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Overview of the 2008 Public Tasting Culinary
Demonstrations:
The San Francisco Chronicle Kitchen Presents Food and Wine
Columnists at Work
This year’s Public Tasting introduces the debut of the San Francisco
Chronicle Kitchen, a series of live demonstrations from three gifted
cooks who are staff writers and columnists. Throughout the afternoon,
Lynne Char Bennett, Tara Duggan, and Marlena Spieler will appear
onstage, demonstrating their dishes, paired with a few of the
Competition’s Sweepstakes award winners.
Lynne Char Bennett, who will appear from 2:15 – 2:45pm, is renowned
for the recipes she creates specifically to accompany various wines;
these recipes appear weekly in her “Pairings” column. A graduate of the
California Culinary Academy, she is a member of the Association of Food
Journalists. In 2003, she was the co-recipient of the James Beard
Foundation Award for Best Newspaper Series.
From 3:15 – 3:45pm, Tara Duggan will take the stage to display her
talents. A Food and Wine feature writer and author of the bi-weekly
“Working Cook” column, Tara is a graduate of UC Berkeley and the
California Culinary Academy, where she honed her signature style of
quick-cooked meals made from fresh, seasonal ingredients. She won a
James Beard Foundation Award in 2002.
Inspiring and internationally renowned cook Marlena Spieler will
close the San Francisco Chronicle Kitchen demonstration, showing off her
skills from 4:15 – 4:45pm. Author of over 50 books on a wide array of
topics and in many different languages, Marlena is an avid traveler, and
shares her latest discoveries of foods and techniques with her readers
in her “Roving Feast” column. Both her books and column have been
short-listed for three James Beard Foundation Awards and two Guild of
Food Writers Awards for Broadcaster of the Year, and she is the winner
of two Association of Food Journalist Awards.
The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is proud to include the
participation of these exceptional individuals in the 2008 Public
Tasting, and invites you to witness their expertise in action at the San
Francisco Chronicle Kitchen chef demonstration. Copies of their recipes
- selected to enhance the relationship between fine food and wine - will
be available after each demonstration.
The 2008 Public Tasting offers limited attendance and sells out
annually, so for advance ticket purchase, additional details, and a
complete list of vendors who will be sampling at the event, visit
www.winejudging.com.
Click here for event tickets.
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