Miss Marys Blog

Miss Mary's Blog

June - July 2010

Hello everyone!

This year is a very special year for the Wallach House. We are celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2010. Twenty years at our present location with a total of 22 years of doing business in the town of Eureka. Thank you Eureka for your support and a special thank you to all of our loyal customers. Many of you have become dear friends through the years and we look forward to seeing you on a regular basis.

The celebration of this milestone year begins now with exciting events planned and designed especially for you. Sign up for our email blast to stay informed of monthly specials, new arrivals, coupons, make-it and take-its, classes, tasting of new products in gourmet food and wine. You won't want to miss a thing.

Father's Day is June 20th and to celebrate the Wallach House is happy to give Dad a special treat when they visit us that day. Happy Father's Day!

Saturday, July 3rd & Sunday, July 4 th the Wallach House invites you to attend our BIG SALE with savings throughout the shop.

Saturday, July 3th only, we will have the Wallach House grandchildren on the front porch selling lemonade. The proceeds go to them for all their efforts and help.

July 1st-31st is "CHRISTMAS IN JULY" all month long. Enjoy greatly reduced prices on all of our Christmas decorations, ornaments, florals and much more. We will add different items each week and this merchandise will be located on the upper level. We must make room for the new lines coming in for the holiday season later on in the year. A great time to buy presents at bargain prices

AUGUST IS OUR 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We will be sending out email blast informing you of special sales & events all month long. August 23rd was the actual opening of the shop in 1990. This calls for a "week long" HUGE celebration event during that time. Stay tuned to find out all the happenings we have in store for you. WoooooHooooo!! We are going to party all year long.

Of course, the annual Fall Harvest Antique Show & Flea Market will be held the last Saturday in September. This is our BIGGEST event of the year. We have renamed it this year and for a special reason. We have upgraded to ANTIQUE SHOW as over the years we have improved the quality of the show. This is the second year we will have Bluegrass music for your listening pleasure. Place this on your calendar now so you won't miss out on all the fun. We may need to include a rain date with the weather so unpredictable.

New products in the Gourmet Food Shop:

Mexican Vanilla made with the richest Vanilla Beans on Earth and brought to you by The Blue Cattle Truck Trading Company. Their authentic Mexican Vanilla is imported from the birthplace of vanilla. Produced in Mexico by a traditional, long established Mexican family, whose craft of creating vanilla has been a family tradition for over 100 years. Pick up a bottle the next time your in.


Blackberry Patch offers delicious Ice Cream and fruit toppings. Flavors you will love: Banana Split, Raspberry, Blueberry and Strawberry. Yum! Great for summer. The kids and the big kids will thank you for bringing some home.	Pepper Works, out of Texas, has their Candy Krisp JALAPENOS. So easy to serve. Simply pour over cream cheese and serve on cracker of choice. Everybody loves them. We have customers who sometimes buy 6 jars at a time.

Gourmet Food made in St. Louis:

The Billy Goat Chip Company
(no I am not making the name up) has a signature potato chip made fresh daily in
St. Louis and delivered to our door.

No preservatives/MSG and glutin free.

They are so good and a great company to work with.

I guarantee you can't eat just one!

The other St. Louis based company is Allen & Allen Baking Company. You can actually visit their bakery located at 6343 Manchester Avenue and buy a fresh baked gooey butter cake in over 40 flavors or if you can't visit them, you can purchase their mixes at Wallach House. We have four different mixes to choose from:
1. Mom's Traditional Gooey Butter Cake
2. Double Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake
3. White Chocolate Raspberry Gooey Butter Cake
4. Homestyle Brownie Mix.
Its hard to pick just one.

New Kitchen Gadgets from Chef's Planet: Stainless Steel Prep Taxi Scoop, one-hand Mash-Potato Masher (unique no pressure style), 3 cup Measuring Colander and dripless glass Olive Oil Pourer, Veggie Prep Bowl Ensemble with Strainer, Peeler and Cleaner Brush.

Chef's Planet offers quality at very affordable prices.

New Cookbooks from Gooseberry Patch:

Dinners on a Dime
Farmer's Market
101 Slow Cooker Recipes
Coming Home

New arrivals coming in:
Casseroles & Skillet, Summer & Country Homemade, Harvest and Homemade Christmas will be in at a later date.

We all love Gooseberry Patch Cookbooks!

The Faded Rose' Wine Shop: (Located on the lower level of the shop)

Just arrived:
The Original Gangster French Brandy,
so smooth and it comes in a beautiful
bottle and priced right.

We offer a nice selection of JARHEAD wines
made by the Marines for the Marines.

A fine array of brass Military ornaments by Baldwin have just arrived. Quality and beautiful design makes this the perfect gift.

The wine shop also carries
The cutest hipster black knit tops for the ladies, with rhinestone sayings: "Wine Diva", "Got Wine", "Friends and Wine the Older the Better" and "Wine Therapy".

Treat yourself or a friend.
You'll love them!

Home Decor and Gifting:

	One of the hottest items in the shop right now is the Light Garden's florals and twigs. They can change a floral piece into a breath taking arrangement that lights up any container of flowers. A gorgeous home accent.
	You can see the work of Marilyn's Twigs and Blossoms shop all through out the Wallach House. he Have Marilyn create that special arrangement just for you - or pick up one of her beautiful creations on display at the Wallach House. of Mar

New country primitives and French country has arrived. We have roosters everywhere! Statues, pictures, plates and more.	We have an assortment of Annalee Dolls for 2010. Spring, the 4th of July and the cutest "Puddle Jumper Frog"

Don't miss the Williray Studios figurines, lamps and wall items.	We have a large display of Longeberger Baskets on the third level with frequent stock rotation on these collector baskets.

Plus : A nice assortment of candleholders, bowls. black wood & glass small display boxes, country signage is on the shelves now.

New stock is arriving on a continual basis
Many of our orders have arrived from the "first of the year" gift shows including items for men. New arrivals are still coming in and our dealers are busy selecting gift lines for fall and Christmas. Must haves: Brighten your floral arrangements with lighted twigs and flowers from the Light Garden! Great for outdoors too. Absolutely gorgeous!! We will continue to expand our home decor and gift lines with quality products that are sure to please you. Wallach House continues to grow & change. We strive to offer you the newest and best selections to make your house a home.

Our Girls Night Out on April 9th was a huge success! Upon arrival everyone was delighted with their free gift bag of goodies, which included a costume ring that they wore all night and got to take home. Almost everyone went home with a free gift basket! The girls stayed the entire evening and enjoyed the creative "make-it & take-its", pampering, special sales and fabulous food. If you would like Wallach House to schedule another Girl's Night Out, please contact Mary or Laurie at 636-938-6633.

We look forward to a fun filled 2010 with you ....... Stay posted for our 20th anniversary year bash that begins in August and lasts all year long.!

"Its always a party at the Wallach House!"

We are conveniently located just off Interstate 44, 10 minutes west of 270
in lovely uptown Eureka.

Come see what's new at the Wallach House!

Mary Wallach

"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value".

Wallach House

Hosting a Plant Swap

Daisies and daylilies always seem to sprout up faster than we can count them while summertime bulbs multiple quicker than the days fly by.

Share the wealth with some good friends and host a plant swap! All you need are a few seedlings to trade, some fellow garden buffs and a picnic table in a shady spot.

The more, the merrier... everyone just brings as many plants as they'd like to take home. Set them all out on the table and trade away !

From "Get Together with the Gooseberry Patch"

Wallach House

Our Favorite Recipes

Key Lime Bars

Ingredients::

Wind & Willow Key Lime Cheeseball Mix
1/2 c. margarine, room temperature
1 c. flour
1/4 c. powdered sugar
2 eggs

Directions:

1.	Heat oven to 350°F.
2.	Blend margarine, graham topping mix, flour and ¼ c. powdered sugar and press into an 8 x 8 nonstick baking pan. Bake 15 minutes.
3.	Beat eggs and mix in key lime cheeseball mix. Pour over crust and continue baking 20 minutes
4.	Cool and dust with powdered sugar or glaze with a mixture of 1 c. powdered sugar and 1 T. fresh lime juice.

Wallach House

Our Favorite Recipes

Strawberry Shortcake

INGREDIENTS:

Wind & Willow Strawberries & Cream Cheeseball Mix, prepared

Six individual sponge cakes or six thick slices of poundcake

16 oz. frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed

Cool Whip, large size

DIRECTIONS:

Mix cheeseball mix as directed and stir in three-quarters of the Cool Whip. Divide the cheesecake mixture evenly over the sponge or pound cake, topping with strawberries and remaining Cool Whip.