decadent brown butter and cinnamon jam swirled into a stunning holiday star.</p> <p>And when we say we handle the boring stuff, we mean it. Everything is measured and ready when you arrive, and we even do all the dishes!<br> Forget stuffy, awkward meetups. Have fun socializing or focus completely on your bake. Our cooking school is almost guaranteed to be the most fun you'll have in the grocery store.</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School (Located Upstairs)</h3> <h3>Wednesday, Friday December 18 6:00pm-8:00pm</h3> <p>Chef Laura</p> <p>Forget the stuffy steakhouse! Eating out is only getting more and more expensive. Make your money go farther by spending a night out in the Harmons Cooking School. We will be praying for snow while a beautiful Delmonico steak sizzles away nearby. Never cooked one before? That's what our professional team of Chefs and support staff is for. We host an encouraging and fun environment to cook, learn, and have a great time.</p> <p>You'll watch our fun instructional demo, then recreate the recipes at one of our workstations. Once you're done cooking, you'll enjoy to your hearts content and take home any leftovers.</p> <p>Don't worry about the cleanup, we take care of all of that. All you need to worry about is showing up and having a great time.<br> Because it's a cooking class at Harmons, you know we don't skimp on the good stuff. Here's what you'll be cooking:</p> <p>Class Menu:<br> Thick Delmonico Steaks, Seared, then Garlic &amp; Herb Butter Basted<br> Lemon Basil Seasoned Golden Potatoes Halves<br> Wok Fired Crispy Sticky Green Beans<br> Berry &amp; Cinnamon Poached Pears with Whipped Mascarpone &amp; Maple Syrup</p> <p>Abandon the idea of paying someone else to cook your steak to your liking. Now you're in control. The best quality ingredients prepared right before your eyes, and we give you the tips and the recipes so you can recreate it again and again. Anything you can't finish becomes your lunch the next day, a wonderful steak souvenir.<br> We welcome all ages! Our professional staff of Chefs and coordinators work hard to ensure everyone has a fun and safe time cooking something they may have once found intimidating. We almost guarantee it's the most fun you'll have in the grocery store.</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School (Located Upstairs)</h3> <p>Saturday, December 19 6:00pm-8:00pm<br> Chef Laura</p> <p>Come solo, bring a date, or gather your most festive (or least festive) friends to spend a few hours eating, sipping, laughing, and embracing a little holiday chaos. It's time for our second annual Gingerbread House decorating contest!</p> <p>We've taken care of the hard part- your house is already assembled with dangerously hot sugar syrup so you can skip the construction headaches and get straight to the good stuff. Creating, drinking, and making a glorious holiday mess. And yes, we clean it all up. We have an abundance of candies, cookies, chocolates, sprinkles, and edible decorations at your fingertips, make your gingerbread masterpiece as elegant or outrageous as you please!</p> <p>Competition Categories:<br> --Most Likely to be Condemned<br> --Most Likely to be Featured in Architectural Digest<br> --Honorable Mention</p> <p>Come hungry! Taking a cooking class at Harmons means enjoying the best we have to offer including artisan breads, charcuterie, cheeses selected by our CCP® cheesemongers, fresh fruits and vegetables, and a cozy, from-scratch French onion soup served in a bread bowl. Our resident mixologist Preston provides his signature hot toddy, we'll have a 'cranberry snowglobe' mocktail, and a selection of red or white wine by the glass. Beer or Diet Coke available by request.</p> <p>Don't forget our first annual Station Park Ugly Sweater contest! The winner for Ugliest Sweater Ever walks away with a voucher worth two free seats to any upcoming Station Park Cooking Class.<br> The winners of each category of Gingerbread House will walk away with a trophy and Harmons Chef curated prize bag.</p> <p>We'll have holiday music that doesn't suck, and you could walk away with a few awards under your ugly sweater. At the very least, a Zillow ready Gingerbread House ready for display. Or eating. Whichever.</p> <p><em>One preassembled gingerbread house per guest. All decorating materials included.</em></p>

<h3>Monday, December 21 6:00pm-8:00pm</h3> <h3>Harmons Station Park</h3> <p>Chef Laura</p> <p>Mocktails are more than just fruit juice and soda- let us help you become the resident mixologist of your social circle! Balancing fruitiness, sweet, acidity, heat, tart, smoke, aromatics, and carbonation, is a -lot- easier than it sounds. With the holidays already here, break out of the casserole mold and bring an incredible mocktail the entire family can enjoy. It's not just you and some basic recipes, it's teaching you the skills it takes to make a balanced mocktail. In this edition of Zero Proof, learn the skills behind balancing flavor and crafting seasonal mocktails themed perfectly for the holidays.</p> <p>You'll Learn:</p> <p>Inverted Fruit Sugar Syrups<br> Balancing Sweet/Sour/Tart/Acidic/Warming/Cooling<br> Adding Carbonation-Adjusting Texture<br> Holiday Themed Drinks and Garnishes<br> Creating Layers of Color and Texture</p> <p>Not to be missed: A Chef-crafted dinner prior to our mocktail service. This menu is subject to be updated, check back soon!</p>

<h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School (Located Upstairs)</h3> <p>Tuesday, December 22 1:00pm-3:00pm<br> Chef Laura</p> <p>The most wonderful part of the holidays is being together. The not-so-wonderful part? All the planning, prepping, and cleaning! So let us take care of that for you.</p> <p>Send your young chefs our way for a cozy afternoon of Christmas music, delicious food, and a little culinary magic. We'll handle the mess while they make memories, learn new skills, and bring home something worth showing off.</p> <p>Santa's Sweet and Super Crazy Hot Chocolate Bar<br> Unlimited rich Dutch hot chocolate, served in their very own take-home mug! Let their imaginations run wild with mountains of whipped cream, candy, festive toppings, and edible shimmer. A little extra sparkle never hurt anybody.</p> <p>Egg Sandwich Creation Station<br> Breakfast, but make it their own! Our professional chefs will teach young cooks how to prepare eggs just the way they like them, then let them build their perfect breakfast sandwich with their choice of bacon, breakfast sausage, or avocado. Real kitchen skills, a delicious brunch, and the satisfaction of saying, "I made that!"</p> <p>Cinnamon Roll Workshop<br> Roll up those sleeves! Young bakers will learn to shape and roll cinnamon rolls using yeast dough, then box up their freshly baked creations to take home. We'll send them off with the recipe so they can recreate the magic in your kitchen. You'll be impressed by the beautiful box of cinnamon rolls they bring home — assuming they all make it that far!</p> <p>Whether your child is an aspiring chef or simply an enthusiastic hot chocolate connoisseur, there's a place for them in our kitchen. Expect professional instruction, plenty of creative freedom, and a holiday experience they'll be talking about long after the decorations come down.</p> <p>Calling all Harmons Kids Camp alumni! Ask us about our special returning-camper sibling offer when booking.</p>

<h3>Tuesday, December 29 | 1:00-3:00 p.m.</h3> <h3>Harmons Station Park Cooking School</h3> <p>Chef Laura</p> <p>Macarons can be difficult to make, but once you know the correct method it gets easy! Our devoted Chef Laura will be teaching you how to craft the Italian meringue method of making macarons, a technique you can use again and again. Not only is the recipe itself useful, the wealth of knowledge provided by students and staff foster a fun, engaging learning environment for new and experienced Chefs alike.<br> Alongside our macaron cookie making, you'll melt chocolate wafers for dipping and have a collection of decorations so you can go home with macarons worth millions. It's a shareable moment for friends, family, coworkers, or just yourself. We provide fillings for your macarons so you can focus on making the cookie and enjoying the class.</p> <p>A Chef-prepared dinner is provided during our class.</p>