ROASTED CHICKEN WITH PAPRIKA, ORANGE, AND CHILES
OR A VEGGIE VERSION STARRING PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS
FARFALLE WITH ROASTED TOMATOES, THYME AND GOAT CHEESE
MIXED GREENS WITH SHERRY WINE VINAIGRETTE
GARLIC BREAD

GERMAN CHOCOLATE WHOOPIE PIES FOR DESSERT!

Respond in the comments or email sayhi@culinariafoodandwine.com

to reserve your dinner!

Then come by the Culinaria kitchen at 9th and New Jersey

between 5 pm and 7 pm Wednesday to pick up your dinner.

Easy as pie!

Dinner for 2 – $25

Cash, Checks, Credit Cards

Thank you!

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Yum yum yum yum yum, here it is:

Meatloaf with Chili-Garlic BBQ Glaze
VEGGIE OPTION: Quinoa Black Bean Loaf with Chili-Garlic BBQ Sauce
Mashed Red Potatoes with Caramelized Onions and Crispy Kale
Roasted Cauliflower with Tumeric and Local Honey
Raw Veggie Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette and Red Fresno Chiles_

DESSERT: Individual Berry Cheesecakes

Here’s how it works:
On Monday, we will post on our blog:

blog.culinariafoodandwine.com

our meal selection for the Wednesday night take-out.

Reply in the comments or email us at sayhi@culinariafoodandwine.com

to reserve your dinner.

Then from 5 pm to 7 pm, it will be available for pick-up

at our kitchen located at:

512 East 9th Street

(the large stone building on the corner of 9th & New Jersey)

come through the burgundy doors on the ground level

and pick up your meal!
Dinner for 2: $25
Cash, Checks

All major Credit Cards accepted
We can’t wait to meet you!
~ Aaron & Regan ~

Culinaria Inc

Spread the word!
Pass along info on WNTO to your friends.
Have them mention your name when ordering.
You get 25% off.

Everybody wins!

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Inspired by our recent trip to Mexico and ‘The Little Mexican Cooking School’

Roasted Pork with Tomatillo Piconcillo Salsa
VEGGIE OPTION: Roasted Mushroom Enchiladas with Tomatillo-Piconcillo Salsa
Slow-Cooked Pinto Beans with Gaujillo Chile and Epazote
Roasted Carrots with Serrano/Lime Butter
Mixed Green Salad

Mexican Chocolate

Here’s how it works:

On Monday, we will post on our blog:

blog.culinariafoodandwine.com

our meal selection for the Wednesday Night Take-Out.

Reply in the comments or email us at sayhi@culinariafoodandwine.com

to reserve your dinner any time before Wednesday afternoon.

Then from 5 pm to 7 pm, it will be available for pick-up

at our kitchen located at:

512 East 9th Street

(the large stone building on the corner of 9th & New Jersey)

come through the burgundy doors on the ground level

and pick up your meal!

Dinner for 2: $25

Cash, Checks

All major Credit Cards accepted

We can’t wait to meet you!

~ Aaron & Regan ~

Culinaria Inc

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We’re super excited to get back to our take-out night and really turn it into the successful project we know it can be.

So it’s moving a couple days earlier in the week to help get over the mid-week slump – on Wednesday nights let us do the cooking!

We will be kicking off our first WNTO next Wednesday March 7th by sending out the menu on Monday for orders to pick-up on Wednesday between 5 pm and 7 pm.

Other than the day of the week, everything else will remain the same.  We’ll provide the entree (with a vegetarian option), a couple of sides with salad and simple dessert, packaged as dinner for 2 for $25.  We’ll need to know whether you’d like the meat entree of the veggie and the number of dinners for 2 you’d like to order.

Also, as we spread the word to really get this night going, we’d like to offer YOU 15% off for spreading the word as well!  Tell your friends to mention your name when ordering, and we’ll pass a little savings on to you.

Thanks again for all of your support (and patience) as we embark on new ideas for dining in Lawrence.

We couldn’t do it without you!

Cheers,

Regan & Aaron

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My mom and I have birthdays exactly one week apart.  Interestingly enough, my sister’s and dad’s birthdays are back-to-back, so we’ve always celebrated November birthdays and February birthdays.  This particular February birthday celebration was sure to be a big one as my mom was turning 60 and wasn’t feeling terribly enthused.  Back in December, during the throws of holiday parties, I began to daydream about vacation – a break of sorts from the hustle and bustle of holiday catering and events.  That’s when it occurred to me – what would soften the blow of turning 60 and give Aaron and I a much needed break from owning and operating our catering company?  A week long Mexican fiesta at an all-inclusive resort on the Riviera Maya.  Yeah!

While exploring activities to enhance our vacation – and hopefully gives us a little hands-on experience with Aaron’s favorite cuisine – I came upon a link to The Little Mexican Cooking School – Voilà!

Co-founder, Catriona Brown, and Chef Pablo Lopez Espinosa de los Monteros create the perfect atmosphere for learning the history of Mexican cuisine coupled with important culinary techniques for any genre of cooking.  Much like Aaron and I have our interests and areas of expertise when it comes to food, beverage, and culture, Catriona and Chef Pablo intertwined the curriculum, each explaining their topic, one leading into the next.

Catriona explained traditions of Mexican hospitality, popular beverages (Agua Frescas!) with a little tequila tutorial as well as the origins of sweets and chocolate in Mexico.  Chef Pablo’s conversations began with the importance of fresh ingredients and techniques of building flavors by charring the vegetables or properly seasoning the molcajete.  Their presentation was further confirmation that the best chefs all start with the freshest foods – local, organic, freshly ground – each component was beautifully selected, it was obvious we would be trying some delicious dishes within hours.

We started with pressing and grilling our own sopes topped with refried black beans, lettuce and cream.  They were the perfect vehicle for the salsas we would create moments later:  salsa asada, mexicana, and frita ( my favorite – I wanted to guzzle it) as well as several other incredible concoctions  (including one with pumpkin seeds and a habanero-onion version that I also wanted to eat on everything).   The sopes were mind-boggling – I couldn’t wait to find out what would be next.

We moved from the courtyard, the outdoor kitchen with a cool ocean breeze that came through the impeccable garden (heavenly) to the kitchen to prepare Roasted Chicken in a Chipotle-Piloncillo-Tomatillo Salsa, Tamal de Frijol and our dessert of the day, which turned out to be a Mexican-Chocolate Torte (yesssssss!).  Chef Pablo could see he had a friend in Aaron and put him to work sautéing the tomatillos while I carefully mixed and measured the masa for the tamales.  My mom created the Mexican-Chocolate Torte from start to finish with Chef Pablo, which further adds to her dessert repertoire (yesssssss!).

After roasting off the chicken and a brief plating tutorial, it was time to indulge.  It was thrilling.  The combination of spice and sweetness – the flavors and freshness – it tasted like, well, Mexico.  Delicioso.

So go to the Yucatan Pennisula – to Puerto Morelos – and spend the day with the folks at the Little Mexican Cooking School.  It is a completely unique experience where a love of food, (tequila), and friends is embodied.  Salut!

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Red Chili Chicken Enchiladas

VEGGIE VERSION:  Spinach and Mushroom Enchiladas

Mixed Greens with Fresh Veggies and Chimichurri

Black Bean and Roasted Corn Salad

Pico de Gallo with Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips

Dessert:  Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies

YUM!

Here’s how it works:

On Tuesday, we will post on our blog:

blog.culinariafoodandwine.com

our meal selection for the Friday night take-out.

Reply in the comments or email us at sayhi@culinariafoodandwine.com

to reserve your dinner.

Then from 5 pm to 7 pm, it will be available for pick-up

at our kitchen located at:

512 East 9th Street

(the large stone building on the corner of 9th & New Jersey)

come through the burgundy doors on the ground level

and pick up your meal!

Dinner for 2:  $25

Cash, Checks

All major Credit Cards accepted

We can’t wait to meet you!

~ Aaron & Regan ~

Culinaria Inc

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Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Fresh Mint and Oregano

VEGGIE VERSION:  Quinoa Black Bean Cakes

Farro Risotto with Spinach and Goat Cheese

Roasted 8hr Veggies

Mixed Green Salad with Guajillo Chile Viniagrette

DESSERT:  Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Here’s how it works:

On Tuesday, we will post on our blog:
blog.culinariafoodandwine.com
our meal selection for the Friday night take-out.
Reply in the comments or email us at sayhi@culinariafoodandwine.com
to reserve your dinner.
Then from 5 pm to 7 pm, it will be available for pick-up
at our kitchen located at:
512 East 9th Street
(the large stone building on the corner of 9th & New Jersey)
come through the burgundy doors on the ground level
and pick up your meal!

Dinner for 2:  $25

Cash, Checks
All major Credit Cards accepted

We can’t wait to meet you!

~ Aaron & Regan ~
Culinaria Inc

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We are off for Friday Night Take-Out for a couple of weeks (last week and this week!).  We’ll be back in business next week.  We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving as we meant to send out an email letting everyone know to enjoy their Thanksgiving leftovers instead of Friday Night Take-Out last week – unfortunately, the week got away from us, and we never got it done.  Then this week, I’ve been under the weather and behind on work – ’tis the season!

Hope to see everyone next week for a delicious Friday Night Meal.

Thanks so much for your continued support!

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Farfalle with Artichokes, Parmesan, Garlic, and Cream

Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Herb Salt

VEGGIE:  Roasted Mushrooms with Herb Salt

Veggie Salad with Beets & Oregano Garlic Oil

Bread Pudding with Walnuts & Caramel

Here’s how it works:

On Tuesday, we will post on our blog:

blog.culinariafoodandwine.com

our meal selection for the Friday night take-out.

Reply in the comments or email us at sayhi@culinariafoodandwine.com

to reserve your dinner.

Then from 5 pm to 7 pm, it will be available for pick-up

at our kitchen located at:

512 East 9th Street

(the large stone building on the corner of 9th & New Jersey)

come through the burgundy doors on the ground level

and pick up your meal!

Dinner for 2:  $25

Cash, Checks

All major Credit Cards accepted

We can’t wait to meet you!

~ Aaron & Regan ~

Culinaria Inc

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Baked Chicken with Garlic and Rosemary

VEGGIE:  Stuffed Pablano Peppers

Wild Mushroom Risotto

Roasted Carrots

Mixed Baby Greens with Red Chili Vinaigrette

DESSERT:  Chocolate Cake Sandwich Cookies with Peanut Butter Frosting

(YUM.)

Here’s how it works:

On Tuesday, we will post on our blog:

blog.culinariafoodandwine.com

our meal selection for the Friday night take-out.

Reply in the comments or email us at sayhi@culinariafoodandwine.com

to reserve your dinner.

Then from 5 pm to 7 pm, it will be available for pick-up

at our kitchen located at:

512 East 9th Street

(the large stone building on the corner of 9th & New Jersey)

come through the burgundy doors on the ground level

and pick up your meal!

Dinner for 2:  $25

Cash, Checks

All major Credit Cards accepted

We can’t wait to meet you!

~ Aaron & Regan ~

Culinaria Inc

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