2012 Meetings and Events

There are several kinds of events scheduled or anticipated for 2012.

St. Agnes meetings (at St. Agnes Baking Company)
Monthly meetings (at different locations around the Twin Cities)
Field trips (whenever anybody happens to organize them)
Special events (unpredictable much in advance)

2012 St. Agnes Meeting Schedule

St. Agnes is at 644 Olive St., St. Paul, MN 55130 (map)

Bringing a notebook and a chair to the meetings is a really good idea.

Meetings at St. Agnes are on Saturdays; they start at whatever their announced start time is.

This is what Klecko says about 2012 meetings at St. Agnes:

Greetings Bread Bakers,

For those of you that were not able to attend the December meeting, I discussed a new format I will be implementing for 2012.

This coming year will be focussed on baking sourdough. If you want to be part of these sessions, you will need to mix your dough at home the night prior, or the morning of our event.

Those of us attending can form, proof and bake our sourdough together.

These sessions will not be set up as tutorials, but instead we will simply be a core that gathers together to bake sourdough.

The emphisis is going to be on baking, so if you do not have dough, this won’t be an event for you.

Everybody in attendance should have a project to work on that can be completed in or around a 3-hour window.

I will post the bake dates on the SPBC Facebook page 10-14 days prior to the bake date.

Also, there may be some others surprises that will surface throughout the year so stay tuned.

Kitchen Poets Vault, Saturday, March 10, 11 a.m.

The Kitchen Poets Vault will be hosting a reading series. Poetry and Prose at 11 a.m., and when it is over, we will bake pizza in the stone ovens of the Saint Agnes Baking Company.

This event will be a partnership with SLOW FOOD MN. They will bring around 20-30 peeps as well. Klecko will provide pizza dough, but you should bring toppings … and a chair.

Sourdough Community Oven, Saturday, May 19, 10 a.m.

Our founder, Klecko says:

The next Saint Paul Bread Club meeting will be taking place Saturday May 19th from 10 a.m. to Noonish. Our theme is sourdough. Make sure you bring your “already mixed dough” and feel free to use my proof box and oven.

2012 Monthly Meeting Schedule

As of February, 2012, there are five monthly meetings on the schedule. (You can volunteer to be a convener for your own local monthly meeting at a time and place convenient for you. Just let me know if you want to commit to doing it.)

The purpose of the monthly meetings is to increase opportunities for bakers to communicate. Participants are highly encouraged to share and discuss samples, cookbooks, and bread-related news.

We are exploring starting a new monthly meeting in northeast Minneapolis at the Eastside Food Co-op. If you live near NE Mpls, and you are interested in attending a monthly meeting, contact me and I will start organizing a list of interested people. Those are the people who will decide what day of the month to hold their meeting.

The meetings below are listed in the order that they now fall in a normal month. (Some months are not normal because of holidays.) Sometimes a month may occur when the first Tuesday comes after the first Wednesday or when the first Wednesday is the day before a second Wednesday.

Java Train Slice

The Java Train Cafe instituted a new policy in 2012 for use of their meeting rooms: a minimum order of $25.

They are free to do so, and we are free to move. So, I am moving the monthly meeting closer to downtown. See below.

Claddagh Slice

What started as the Black Dog Slice, then the Nina’s Slice, and then the Java Train Slice has now become the Claddagh Slice. This meeting meets on the first Tuesday of the month.

The meetings run from 7 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. (shorter than usual). The meetings are held in the basement meeting room at the Claddagh Coffee Cafe, 459 Seventh Street West, Saint Paul, MN 55102. (map)

The first order of business will be to see if anybody shows up, and if we want to adjust the meeting time. (Note that this a very near the north end of the Smith Avenue High Bridge, in case you are on the south side of the Mississippi River.)

none	Feb. 7	Mar. 6	Apr. 3
May 1	June 5	July 3	Aug. 7
Sep. 4	Oct. 2	Nov. 6	Dec. 4

Saint Francis Slice

The Saint Francis Slice meets on the second Monday of the month (barring the occasional holiday). The meetings run from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The meetings are at the Church of St. Francis at 3201 Pleasant Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55408. (map)

This is the slice that is closest to central Minneapolis. It is also close to I-35W, and not far from I-94 and the Crosstown.

The church kitchen has two ovens, and we could actually do some baking during meetings if people are so inclined.

none	Feb. 13	Mar. 12	Apr. 9
May 14	June 11	July 9	Aug. 13
Sep. 10	Oct. 8	Nov. 12	none

Bean Good Slice

The Bean Good Slice meets on the second Wednesday of the month (barring the occasional holiday). The meetings run from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The meetings are at the Bean Good Cafe at 5101 Minnetonka Blvd., Saint Louis Park, MN 55416 (east of Minn. 100). (map)

This is the slice that is closest to western Minneapolis and the western suburbs. Now you don’t have to travel all the way to Saint Paul to meet on a monthly basis.

Jan. 11	Feb. 8	Mar. 14	Apr. 11
May 9	June 13	July 11	Aug. 8
Sep. 12	Oct. 10	Nov. 14	Dec. 12

(Members of the meeting will decide if the Dec. 12 date is too close to the holidays to meet.)

Eden Prairie Center Slice

The Eden Prairie Center Slice meets on the third Monday of the month (barring the occasional holiday). The meetings run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The meetings are (still) at the Food Court at Eden Prairie Center at 8251 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. (map)

Bill Middeke is usually seated in front of Dairy Queen/Orange Julius.

Jan. 16	Feb. 20	Mar. 19	Apr. 16
May 21	June 18	July 16	Aug. 20
Sep. 17	Oct. 15	Nov. 19	none

Trotter’s Slice

The Trotter’s Slice meets on the fourth Monday of the month (January through November). The meetings run from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. The meetings are at Trotter’s Cafe and Bakery at 232 N. Cleveland Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55104 (by Cleveland and Marshall). (map)

Jan. 23	Feb. 27	Mar. 26	Apr. 23
May none	June 25	July 23	Aug. 27
Sep. 24	Oct. 22	Nov. 26	none

I hadn’t noticed the fourth Monday in May was the Memorial Day holiday in 2012.

There will be no Trotter’s Slice meeting in May, 2012.

2012 Field Trips

No field trips are confirmed for 2012. If you would like to organize a field trip, contact me and I will broadcast information to the SPBC members.

2012 Special Events

Annual SPBC Picnic

There were no volunteers for organizing a picnic in 2011.

A 2012 SPBC Picnic is anticipated, but not scheduled. Feel free to volunteer to help run it.

Joint SPBC/SFMN Meeting

Slow Food Minnesota and the SPBC have had some joint meetings, but it’s unknown if there will be any joint meetings in 2012.

World Day of Bread

October 16 is the World Day of Bread (at least according to this).

In 2012, that date falls on a Tuesday.

National Bread Month

November is National Bread Month. (As if we needed any more incentive to bake bread!)

Saint Paul Bread Club

We knead to bake!

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