Drink in Michigan wine with Laurentide Winery!

If you love wine and you love learning about wine, you won’t want to miss our tasting series with Laurentide Winery! Join us for one, two, or three toast-worthy tastings with Sue and Bill Braymer, who met and fell in love in Ann Arbor, then opened a winery in Leelanau.

Who needs hooch when you have the booch!? In this class, we’ll explore the wide world of pairings with non-alcoholic beverages. Kombucha, summer spritzers, and fruit juices are all great with cheese, and we’ll be sharing our favorite pairings. Bread and additional accompaniments from our Cream Top Shop will be provided.

We all know that whole grains can be good for us, but that’s not the only reason to eat them. With the right recipes and techniques, they can taste great, too. We’ll teach you to make Bakehouse Country Wheat bread, a whole-grain raisin bread, and a masterful multi-grain bread. This class will change how you think of whole grain bread.

You'll leave BAKE! with our recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, six loaves of bread you made in class and great coupons.

If our Mambo Italiano class is the grand tour, this is more like a trip to Little Italy. All the fun and flavor in half the time. We’ll make sesame semolina from Sicily and focaccia from Genoa. You'll learn all the techniques of mixing, kneading, shaping, proofing and baking these yeasted breads at home. From the nutty flavor of Sesame Semolina to the olive-oil-infused decadence of focaccia with Parmigiano Reggiano®, soon you, too, will be saying Viva Italia!

You'll leave BAKE! with our recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, two loaves of Sesame Semolina, two focaccia rounds, semolina dough to bake later, a poolish to make more bread at home and great coupons.

Do you know which beer goes best with that cheddar? We do! Join Tessie, our resident Certified Cheese Professional and beer aficionado, for an evening of tasting and exploration. We’ll try a wide range of beer styles from our favorite breweries paired with artisan cheeses. Bread and additional accompaniments will be provided.

This tasting is for cheese lovers 21+.

Sail ashore and conquer the mysterious and rich world of danish dough. You will learn the techniques for laminating rich dough with butter,make your own dough in class, and create hand-shaped danish (almond-filled bear claws, pinwheels, and pockets filled with cream cheese or fruit), each surrounded by the rich tender flaky dough that makes a good danish. Oh so delicious!

You'll leave BAKE! with our recipes, the knowledge to recreate themat home, 18 danish you made in class, dough to bake at home, and great coupons.

**You may want to bring a cooler to put your take-home dough inif you are traveling more than an hour to attend class.

Learn the keys to successful coffee brewing using a wide variety of brewing methods from filter drip to syphon pot. This tasting session will explore a single coffee brewed 6 to 8 different ways, each producing a unique taste. We will discuss the merits and differences of each style while we demonstrate the proper proportions and techniques for each method.

The secret is out! Learn the recipe for Zingerman's signature sour cream coffee cake with ribbons of cinnamon brown sugar and toasted walnuts. It’s a Bakehouse classic that graces the cover of our cookbook (find it at most Zingerman's locations and wherever you buy books), not to mention coffee cakes are our most popular Mail Order gift.

In class you’ll also make a couple other cakes near and dear to us, the lovely olive oil and citrus cake and rich almond pound cake. These are sure to be a treasured recipe in your house for years to come!

You'll leave BAKE! with Zingerman's Bakehouse coffee cake recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, 3 coffee cakes and great coupons.

Come and learn the secret to making terrific fresh mozzarella and ricotta from the experts! In this fun-filled class we'll show you the ins and outs of making these simple, yet delicious cheeses. You'll learn how to make ricotta from fresh milk, pull balls of fresh mozzarella from curd, stretch string cheese, and create a rich, creamy burrata. You'll get all of the cheese that you make in class to take home and eat, plus the recipes that we teach in the class! Perfect for pizza, super on a salad, or amazing on its own, these versatile cheeses are as much to make as they are to eat. Adults and children over 12 are welcome. Classes fill fast, sign up today!

Zingerman's Cornman Farms is excited to introduce our quintessential summer picnic series. Join us in savoring this beautiful Michigan summer with one of our gourmet picnics by Chef Kieron. Stay and enjoy on the Cornman Farms property or take it elsewhere! All orders must be placed in advance online.