Yellow Door is on the road... to Mission Marketplace

Yellow Door is serving a farm-to-table breakfast at the new location of The Mission Marketplace in Chelsea on July 14 from 7:30 to 10:00 a.m.

**115 West Middle Street, Chelsea, Michigan**

With your help, we hope to raise $2,000 during this breakfast with all proceeds benefiting The Mission Marketplace in Chelsea, Michigan. So, bring a friend or two or three... We need your help to double our average attendance number -- and double our donations! Outdoor dining will also be available, weather permitting.

To tempt you to join us, guest chefs Angie Berent, Jen Alford, Dennis Crawley and Jane Pacheco have created a delicious menu.

On Thursday, July 15, this dynamite team is cooking up:

Michigan Mission Breakfast Burrito

Flour tortilla (Ann Arbor Tortilla Factory), stuffed with fluffy local, happy chicken eggs (Back Forty Acres/Ernst Farm), cheese (Greystone Creamery) and mild chorizo (Hiday Farms). Served with a side of sour cream (Calder Dairy) and homemade tomato salsa. Accompanied by fresh, local greens (Ferris Farms, Brines Farm, Wolfe Orchard), fresh berries (Ferris, Wolfe) and a bit of grated beet salad (Harvest Kitchen).

Cherry Crepes on a Mission

Michigan cherries (Wolfe Orchard) atop traditional crepes (Lake Star) filled with oh-so-slightly sweetened sheep’s milk ricotta (Greystone Creamery) and baked in a rich custard (Calder Dairy). Served with pork breakfast sausage links (Steinhauser Farm/Ernst Farm)

Small but Powerful

Slice of Sour Cream Coffee Cake (Zingerman’s Bakehouse) served with fresh berries (Ferris Farm, Wolfe Orchard)

Cold Beverages

Peach Apricot Iced Tea (Iceni Tea) & Milk (Calder Dairy)

Hot Beverage

Coffee provided by Mission Marketplace. Add cream from Calder Dairy.


The Mission Marketplace is a nonprofit, community marketplace that sells many handcrafted items made by economically impoverished people in developing regions of the world, both here and abroad.

[Shopping BONUS to all YD guests: Half off one item this morning only for YD guests!]


Also visit www.lunasa.us for easy online shopping of local farm ingredients and artisan products, and visit www.michigangreensafeproducts.com for environmentally-friendly products, like compost-friendly cutlery, recyclable plates, to go containers and more!

Chef Craig Common wants to cook you breakfast on June 16

Chef Craig Common of Common Grill is making you breakfast to raise funds for Chelsea's Sounds and Sights on Thursday Nights. Come together on Thursday, June 16, between 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. at Yellow Door. Donate to Sounds and Sights on Thursday Nights and get a delicious breakfast loaded with local farm fresh ingredients. Kick off summer with Chef Craig @ Yellow Door!

Ta-da ~ the menu:

• Back Forty Acres egg frittata served with poached Michigan shrimp, Grassfields Organic Cheeses' goat milk cheddar, fresh Michigan asparagus and home fries
  
  
• Calder Dairy buttermilk apple praline pancakes served with warmed Michigan maple syrup and Calder Dairy butter
  
  
• Homemade granola with Calder Dairy milk
  
  Top off breakfast with a slice of artfully crafted birthday cake by Chef Paul Cousins. (A special birthday girl will be in the house... Guess who?)
  
  Two gourmet geniuses under one roof -- served with a fresh cup of joe. Sign me up!
  
  

American Red Cross fundraiser @ Yellow Door this Saturday, March 26

Let's gather for a delicious breakfast menu at our favorite Yellow Door venue this Saturday, March 26. All proceeds from breakfast donations go to the American Red Cross to help those in need in Japan.

~ 8:30 to 11:00 a.m.
~ $15 minimum donation suggested
~ Cash or check made out to American Red Cross

Once again, the Ortbrings open their home @ 213 Harrison Street in Chelsea, Michigan, and invite us through the yellow door for a casual, scrumptious breakfast.

Yeah, yeah, you can sleep in... or you can make a DIFFERENCE and add your few dollars to a pile of other dollars. All together, we'd love to raise at least $1,000 for the American Red Cross' effort in Japan.

Feel good and load up on feel-good food. Choose from:


~ Grilled Roast Beef Rosemary Hash: Grilled roast beef* rosemary hash topped with a fried Back Forty Acres egg and served with a side of horseradish sauce, salad greens, Mill Pond Great Lakes sourdough toast, and MOO-ville Creamery butter.

~ Traditional Pancakes: Westwind Milling Pancakes with Bobilin honey-sweetened whipped cream, your choice of Lake Michigan cherry compote or Michigan blueberry compote, Mindo Chocolate sauce and two pork sausage links.*

~ Bread Pudding: Mill Pond Bread Challah bread pudding with Greystone Creamery cream cheese topped with your choice of Lake Michigan cherry compote or Michigan blueberry compote and served with (or without) two pork sausage links.*

*All natural, chemical-free beef and pork from local farms via www.lunasa.us ~ Ernst Farm, Back Forty Acres, Hiday Farm.

Beverage options: Michigan Apple Cider, MOO-ville Creamery Milk, Iceni Tea, Freshly Roasted Bourbon Coffee from Mindo Chocolate Makers.

Share the news. Invite your friends. All are welcome -- including children. See you Saturday!

Yellow Door Pumpkin Bash is this Sunday!

It's finally here! A delicious, divine event featuring pumpkins galore. The Yellow Door Pumpkin Bash is this Sunday, November 14, at Free Methodist Church on Werkner Road in Lyndon Township from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

There's still a chance to RSVP. Send us an email to let us know you're coming. Then, on Sunday, bring a pumpkin dish -- traditional or totally unique -- to share and serve 10 to 14 people. Be sure to use as many local ingredients as possible, especially the pumpkin! Also bring a serving utensil, your recipe to share and a $10-15 donation to benefit the Chelsea Community Kitchen.

Arrive at 4:30 p.m. to nibble on pumpkin pizza pies and sip pumpkin juice. At 5:00 p.m., we'll dig in to an assortment of pumpkin appetizers, soups, main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Taste, sample, and devour the yummy dishes. Vote for your favorites!

The Yellow Door Pumpkin Bash is a super way to savor the season!

Pumpkin pizza & more at November 14 Pumpkin Bash

	The scoop: What? Yellow Door Pumpkin Bash... come get squashed! Bring a favorite or first-time-ever-made-this pumpkin dish. Must use Michigan pumpkins. (Easy to do with a zillion pumpkin farms a pumpkin throw away!) When? Sunday, November 14 What time? 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Where? Free Methodist Church on Werkner Road in Lyndon Township

At 4:30 p.m. on November 14, come nibble on pumpkin pizza pies and sip some pumpkin juice.

Then, dig in at 5:00 p.m. on an assortment of pumpkin appetizers, soups, main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Taste, sample, and devour the yummy recipes featuring local pumpkins and other fresh ingredients. Vote for your favorite dishes in fun categories (see below).

Coffee, tea, and cider will be provided with beautifully set tables as the accent. All you need to do is bring your dish to serve (for 10-14 people), a serving utensil, your recipe to share and a $10-15 donation. (Net proceeds benefit Chelsea Community Kitchen.)

Bring your dish, taste a bounty of pumpkin dishes and vote for your favorites! Potential dish categories include*:

• Best ingredient combo that we wouldn't have thought of in a million years
• Most dramatic presentation
  
• Reminds us most of Grandma's dishes
  
• Takes the meaning of squash to a whole new level
  
• * Submit your own category!