Cooking Collegium

January 24, 2004
Whippany, NJ

Mangia, mangia, mangia! But before you can eat, you have to learn how to cook! The Barony of Settmour Swamp invites you to to learn all about creating feasts at our Cooking Collegium on January 24th, from 10:30 am to 9 pm at the American Legion Hall #155, in Whippany NJ.

We have classes to satisfy your brain and your stomach, for beginner chefs to advanced ones. Throughout the day, cooking, brewing, and herb related classes will be taught. We will have three types of classes: technique and theory, tasting (sampling foods) and hands-on (cooking in a kitchen). There will be an all-day How to Run a Kitchen class, in which the students will actually cook the evening's feast. A list of classes is on-line, and will be updated up until the day of the event.

The day's activities (see schedule) will also include a meeting of the East Kingdom Cooks' Guild, Cooking and Brewing Competitions, an auction and a Bake Sale (donated baked goods are welcomed, please have an ingredient list). There will also be roundtable discussions on various SCA cooking topics as well as mini-classes demonstrating certain cooking techniques. There is room for Guild Meetings or other types of gatherings -- please contact the autocrats to schedule a meeting.

For more information about the event, classes, and competitions, contact the autocrats, Lady Elisabetta Maldestro (Elissa Klotz, 201-362-5860, e-mail); and Baroness Ursula of Northwoods (e-mail)

Merchants

We have round tables and chairs available for merchants. The cost is the site fee plus $10 dollars or the site fee and an item donated to our auction (if you decide to donate please let us know so we can get you a receipt for the tax deduction). We need to know how many tables you need (3 is the max) and if you need access to electricity. You can arrive at 10 am to set up. We prefer that merchants somehow connect to our theme, but that is not a requirement. Please contact the autocrats for more information.

Reservations

The event is onboard only and includes a light dayboard and a feast. Please, please make reservations, so we can adjust our class and feast sizes.

Prices:

$16.00 dollars for adults (non-members pay an additional $3)
$15 for those 17 and younger
$6 for children 6 and under, and no charge for babes in arms.

Reservations can be sent to our Exchequer, Master Griffyn ap Madoc c/o
John Pyrich, 180 West Hanover Ave, Across from Junard Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960-2801
973-267-4818.

Please make all checks out to SCA Inc., Barony of Settmour Swamp and include the mundane and SCA names of the people you are making the reservations for, proof of membership and the event name.

Site details

The site

is handicap accessible and has a chair lift. Please alert the autocrats if you have need of this so we can make arrangements.
has newly finished wood floors--- so please, do not wear shoes or spurs that will damage or mark the floors.
does not have facilities for children, and due to the nature of some of the classes, parents must make arrangements to have their children watched at all times.
is wet, but all alcohol must be bought from the bar on-site (with an exception made for the brewing classes and competition).
all candles/flames must be enclosed

Nearby hotels

Hanover Courtyard, 157 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981
www.Marriott.com, (973) 887-8700; 5 minute drive; $69 single

Ramada Conference Center, 130 Route 10 West, East Hanover NJ 07936
www.ramadaeasthanover.com, (973) 386-5622; 5 minute drive; $99 single

Wellesley Inns & Suites, 1255 Route 10, Whippany NJ 07981
www.wellesleyonline.com (973) 539-8350; 10 minute drive with several turns; $89 single

Directions

Site address: American Legion 155, 13 Legion Place, Whippany, New Jersey, 07981

From the North - Take 287 south to exit 39A (Route 10 East, Whippany). Continue as below**

From the South - Take 287 north to exit 39 (Route 10 Dover & Whippany) The exit ramp splits, stay right to Route 10 East Whippany. Continue as below**

**Stay on Route 10 east for 1.4 miles (you will pass the Pine Plaza shopping mall)
At the third light, turn right onto Whippany road (Exxon and Shell gas stations)
Go 0.2 miles to the first light, turn right onto Parsippany Road
Go 0.2 miles to the first light, turn left onto Mt. Pleasant Road (Red Room Tavern)
Go 0.2 miles and turn left onto Legion road
Go 200 feet, the The American Legion hall is on the left