Allergen-Free Class at Cook's Warehouse

The Merchant's Walk location is holding this special class on Dec. 12.

The Cook's Warehouse in East Cobb is having an allergen-free cooking class next week for those who need help with food allergies. The class, which features Chef Steven Satterfield, takes place on Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The cost is $45 per person. The Cook's Warehouse, located at 1311 Johnson Ferry Road, is the official cooking school for Walk for Food Allergy Atlanta. Proceeds from the class go directly to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) to fund research, education and advocacy programs related to food allergies. Doctors from Georgia Allergy Asthma & Immunology and Atlanta Allergy & Asthma Clinic will be at the class. Satterfield is the owner of Miller Union, an Atlanta restaurant that stresses the …

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Props for The Cook's Warehouse

About.com's "Best Kitchen Retailer" has a location at Merchant's Walk Shopping Center.

The Cook’s Warehouse, with a location at East Cobb's Merchant's Walk Shopping Center, has won About.com’s 2012 Reader’s Choice poll for Best Kitchenware Retailer. The contest, conducted online, included Cook’s as well as King Arthur Flour, Bed Bath and Beyond, Sur La Table and Chef’s Catalog. “We’re so pleased and thankful for our customers who nominated and voted for us in this national poll,” said Mary S. Moore, founder and CEO of The Cook’s Warehouse. “Our sales associates and our support staff try every day to exceed our customers’ expectations and we believe this poll validates the dedication of every Cook’s Warehouse employee, from the front line to the back office.” Nominations ended at the beginning of February with the top five …

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Get Cookin' for Valentine's Day

The Cook's Warehouse at Merchant's Walk has several classes that you and your beloved can prepare and enjoy together.

The following Valentine's Day-related cooking classes are available at The Cook's Warehouse at Merchant's Walk Shopping Center in East Cobb.  Most of them have limited class sizes and may fill up soon (the Valentine's Day dinner is already sold out), so please sign up right away if you're interested. The cost per person ranges between $55 and $75.  Couples Cooking for Valentine's Day Hands On -- Thursday, Feb. 9, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Preparation of Individual Beef Wellingtons, luscious Spinach Custards, Potato and Boursin Cheese Galettes, and Individual Chocolate Cherry Cakes. Valentine's Dinner Date Hands On -- Saturday, Feb. 11, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Preparation of a Duo of Vegetable Soups in traditional Valentine’s colors of red and white, Double-…

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Get Out

Fun Runs and Craft Fairs

Getting out on this crisp, cool weekend? Here are highlights of what's happening in East Cobb.

Just before the holiday season gets started, a number of church craft fairs will be going on this weekend in East Cobb to get you in the mood.  The Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Craft Fair runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the church, located at 1770 Johnson Ferry Road. This is the 26th annual event sponsored by the Mt. Zion United Methodist Women. The work of more than 50 artists will be on display, along with prizes, a bake sale and more. Free admission.  On Saturday, Faith Lutheran Church is holding the Faith Craft Shoppe. This arts and crafts sale, a joint effort by the Faith Ladies Guild and the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The church is located at 2211 Lower…

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A Feast of Fall Cooking Classes

The Cook's Warehouse, newly opened in East Cobb, offers a wide variety of cooking classes to suit any home chef, and most palates.

The Fall 2011 class schedule has been released by The Cook's Warehouse with its usual depth of cuisine and subject matter. From “Knife Skills 101 Hands On” to advanced, hands-on classes with local chefs, there are more than 150 classes to pick from and one for every age level and interest in this quarter’s classes. Well-known local chefs – including Brent Banda of La Tavola Trattoria, Ian Winslade of Murphy’s, Ron Eyester of Rosebud and The Family Dog, Kenneth Bills of Fleming’s Steakhouse, Chad Clevenger of Alma Cocina and Jimmy Meas of Aja – will be at the head of a class. Visiting chefs include three well-known figures in the culinary world:  Todd English, signing his newCooking in Everyday English: The ABCs of Great Flavor at Home; …

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The Cook's Warehouse Opens in East Cobb

Another major retailer held its grand opening ceremonies Thursday at the Merchant's Walk Shopping Center.

The Cook's Warehouse on Thursday opened its fourth store located in the newly renovated Merchants Walk shopping center. “East Cobb has been the most-requested store location since the day I opened The Cook’s Warehouse in 1995," said Mary Moore, founder and owner. "The area has a vibrant demographic, a strong sense of community, is very friendly to business, and a thorough review of registrants to our cooking school showed a significant percentage from East Cobb came to our classes. “Finally, the re-birth of Merchant’s Walk and the location next to our close friend Whole Foods Market sealed the deal." The Cook's Warehouse offers more than 15,000 products for the kitchen and operates the largest avocational cooking school in the Southeast, …

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Getting Down to Business

More Merchant's Walk Stores Opening

Verizon Wireless and The Cook's Warehouse are the newest stores to open their doors, with Seed Restaurant soon to follow.

The redeveloped Merchant's Walk Shopping Center continues to take shape. Last Thursday, officials from the Cobb Chamber of Commerce were on hand for the ribbon-cutting of a Verizon Wireless store that has been relocated from the Providence Square shopping center.  This coming Thursday, The Cook's Warehouse will open its doors next to the new Whole Foods location, with its inventory of cookware as well as classes, gadgets, equipment and services catering to home cooks and entertainers.  And in perhaps the most anticipated opening at Merchant's Walk since Whole Foods, high-profile Atlanta chef Doug Turbush will open Seed Kitchen & Bar in October after leaving the upscale Buckhead Asian restaurant Bluepointe. In a recent mini-profile, …

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