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Friday, October 28, 2011
Insider Guide to the 8th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Thousands Demand Sustainable Food
Thousands of people across America call for healthy, affordable, sustainable food ahead of the first ever National Food Day.
WASHINGTON, DC – Thousands of people are demanding sustainable food in their local communities ahead of the first ever Food Day by starting and joining campaigns on Change.org, the world’s fastest-growing platform for social change.
Tens of thousands of individuals and organizations have already begun supporting sustainable food through campaigns on Change.org. Healthy Child, Healthy World, a food-focused nonprofit, launched an online campaign urging Campbell’s Soup to phase out the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) from its packaging; a Texas animal rescuer created a campaign asking Governor Rick Perry to save struggling ranchers and starving horses by using state resources to bring hay to Texas; and a Maryland farmer started an online campaign to prevent his 31-year-old organic farm from being turned into private soccer fields.
"Food Day is powered by people, and not food companies or other corporations,” said Jeff Cronin, Communications Director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the official organizational sponsor of Food Day. “We hope Food Day will inspire Americans to change their own diet for the better, but more important, we want it to result in a bigger, stronger, and more unified movement for improved food policies."
Change.org is a partner organization of the first-ever National Food Day. Thousands of concerned citizens regularly use the campaign platform to call for healthy, affordable foods produced in environmentally sustainable and humane manners. “It’s always inspiring to see people take action on the issues that matter to them,” said Sarah Parsons, senior organizer at Change.org. “It has been so powerful to watch as concerned citizens all over the country speak out about food issues and build communities of support.” Food Day is sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest and is supported by organizations promoting healthy eating, animal welfare, small-scale farming, and other food-related issues.
For more information on Food Day, please visit:
http://foodday.org/
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Where Celebrity Chefs Meet Celebrities
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Celebrities from Music and Television Converge for Inaugural Epicurean Event
LOS ANGELES, CA, October 7, 2011—Los Angeles Food & Wine, a new breed of culinary festival debuting October 13-16, 2011 will gather all-star talent from both the entertainment and culinary worlds to celebrate the very best in L.A. food and drink culture. Headquartered at L.A. LIVE with events featured throughout the city including Santa Monica, Hollywood, and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles Food & Wine is brought to you by Coastal Luxury Management, the founders of the acclaimed Pebble Beach Food & Wine with partners dick clark productions (dcp) and AEG as well as chef and philanthropist Wolfgang Puck and Saint Vincent Meals-on-Wheels. More than 140 renowned chefs including Daniel Boulud, Tom Colicchio, Tyler Florence, Nobu Matsuhisa, and Nancy Silverton will team up with today’s most celebrated pop culture personalities, such as Grammy Awarding-Winning rock band TRAIN, American Idoljudge and acclaimed producer Randy Jackson, drummer Questlove from The Roots, TV stars Busy Phillips (Cougar Town) and Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family), and more to lead demonstrations, seminars, dinners, and dedicated after-hours events featuring tastings from over 300 premier international wineries: “Where Celebrity Meets Celebrity Chef and Winemaker.”
Entertainment highlights from the upcoming Los Angeles Food & Wine include:
Red Carpet Premiere
Top chefs walk the red carpet in a gala kick-off night that transforms Nokia Plaza L.A. LIVE into a culinary wonderland with over hundred wineries from around the world will pour their very best alongside top breweries and distilleries. This is your chance to rub shoulders with culinary royalty while feasting and toasting all that makes LA great – from rock stars to rock star chefs to Hollywood elites such as GRAMMY® award winningproducer, author and American Idol judge Randy Jackson who will make his debut appearance as a DJ and The Canyons, a collaboration of new artists whose self-titled album debuted in September 2011.
Lexus Presents-They Sing. They Act. They Cook?
Two accomplished chefs; two of Hollywood's elite; put them in the kitchen and suddenly the tables are turned. Of course, everyone's culinary talent is bound to shine when an accomplished chef is thrown in the mix. Lexus gives you the opportunity to watch as two of Hollywood's hottest stars Busy Phillips (Cougar Town, Made of Honor) andEric Stonestreet (Modern Family) are paired with Lexus Culinary Masters Christopher Kostow and Michael Chiarello, to prepare something delicious (and no doubt entertaining)! Two dynamic duos will collaborate to create a signature dish for your enjoyment and needless to say…there will be more than food cooking in this kitchen.
Heat-LA’s Spiciest After Party
We are lighting it up for Friday Night. Party the night away at L.A. LIVE’s Club Nokia with a private performance by indie-pop band The Brunettes, who just released their latest album “Mars Loves Venus” and will be performing with dance-pop singer and musician Grace Valerie.
Guy Fieri’s Brew B’Queon the Santa Monica Pier
Meat masters Tim Love, Chris Cosentino, Roy Choi, and Stephen Pyles descend onSanta Monica’s famed pier with celebrated local and international breweries hosted byFood Network star Guy Fieri. Enjoy a day on the famous Santa Monica Pier and take in the sun-drenched view of the Pacific Ocean, the sounds of music from DJ Cobraand Top 40 rock and rap rock musician/songwriter Uncle Kracker.
Lexus Grand Tasting-Saturday and Sunday
The Lexus Grand Tasting at the Event Deck at L.A. LIVE is the most spectacular opportunity to enjoy over 300 wines from 200 of the world’s most prestigious wineries. 30 Celebrity Chefs will showcase their culinary skills and provide delicious and decadent tasting samples of their cuisine. During this remarkable strolling event you will have access to cooking demos, book signings and photo sessions with some of the weekend’s biggest chef celebrities. Producer, drummer, and vocalist D Fuse, who has been featured at music festivals worldwide including Coachella will be performing.
Lexus ‘LIVE on the Plaza’
An unbelievable strolling reception at Nokia Plaza L.A. LIVE, capped with an extraordinary musical performance from the multi-GRAMMY® award winning, platinum-selling artists, TRAIN. 30 chefs and 200 wines will serve up delicious samples while TRAIN provides a rockin’ soundtrack with hits songs like, “Drops of Jupiter”, “Meet Virginia”, and “Hey Soul Sister.” This is the culmination of a city-wide celebration of all things Food, Wine, Celebrity and Los Angeles.
Decadence-LA’s Sweetest After Party
Sherry Yard, queen of all things sweet, curates the best pastry chefs in the country including Elizabeth Falkner, Bill Corbett, Gina DePalma, Johnny Iuzzini and Claudia Fleming for a perfect night of heavenly desserts, champagne, wine, and great spirits taking place at the Event Deck at L.A. LIVE. Check out the stellar line-up of pastry chefs and you will understand why we are so excited to get them all under one roof. The evening will be highlighted by a special performance by drummer, DJ, music journalist and record producer Questlove, who is best known as the drummer for theGRAMMY® award winning band The Roots, the in-house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, as well as a producer for artists such as Erykah Badu, Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and John Legend.
Headquartered at the internationally renowned L.A. LIVE sports and entertainment district as well as locations throughout the city, including Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles Food & Wine will set the stage as the country’s first crossover culinary event that matches personalities from television, film, music and sport with celebrity chefs. A portion of the proceeds will benefit St. Vincent Meals On Wheels, raising awareness for the culinary community with the extraordinary talent provided by Coastal Luxury Management, dick clark productions (dcp) and AEG.
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Friday, October 7, 2011
Commanderie du Bontemps 20 Sur Vin Wine Tasting Competition
[Press Release] Bordeaux, September 2011
January- June 2012 The 11th event of the “20 sur vin” Wine Tasting Competition for international wine clubs of leading business schools, higher education establishments and universities. After the great success in 2011 with the presence of the United States, China, the Netherlands, England and France and with general demand, "20 of wine," wine tasting international competition for higher education establishments, will be held again in 2012.
According to the well-known concept of the America Cup, challengers from North America, Asia and Europe will come to compete against the best wine clubs of universities, leading business schools and higher education establishments in France.
Chaired by Baron Eric de Rothschild, owner of Château Lafite Rothschild, the “20 sur Vin” Wine Tasting Competition, organised by the Commanderie du Bontemps, first came into existence in 2002. The aim of this contest is to enable the elite students to come into closer contact with Great Growth wines of Bordeaux’s left bank.
A certain number of leading business schools, higher education establishments and universities have taken part in this event since the time it was initially launched: the Ecole Centrale de Paris, Dauphine University, the Ecole Normale Supérieure, the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, ESSEC, HEC, Sciences-Po, Polytechnique, the Ecole des Mines de Paris …In 2004, the competition first welcomed competitors from England, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and their participation is now a traditional feature. 2011 opened a new chapter in this contest with the arrival of challengers from all over the world:
For the United States of America: Kellogg Business School of Northwestern University, The Wharton School, Harvard Business School, Columbia Law School, Columbia Business School.
For Asia: Chinese University of Hong Kong and the NTU Wine Society of Singapore.
For France: Dauphine University Paris, ENS Lyon, ESSEC, ESC Lille, Mines, Centrale, EDHEC Lille, ENS Paris, ESCP Europe, HEC, Sciences Po and Polytechnique.
For Europe: Cambridge University for England and Nyenrode Business Universiteit for the Netherlands.
On Friday 17th June, at Château Lafite Rothschild in Pauillac, the HARVARD Business School team clearly placed itself in the lead at the end of this international final, defeating the other teams from...
2-CHINESE UNIVERSITY, Hong Kong,
3-NYENRODE Business Universiteit, Netherlands, tying with WHARTON School, USA,
4-CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, Great Britain, tying with,
5-NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Singapore.
6-SCIENCES PO Paris, France
7-SKEMA Lille, France
See you in 2012 for new selections, with new teams !
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A Parisian Night of Cheese
By Paige Donner
[All photos by Paige Donner c. 2011]
Parisians are known to do things their own particular way. And when it comes to presenting their cheeses, they make no exception.
An art exhibit that opened on October 6th at LaMilkFactory in Paris's boho chic 11th arrondissement is none other than a full art exhibit presenting imaginative ways to serve cheeses.
A staple of any French meal, cheese, does, of course, enjoy full status as a "course" all to itself in the line up of a meal. At Design Sur Un Plateau, Curator Cecile Cau, originator of the blog So Food So Good, and her co-hort, food design book author Stephane Bureaux, teamed up to imagine, envision and then carry out a food art design exhibit of "cheese platters" amongst a collaboration of 6 separate designers, all well-known in the field of gastronomy and/or design.
Stephane Bureaux, Food Art Design Author And Cheese Platter Designer
Germain Bourre, Consultant to Veuve Clicquot And Cheese Platter Designer
Even if cheese platters aren't your notion of haute gastronomique design art, I recommend going and checking out Design Sur Un Plateau, showing at Milk Factory (www.lamilkfactory.com) through January 14th, if for no other reason than the showroom is across the street from Paris's best stocked Argentinian wine bar El Galpon (Trapiche, Schroeder; Malbecs, Torrentes...) and just next door to Paris's well-loved Argentinian restaurant Unico, where meat-lovers can get a great steak at a really good price. In fact, the whole neighborhood is full of terrific little restaurants and is known to the locals as a "coin de gastronomie" where you can find authentically good meals at prices affordable to us working stiffs.
5, rue Paul Bert, Paris 75011
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