Pumpkins - Halloween fun and so much more!

There are a great variety of unique and colorful pumpkins that you can use to decorate your home during the harvest season.

Shades of blue, green, yellow, orange and even white are available to add charm to a front porch, mantle, buffet table, etc.

Varieties such as Little Boo, Big Moon, and Tricky Jack are fun to use for a traditional jack-o-lantern, while Golden Hubbard, Muscade de Provence and Potimarron add a unique and almost grotesque flair with their warty growths.

Sugar Pie Pumpkins are the best variety for baking or cooking. Fresh pumpkin is great in pies, breads, pancakes, soups, pastas, etc.

So, hurry to your favorite pumpkin patch this weekend, get cooking and HAVE FUN!

Top 10 Reasons to Have Your Holiday Party Catered This Year

10. You will have enough stress with holiday shopping.

 9. You can relax enjoy your guests!

 8. Someone else can clean up for once.

 7. You can focus on the details - candles, music, decor.

 6. You can afford it!  

 5. You don't have to assign who brings what.

 4. You burn toast. 

 3. Your feet will thank you. 

 2. The New Katherine's Holiday Menu is fantastic!

 1. You want it to be a fabulous holiday party that you and

     your guests will remember!

The 2007 Holiday Menus are HERE!

Make it easy on yourself this year!

Enjoy great food at the office, your home or ready to pick-up!

It's easy, delicious and sure to be a hit with your guests.  

View HOLIDAY MENUS

Reserve your date and start planning today!

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cinnamon Pecan Crunch

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp. fresh squeezed orange juice

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. cardamom

1/2 tsp. salt

3 lbs. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 in. cubes

2 tbsp. butter

Topping:

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp. butter

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 cup flour

1 1/2 cup pecan halves

Dash of cayenne pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Mix the brown sugar, orange juice, vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom and salt in a large bowl.  Toss in sweet potatoes, coat well.   

Spoon into 13 x 9 inch baking dish and dot with butter.  Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes.  

Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar and cinnamon.  Cut in butter with a fork until coarse crumbs form.  Stir in pecans.  

Remove sweet potatoes from oven and stir gently.  Sprinkle with pecan topping.  

Bake uncovered for an additional 25 to 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender and topping is lightly browned.  

Come sample our food and meet us at the Head-to-Toe Women's Expo

Katherine's will be participating in this great networking event with a beautiful display and delicious food.

                             
The area's premiere women's event has something for women of all ages and interests.  Enjoy 2 days of shopping, product and cooking demonstrations, makeovers, food samples, professional speakers, crafts and entertainment.

The Head-to-Toe Women's Expo is on November 9 & 10 at the Best Western Conference Center, 2900 Jackson Rd. A2, MI.   

For more information - www.annarbornews.com/expo

We'd love to see you there! 

Katherine's and the Community:

Katherine's Participating in the Chamber Year Ender
This is a great networking and eating experience that chamber members MUST NOT MISS!   
Thursday, December 6th from 4:3pm to 7pm at the Kensington Court Hotel in Ann Arbor.  Free to AA Chamber members.

Click here for more information. 

We will now be sending invoices electronically 

We are going green!  Because so many of our clients are online, we will now be sending our invoices via email.  Let your event planner know if you would still like a copy mailed or faxed to you. 

See our profile on TheKnot.com Michigan's #1 Online Wedding Magazine

It is the most trafficked wedding site on the web - putting us in front of more local brides than any other planning resource!  www.theknot.com 

We will be hosting an Ann Arbor Chamber Member Reception in 2008

This quarterly event for all members rotates to unique locations to showcase members' places of business and allow for networking and socializing. This interactive event draws over 125 members representing a cross section of industries. Free to all Chamber members!

We will keep you posted with the exact date.  

Congratulations to Bryant Stuckey, of Decadent Delight, our Pastry Chef, for winning 5th place in the Wedding Cake category of the WDIV Best Businesses of Detroit Contest.