LET’S COOK UP A DAY TRIP

2007 RATES

Be sure to bring along your appetite.  Cortina Inn and Resort has world-class chefs who will teach you how to prepare the delicious lunch that will be served following your class.

Through suspended mirrors, your group will watch the chef’s hands as he prepares your luncheon.  He will also demonstrate how to flame dished and will reveal other secrets to fine culinary achievements.

The luncheon menu will be:

GREEN SALAD - demo of vegetable flowers and other garde manger helpful hints.
Pan Seared Statler Chicken Breast: how to select, eviscerate, and cook the chicken along with the chefs suggestions for accompanying sauces, starches, and vegetables.
Rolls and Butter
Dessert: Bananas Foster. - Flaming of the dessert demonstration, coffee, tea, milk

Your package will include 1/2 hour cooking demonstration, a delicious lunch, recipes, entertainment, Vermont tax, and gratuities.

$30.00 per person

Entertainment: Gus Block and the Talegatorz (music, comedy, magic)

Touring Options: 

Hildene - Located just off Route 7 in Manchester Vt. Robert Todd Lincoln’s summer estate. Tour the 24 room renovated mansion and explore the unique outbuildings, grounds and world-renowned gardens. Add $8 to your per person rate:

Bennington Museum - One of the finest regional history and art museums in New England. Located on West Main Street (Route 9), one mile west of the intersection of Routes 7 and 9 in downtown Bennington, Vermont, and the museum houses the largest public collection of Grandma Moses paintings and memorabilia, along with the Grandma Moses Schoolhouse she attended as a child. Add $6 to your per person rate:

Vermont Marble Exhibit: See a sculptor at work, sculpture gallery, president’s hall, award winning mini-movie on marble processing, and an expansive exhibit of marble from Vermont and around the world. Add $4 to your per person rate:

Norman Rockwell Museum - The world’s most comprehensive collection of Saturday Evening Post covers and much more. Add $4 to your per person rate:

New England Maple Museum - Learn how Vermont Maple Syrup is made and try free samples. Add $2 to your per person rate:

Mendon Mountain Orchards and Cider Mill - Tour a small family owned and operated “ Barn Factory” Learn how apples are sorted, washed, peeled, sliced and packed. Sample a fee cup of fresh apple cider and enjoy an apple. Add $8 to you’re per person rate: Add $2 to your per person rate: