February 5th, 2010 - 6:46 pm § in Events

Chocolate Week Begins Saturday February 6th!

Join us in-store for a week long indulgence in all things chocolate. We will be giving away chocolate samples, we’ve cooked up some fantastic chocolate demos, and we’ll also be offering a variety of chocolate Visiting Chef Classes! Complete schedule is online here on the calendar of events!

Starting tomorrow at noon we have Chocolate Valentine’s with Republica del Cacao in the test kitchen, and four hours of Gold Leaf decorating demonstrations at the front of the store with Easy Leaf!

See you here!


February 3rd, 2010 - 11:21 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

Pink Grapefruit Marmalade with Vanilla

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Bettina Birch, BeeGreenFarm     3 large ruby red grapefruits 3 cups water 4 cups sugar 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped 2 tablespoons rose water or lemon juice 1. Set a large pot of water to boil. Cut off the peel of the grapefruits, [...]


February 3rd, 2010 - 11:15 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

Lemon Curd

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Bettina Birch, BeeGreenFarm My friend Susan Rush was an angel and made up a couple of different citrus recipes for tasting. Following is one great and easy lemon curd recipe: Good enough to eat by the spoonful, this curd can be used [...]


February 3rd, 2010 - 11:13 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

PECTIN STOCK

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Bettina Birch, BeeGreenFarm Christine Ferber, author of “Mes Confiture” inspires with her recipe for “Pectin Stock”, a natural alternative to packaged pectin. 3 1/2 pounds green apples  4 2/3 cups granulated [...]


February 3rd, 2010 - 11:11 am § in Beverages, Recipe

VIN DE PAMPLEMOUSSE

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Kevin West at savingtheseason.com SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: 2 5-liter (or five-quart) jars with a sealable lids. 5 750 ml bottles with stoppers INGREDIENTS 6 yellow grapefruits (please try to find organic fruit, since the peel macerates for[...]


February 3rd, 2010 - 11:06 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

TIME-TO-KILL MARMALADE

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Kevin West at savingtheseason.com 2 lbs blood oranges (about 10 small fruits) 1 lb Meyer lemons (about 3 large fruits) 1/2 lb sour Eureka lemons (about 2 small fruits) 3.5 cups white granulated sugar 3/4 cup sage honey, or any other [...]


January 30th, 2010 - 12:21 pm § in Information

REMINDER!!! New Store Hours as of February First

ATTENTION SURFAS SHOPPERS!!! As of Monday, February 1, 2010, Surfas will be closing a half hour earlier Monday through Saturday. Our new store hours Monday through Saturday will be 9am to 6pm. Our regular Sunday hours (11am to 5pm) will not be changing. If you have any question, please feel free to [...]