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Baba Olga’s Café Presents Aliza Green's Mother's Day Buffet! May 10, 2015, Noon-3pm BYOB BYOB: Mellow this Mother's Day with Bloody Marys and Mimosas. We supply the mixers, you supply the liquors. Buffet menu: Bread Pudding French Toast with Warm Caramel Sauce (vegetarian) Asparagus, Grape Tomato, Shallot & Vermont Sharp Cheddar Frittata Crisp North Country Bacon Greek Roast Lemon-Oregano Gold Potatoes (Vegan) Roasted Local Asparagus with Dill & Grain Mustard Mayonnaise Syrian Cinnamon-Spiced Meatballs in Sour Cherry Sauce; Basmati Rice Baked Ziti with Calabro Ricotta & Parmigiano and Tomato-Fennel-Basil Sauce (Vegetarian) Chickpea & Roasted Eggplant Moussaka with Crunchy Crumb Topping (Vegan) Laughing Bird Shrimp, Marinated Artichoke & Barley Salad: preserved lemon aioli Kale Caesar Salad:  rosemary croutons, marinated roasted peppers & Parmigiano Apple & Candied Cranberry Salad: Cabrales blue cheese: mixed greens, toasted walnuts & Pomegranate Dressing Dessert White Chocolate-Orange Panna Cotta with Raspberry Coulis Warm Apple-Cranberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuit Topping Seasonal Fruit Macedonia with Spearmint Beverages Orange Juice Bloody Mary Mix Jamaican Hibiscus Blossom & Spearmint Iced Tea Small World Brewed Coffee/Assorted Tazo Teas Filtered sparkling & still water $35.00 per person, served 12 to 3pm, half-price for children 12 and under, BYOB Please note that a 15% gratuity will be [...]

Baba Olga’s Café Presents Aliza Green's Easter Sunday Buffet! April 5, 2015, Noon-3pm BYOB BYOB: Mellow out your Easter Sunday with Bloody Marys and Mimosas. We supply the mixers, you supply the liquors. Buffet menu: Brioche French Toast with Pennsylvania Maple Syrup Cremini Mushroom, Red Pepper, Sweet Onion & Sharp Cheddar Frittata Crisp North Country Bacon Roast Herb & Fennel-Stuffed Leg of Lamb with Mint-Garlic Pesto Creamy Gold Potato Gratin with Thyme & Brown Butter Crumbs Roasted Asparagus with Hazelnut Romesco Genovese Easter Torta with Eggs, Spring Greens, Asparagus, Carrots & Fennel Jambalaya with Grain-Fed Chicken, Spicy Turkey Sausage, Shrimp, Tomato & Rice Laughing Bird Shrimp, Artichoke & Barley Salad with Preserved Lemon Aioli Baby Arugula Salad with Crumb-Crusted Baked Goat Cheese, Raspberries, and Pine Nuts Lacinato Kale Salad with Caesar Dressing & Rosemary Croutons Dessert Ginevra Cake (dark chocolate Devil’s food cake, Nutella-praline buttercream filling, bittersweet chocolate glaze) Fruit Macedonia with Spearmint Carrot-Pineapple Cake with Ginger, Cardamom, Pistachios & Coconut; Cream Cheese icing Beverages Orange Juice Olga's Bloody Mary Mix Jamaican Hibiscus Blossom & Spearmint Iced Tea Small World Brewed Coffee /Assorted Mighty Leaf Teas Filtered sparkling & still water $35.00 per person for this special holiday brunch; half-price for [...]

Baba Olga's Passover Seder Celebration 2015—with Chef Aliza Green & Friends, Saturday, April 4, 6pm-10pm This year, join chef Aliza Green with your friends, family, and neighbors at Baba Olga's first Supper Club Seder celebration, to be held on the Second (fun!) Night of Passover, Saturday, April 4. Everyone is welcome at this joyful celebration of freedom and tradition, with great food and Klezmer music! The program will be accompanied by a delicious multi-course meal served family-style along with the ritual four cups of kosher wine that make the story-telling all the livelier. Live Klezmer Music, 8:30-10pm About the Seder The Passover Seder סֵדֶר‎, meaning "order" is a ritual meal that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. It is a retelling of the story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt, based on the story in the Book of Exodus (Shemot) in the Hebrew Bible. Seder customs include reading from the Haggadah, discussing the story, drinking (at least) four cups of wine, eating unleavened matzo bread, partaking of symbolic foods placed on the Seder Plate, and reclining, in celebration of freedom. All followed by a wonderful meal based on the traditions of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) [...]

Learn how to make exotic spice blends that will bring flavor magic to your cooking and recipes using those blends. This series of cooking classes taught by Baba Olga’s Chef Aliza Green features recipes from her forthcoming book, The Magic of Spice Blends, and her other books. After this demonstration class, we will all sit down together to share lunch made from the recipes. Each guest will leave with a copy of the recipes and a sample packet of the spice blend we’ve made to make their own spice magic at home. Price for the class and lunch is $35/person (online registration required). Classes run from 11:00 to 2:00 pm including lunch. Limit of 20 guests per class. Saturday, March 14th: Morocco Ras-al-Hanout (head of the market) spice blend (demo) Moroccan Spiced Carrot Salad B’Stilla of Grain-Fed Chicken with Ras-al-Hanout & Cinnamon-Almond Topping (demo) Dessert: Candied Orange Cake with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Saturday, April 18th: Sri Lanka (vegan-friendly menu) Sambar Podi (Sri Lankan curry powder) (demo) Ginger-Lime Cucumber Salad Sri Lankan Vegetable Curry with Gold Sweet Potatoes and Cashews (demo) Saffron Basmati Rice Dessert: Vegan Tahini Cake with Fruit Macedonia Saturday, May 23: Turkey Baharat Spice Blend (demo) Seared [...]