Les Dames d'Escoffier is hosting Celebrating Food on February 27 from 9:00 am until 5:45 pm at the Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, MD, a feast of information where you can learn about Tricks of the Trade, Culinary Blogging, Food Writing and Restaurant Reviewing. Or how to pick seafood, use unusual spices and discover different rice varieties. You can meet Carla Hall, Bravo-TV “Top Chef” finalist and Nongkran Daks, winner of TV Food Network’s  “Throwdown! With Bobby Flay” who will both speak on “What Really Goes on Behind the Scenes of TV Chef Competitions”. And attend seminars led by James Beard Award winning author Aliza Green, Najmieh Batmanglij, local Persian cooking expert and cookbook author, and Joe Yonan, Washington Post Food Editor. And participate in tastings and hands-on classes in pastry making, pickling, flatbreads and sushi. And more. And more. All for $95.

Register on line or for further information, please call 202 973 2168.

Posted on Wednesday 03rd February 2010 in