Laura Baker Services Association

Listed are just some of the 2009 Live & Silent Auction items. This list is being updated continuously. Please check back often!

Enjoy a 4 day/3 night cabin vacation.
Sleeps 4, skiing – both kinds!, fishing: brook trout, steelhead, kamloops, lake trout, small mouth bass, walleye, fly fishing, berry picking & mushroom harvesting – in season, wildflowers, bird watching, canoeing, hiking, Boundary Waters, many state & national parks, close to golfing, shopping, and restaurants. See pictures and review Mike’s notes on the property. Subject to availability.

See pictures and review Mike’s notes on the property.

donated by Mike Hero & Marie Westerman

3 Saturdays from 6pm to 10pm over a 2-3 month period at the home of Chef Ed and Anne Lundstrom, founders of Fermentations.

These 3 days will introduce you to some of the Grand Sauces such as demi-Glace and small sauces from them. Many of these sauces will be taught to you including cranberry-demi, blueberry-demi, Marsala and others. In the beginning, we will start with the basics, preparing stocks, the foundation of sauces. Each day we will build on what you have previously learned. We will be using stocks and sauces in preparation of classic dishes such as Coquille St Jaques, Duck Confit, Coq Au Vin and Salmon En Papillote. These classic dishes will teach you the different cooking methods such as sautee’ing, braising, en papillote, and pairing cuts of meat or other protein with cooking methods to maximize flavor and tenderness. Each day includes an appetizer and dessert which you will also taste. You will not go away hungry! Since fine wines are such an enhancement to any meal we will also pair wines with the food we cook. We will explain the reason certain wines work with various foods. Bring your appetite!

donated by Chef Ed & Anne Lundstrom

Experience this Wine Appreciation Class in the private Reserve Room as Master Winemaker Vincent Negret leads you through a tasting of award-winning wines crafted with grapes grown locally in Sogn Valley.

donated by Cannon River Winery

This lovely gently-used Longaberger basket with lid and liner is filled with Williams-Sonoma products.

Serve up a hearty breakfast with this heavy-metal waffle pan, bottle of pure maple syrup, Caramel Apple waffle mix, and Spiced Pecan Pumpkin waffle mix.

Williams-Sonoma products donated by Jean Bloom
Longaberger basket donated by Eric & Tammy Stratton
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Basket filled with Williams-Sonoma products! Lasagna pan, silver-plate server, 2-in-1 rotary grater, tomato paste, package of Paccheri pasta, package of Capricci pasta, bottle of House Olive Oil, 2 jars of Bolognese Sauce, jar of Artichoke & Lemon pasta sauce, Crumb Catcher cutting board with knife, set of 2 kitchen towels, wicker tray with plaid pad, and wicker french bread loaf basket.

donated by Jean Bloom
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Olive Oil Tasting

Hold your own Olive Oil tasting party with this fabulous group of international olive oils from Williams-Sonoma: Regalo from Ojai, California, Manzella E Iannello from Sicily, Lungarotti from Torgiano Italy – Gold medalist in the 2008 International Olive Oil competition, Morea from Greece, Colonna from the Molise Estate in Italy, Villa Manodori from Modena, Italy, and Mustapha’s Moroccan olive oil which is hand picked by the villagers of Taounat, Morocco. Also included several ramekins to offer your oils in along with the book, “Olive Oil” by Clare Ferguson and a Williams-Sonoma booklet entitled, Technique Class: All About Olive Oils.

donated by Jean Bloom

Add the beauty of of this georgeous lead crystal bowl with etched pheasants to your decor. The photo does not do this bowl justice! The bowl is 18″ in diameter and is footed by three steps of glass.

donated by Sandy & Frank Grazzini
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Whether you’re a beginner or advanced Amy has a class for you!
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donated by Amy Etzell

Ordway World Music Series

Two tickets to one performance of the World Music Series sponsored by Target. Either Yasmin Levy on Sunday, November 1st, Dreaming the Duke on Sunday, February 21, 2010, or Shidara (pictured) on Wednesday, February 24th.
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donated by Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Legacy Greenwing memberships are $200 and are for kids 17 years old and younger. Legacy Greenwings are members of Ducks Unlimited until 21 years of age. Their membership includes the Legacy Greenwing print plus:Membership card and Decals. Membership Certificate, 4 issues a year of the Puddler until the age of 12, 6 issues a year of DU magazine until the age of 21, Legacy Greenwing lapel pin. The DU annual report with special listing.
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donated by Ducks Unlimited, Hans Olsen State Greenwing Chair

Prized by the ancients since time immemorial, the mystical and intriguing qualities of Gold and Silver remain apparent today. Since 1972, the Sausalito studio of Peter James has been committed to merging these elements with the spirit of Old World handcrafted methods. A fondness for classic forms influenced by our forward vision creates the essence of interaction, where all differences are truly appreciated.
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donated by Jenkins Jewelers

Why bake when you can get these fabulous holiday cookies! Serve them at your holiday gatherings or give as gifts. Either way, these tasty morsels will be enjoyed. Baked especially for you by Eileen Anderson, Head of the Laura Baker Kitchen.
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donated by Eileen Anderson of the Laura Baker Kitchen

Yes, Fondue is back on our entertaining menus! Get updated with this fabulous grouping. Starting with an Emile Henry fondue pot from France in a beautiful burgundy ceramic, add a French Country look with the tablecloth (shown) and matching napkins, a set of 8 skewers, a hand-carved pot scoop, the book, “Fondue” and you’re set to entertain.

donated by Jean Bloom
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