Pickwick & Cherry

The Mariner's Feast
2022-08-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-08-20 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Pickwick & Cherry Kitchen, 607 S Pickwick, Rear Door, Springfield, MO, 65802, United States
Join us for some tantalizing maritime cuisine in this epic Date Night Cooking Experience. We’ll be preparing maple glazed salmon, griddled crab cake, leek and corn risotto, cucumber salad, and wild blueberry tarts. After we prepare our feast, you’ll devour while we do the dishes!
Each ticket admits TWO PEOPLE.
At this time, we are only permitting attendees who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please bring proof of vaccination status with you to the event.

California Coastal Date Night Cooking Experience
2022-08-27 18:30 UTC
Join us for a summer feast that celebrates the bountiful goodness of California cuisine! Together, we’ll be making a classic Cobb Salad, Tamarind Teriyaki-Glazed Filet Mignon with Wine-Braised Garlic Mushrooms and Artichoke-Goat Cheese Polenta, and finishing our meal with Avocado Ice Cream Sundaes. A meal for the ages!
At this time, we are only permitting attendees who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please bring proof of vaccination status with you to the event.

Home Cheesemaking Class
2022-09-24 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-09-25 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-01 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-02 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
How is liquid milk turned into hard cheese? It is a simple question with a complex but accessible answer that goes back thousands of years. It is also a fun and easy project for your own kitchen!
If you have ever wondered how cheese is made, or just have a healthy interest in a new cooking project, this class is for you. There is nothing quite like the simple steps that lead to the complex alchemy that is cheese making. And the fresh cheeses you will learn to make never taste better than when they are freshly made by your own hands. In this class we will learn to make three of the simplest but most ancient and delicious cheeses possible. We will learn to make fresh Ricotta, the simplest of cheeses with the fewest ingredients and a magic moment of transformation. We will learn Fromage Blanc, a rich and creamy spreadable cheese whose delicious flavor is matched only by its ease and wonder of creation. Lastly, we will learn the 30 minute Mozzarella technique. It’s the most involved of the three, but also the most fun, most versatile, and will certainly earn you the most bragging rights. And time permitting, we might even make our own burrata!
Together we will learn every step of each process hands on and discuss where to get the very limited amount of equipment and ingredients to launch your own unlimited home cheesemaking adventures.

About the Instructor
Ryan Mihalik is a professional cheesemaker with nearly a decade of professional experience working at dairies across the US, Europe and Australia. Born and raised in right here in Rountree neighborhood, he got his first experience in milking and cheesemaking at a local dairy, and made cheese at home for several years before deciding to pursue it as a full-time career. He most recently spent five years as the head cheesemaker at a sheep dairy in California, producing high-quality hard and soft cheeses, yogurt, and other fermented dairy products for high-end farmers markets across the Bay Area. His passion for his craft has taken him around the world, apprenticing with expert cheesemakers in France, Italy, Austria, and beyond, and his wealth of experience gives him unique insight into translating professional methods and safety precautions to the home cheese making scale.

Oktoberfest Date Night Cooking Experience
2022-10-07 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-10-08 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
Join us for a hands-on celebration of the food of Oktoberfest! We’ll be making beer-braised brats with sauerkraut, lye-dipped pretzel pockets stuffed with ham and cheese, spaetzle, and an enormous hand-stretched apple strudel. Good enough to make you yodel, lederhosen optional.
Each ticket admits TWO PEOPLE.

Bountiful Harvest Vegetarian Date Night Cooking Experience
2022-10-15 18:30 - 21:00 UTC
Join us in celebrating the bountiful produce of fall! We’ll work together to prepare a glorious vegetarian feast of butternut gnocchi with gorgonzola cream, griddled wedge salad with tempered yogurt dressing, farro with roasted cauliflower, corn & fig, and poached pear & frangipane tarts. It doesn’t get any better than this!
Each ticket admits TWO PEOPLE.

Spooky Cookie Decorating
2022-10-21 18:30 - 21:30, 2022-10-29 13:00 - 16:00 UTC
Get ready for Halloween by learning how to make beautiful, hand-iced sugar cookies! We’ll roll out and bake cookies, learn about working with royal icing, and let our creativity run wild as we decorate ghosts, witches, black cats, bats, jack-o-lanterns, and more!
Once the icing is dry (the next day), you’ll be able to take home your handiwork. This is a great class to take with friends!

Piemaking Baking Class
2022-11-05 13:00 - 15:30, 2022-11-06 13:00 - 15:30, 2022-11-12 13:00 - 15:30, 2022-11-13 13:00 - 15:30 UTC
We’ll be making some of our favorite pies, including Bourbon Maple Pecan Pie, Askinosie Chocolate Turtle Pie and S’Mores Pie, and Apple-Thyme pie. Learn all about good crust-making technique, about working with chocolate, and lots of other tips and tricks to make pie-making easy as, well, pie.
You’ll go home with three mini pies (which can be frozen to enjoy later), as well as recipes and great information from this fun, hands-on class.

Holiday Cookie Decorating
2022-12-02 18:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-03 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-04 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-09 18:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-10 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-11 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-15 18:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-16 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
Get in the spirit of the season by making beautiful hand-iced Christmas cookies! We’ll roll out and bake sugar cookies, learn about working with royal icing, and let our creativity run wild as we decorate Christmas trees, candy canes, ornaments, stockings, snowflakes, and more!
Once the icing is dry (the next day), you’ll be able to take home your cookies, and they’ll keep till Christmas (unless you eat them first)! This is a great class to take with friends!

This class always sells out early, so if you see tickets, buy them!

Italian Date Night II Cooking Experience
2023-01-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-01-07 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
Our most popular Italian menu! You’ll join us in cooking up tangy shrimp scampi, making mushroom ravioli from scratch and dousing it in marsala cream sauce, creating an authentic Caesar salad, and finishing the meal with a chocolate-hazelnut (think Nutella) torte. Buon appetito!
Each ticket admits TWO PEOPLE.

TICKET TERMS, POLICIES, & USEFUL INFORMATION:
By purchasing this ticket, we agree that we understand that we are joining the Pickwick & Cherry Cooking Club, a private, fraternal organization, and that all food will be prepared by members of the club. We understand that cooking is an activity that involves some inherent danger, including but not limited to cuts, burns, slips and falls, and other risks, and we waive all liability and hold Pickwick & Cherry harmless in the unlikely event we are injured.
We understand and agree to the Cancellation Policy, which states that “Class reservations are like theatre tickets – the show must go on! Therefore, if you find that you cannot make it, we strongly encourage you to send someone else in your place. If need to cancel more than 30 days before your class, you may without penalty. If you need to cancel within 30 days, but more than 14 days, you may switch your reservation to any other of our classes with space available (and pay the difference if necessary). If you must cancel within 14 days, you may exchange your reservation only if we can fill your space in the class. We will certainly work with you to find someone to take your space if we can help, but we encourage you to find someone on your own. If we cancel a class due to unforeseen circumstances or lack of interest, we will refund you in full.”
We understand and agree to the Appropriate Attire Policy, which states, “Please wear appropriate clothes for a hands-on cooking experience. We discourage long flow-y sleeves, lots of fringe, anything with glitter, things that stain easily, and anything else impractical for standing and moving on floors that contain drains, grates, uneven surfaces, and potential slippery areas. FLAT SHOES FOR WOMEN ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.”
We understand and agree that COVID-19 transmission and exposure is a potential risk in any setting where people from multiple households are present, and we accept this risk. We also agree to abide by any stated COVID-19 precautions, including but not limited to mask wearing, hand washing, or other precautions that management may deem appropriate.
We understand that alcoholic beverages may be consumed by people of legal age on a BYOB basis, but that the hosts reserve the right to restrict the times at which alcohol may be consumed, or may cut off any guest’s alcohol consumption at any time in the interest of the safety and comfort of all present.

Croissants, Puff Pastry, and Beyond Baking Class
2023-01-07 13:00 - 15:30, 2023-01-08 13:00 - 15:30 UTC
Learn about making amazing pastries using butter-laminated doughs. We’ll make sweet and savory pastries by making and using croissant dough, puff pastry, and brioche feuilletée. You’ll go home with an armload of tasty pastries and a whole new appreciation for what goes into the flaky treats you love.

Scandinavian Date Night
2023-01-27 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
Embrace the Danish spirit of “hygge” and join us to make delicious Scandinavian food on a cold winter night. We’ll be making Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry and mashed potatoes, House-Cured Gravlax on Scandinavian Seed Bread, quick pickles, and spherical Aebleskiver Danish pancakes for dessert. Learn to cure salmon and lots more! After you prepare the feast, you’ll dine by candlelight while we do the dishes. It’s sure to be a date to remember!
Each ticket admits ONE COUPLE.
TICKET TERMS, POLICIES, & USEFUL INFORMATION:
By purchasing this ticket, we agree that we understand that we are joining the Pickwick & Cherry Cooking Club, a private, fraternal organization, and that all food will be prepared by members of the club. We understand that cooking is an activity that involves some inherent danger, including but not limited to cuts, burns, slips and falls, and other risks, and we waive all liability and hold Pickwick & Cherry harmless in the unlikely event we are injured.
We understand and agree to the Cancellation Policy, which states that “Class reservations are like theatre tickets – the show must go on! Therefore, if you find that you cannot make it, we strongly encourage you to send someone else in your place. If need to cancel more than 30 days before your class, you may without penalty. If you need to cancel within 30 days, but more than 14 days, you may switch your reservation to any other of our classes with space available (and pay the difference if necessary). If you must cancel within 14 days, you may exchange your reservation only if we can fill your space in the class. We will certainly work with you to find someone to take your space if we can help, but we encourage you to find someone on your own. If we cancel a class due to unforeseen circumstances or lack of interest, we will refund you in full.”
We understand and agree to the Appropriate Attire Policy, which states, “Please wear appropriate clothes for a hands-on cooking experience. We discourage long flow-y sleeves, lots of fringe, anything with glitter, things that stain easily, and anything else impractical for standing and moving on floors that contain drains, grates, uneven surfaces, and potential slippery areas. FLAT SHOES FOR WOMEN ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.”
We understand and agree that COVID-19 transmission and exposure is a potential risk in any setting where people from multiple households are present, and we accept this risk. We also agree to abide by any stated COVID-19 precautions, including but not limited to mask wearing, hand washing, or other precautions that management may deem appropriate.
We understand that alcoholic beverages may be consumed by people of legal age on a BYOB basis, but that the hosts reserve the right to restrict the times at which alcohol may be consumed, or may cut off any guest’s alcohol consumption at any time in the interest of the safety and comfort of all present.

Whole Grain Breadbaking Class
2023-01-28 13:00 - 16:00 UTC
Make healthy choices and eat more whole grain and seedy breads! We’ll be making some of our customer favorites, like Scandinavian Seed Bread, Maple Granola Bread, and 100% Whole Wheat Raisin buns. You’ll go home with fresh-baked, whole grain bread, as well as recipes and tons of new ideas for your baking.
