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One simple dough can become much more than a tortilla.For Marketing Monday, I’m sharing the first corn tortilla workshop...
08/15/2026

One simple dough can become much more than a tortilla.

For Marketing Monday, I’m sharing the first corn tortilla workshop from my Glenside-based business, Bistro Springhouse.

We’ll start with small balls of masa, press and cook fresh tortillas, and watch for that satisfying puff on the griddle. Then we’ll use the same dough to make tetelas—filled triangular masa pockets cooked until warm and lightly browned.

We’ll also experiment with flavor balance through a margarita-inspired mocktail tasting before sitting down to enjoy our work with seasonal fillings.

It’s part cooking workshop, part shared meal, and a different kind of Taco Tuesday night out.

At Bistro Springhouse, cooking brings people together—and tasting should be a conversation. Registration begins with two seats, so choose a friend, partner, family member, or another curious cook to join you.

Tuesday, August 25 • 6–8 PM
St. John’s Lutheran Church
1224 Melrose Avenue, Melrose Park
Great for ages 10+
$60 per person • Registration begins with two seats

All ingredients are included, along with a tortilla-steaming towel and recipe card to take home.

Register: bistrospringhouse.com

Join me for a hands-on evening of mixing, pressing, and cooking corn tortillas from scratch. You’ll learn how to work wi...
08/12/2026

Join me for a hands-on evening of mixing, pressing, and cooking corn tortillas from scratch. You’ll learn how to work with masa, see how the same dough can become more than a tortilla, and sit down to enjoy your work with seasonal fillings.

While the masa rests, we’ll take a short detour into flavor: a margarita-inspired mocktail experiment that lets you taste sweet, sour, and salty separately, then find the balance that tastes best to you.

Come for dinner, leave with a new skill—and the confidence and resources to keep your masa journey going at home. Each participant receives a towel for steaming fresh tortillas and a recipe card.

Tuesday, August 25 • 6–8 PM
St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1224 Melrose Ave, Melrose Park
Great for ages 10+
$60 per person. Registration begins with two participants.

Register at bistrospringhouse.com

Today’s farmers market curiosity: heirloom tomatoes.What’s the big deal? Mostly, flavor. Supermarket tomatoes are often ...
08/08/2026

Today’s farmers market curiosity: heirloom tomatoes.

What’s the big deal? Mostly, flavor. Supermarket tomatoes are often bred to be sturdy enough to travel and sit on a shelf. Heirloom varieties have been passed down for the qualities people wanted to keep—often distinctive flavor, texture, color and shape.

Add in a tomato picked ripe and grown nearby, and suddenly “tomato” isn’t just one flavor anymore.

That’s one of my favorite things about shopping the farmers market instead of the supermarket: you can buy an ingredient you already know and still discover something new about it.

Curiosity tastes better in season.

Looks like rain this Saturday. Skip the screens and spend the afternoon making pasta together.Join us this Saturday, 2:3...
08/06/2026

Looks like rain this Saturday. Skip the screens and spend the afternoon making pasta together.

Join us this Saturday, 2:30–4:30 PM at Giuliano's Deli for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn to make fresh pasta from scratch and shape 5–6 different pastas, including cavatelli and orecchiette. It’s a bit like playing with Play-Doh—but you can eat it when you’re done.

Perfect for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and anyone looking to spend time with their favorite little kitchen helper.

Ages 6–106
$30 per person • Minimum registration of two participants

Every registration takes home a pasta board, enough fresh pasta for dinner, and a new skill to enjoy together at home.

Register at BistroSpringhouse.com

This week’s farmers market haul has me thinking ahead to next Saturday's pasta workshop—and something new.The Roma tomat...
08/01/2026

This week’s farmers market haul has me thinking ahead to next Saturday's pasta workshop—and something new.

The Roma tomatoes are destined for Marcella Hazan’s famously simple tomato sauce, which I often suggest during my pasta workshops because its three-ingredient list and effortless preparation let fresh pasta do most of the talking.

The pluots have a less predictable future. I spotted a recipe for roasted cauliflower with plums, sesame seeds and yogurt in Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables—my all-time favorite cookbook—and now I’m curious to see how it works with these sweet-tart plum-apricot hybrids.

Some ingredients come home with a plan. Others come home because curiosity wins.

The farmers market rewards curiosity in a way the supermarket rarely does. I didn’t arrive looking for flying-saucer squ...
07/26/2026

The farmers market rewards curiosity in a way the supermarket rarely does. I didn’t arrive looking for flying-saucer squash or a watermelon too big for the photo—but now I’m wondering how hard I can sear those pattypans and how many meals can begin with a pile of poblanos.

The best part of shopping this way? Dinner starts with “What is that?” instead of “What do I usually buy?”

Our first trip to the Horsham Farmers Market turned into a haul of fermented goodness, freshly baked bread, garlic scape...
07/21/2026

Our first trip to the Horsham Farmers Market turned into a haul of fermented goodness, freshly baked bread, garlic scapes, plums, goat cheese—and an irresistible assortment of sausages.

I cook primarily vegetarian, so I’m excited to use the meats sparingly: a little ’nduja stirred into beans, a few slices of chorizo with vegetables, or andouille adding depth to a pot of greens.

Different market. Different makers. Plenty of new things to taste.

The next Flour & Water Pasta Workshop is coming up!Join us at Giuliano’s Deli on Saturday, August 8, from 2:30–4:30 p.m....
07/21/2026

The next Flour & Water Pasta Workshop is coming up!

Join us at Giuliano’s Deli on Saturday, August 8, from 2:30–4:30 p.m. We’ll turn flour and water into hand-shaped pasta—no pasta machine required.

Each registration includes the pasta you make and a wooden pasta board to keep practicing. Registration is available in pairs, so bring a friend, partner, child or fellow pasta enthusiast.

Saturday, August 8th | 2:30–4:30 PM
Giuliano’s Deli in Glenside
$30 per person, minimum of 2 seats per registration
Ages 6–106 welcome
Register at bistrospringhouse.com.

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