Dinnertime delivery available for pops concert
August 18, 2009 by Sharon Thompson
If you have tickets to the annual Picnic with the Pops, Dupree Catering will deliver a gourmet meal to your table.
The event will be Friday and Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park. Dupree’s menu includes antipasti (artisanal cheeses, sopressata sausage, marinated mushrooms and artichoke hearts, imported olives); a choice of three entrees (grilled chili-lime prawns with a citrus mojo sauce, porcini-rubbed beef tenderloin with Point Reyes blue cheese, sweet tea-cured pork tenderloin with bourbon and ginger peach chow chow), Kentucky goat cheese and roasted heirloom tomato tart, and caramelized peach upside down cake. Prices range from $27 to $36.
Disposable dinnerware and beverage service are available. Call (859) 231-0464or go to www.dupreecatering.com.
International flavors
The Hilary J. Boone Center at the University of Kentucky is having an international ale and food tasting on Aug. 27.
More than 60 beers from around the world will be available for sampling from 4:30 to 8 p.m. The internationally inspired menu features chipotle-rubbed pork tenderloin, Polish and Italian sausages, and Louisiana butterflied shrimp. Music will be by the UK String Band.
Cost is $10 for Boone Center members; $15 for non-member UK employees and UK Alumni Association members, and $20 for the general public. Call (859) 257-1133.
Renegade lunch program
Chef Ann Cooper, known as the “Renegade Lunch Lady,” is teaming with Whole Foods Market to help make changes in school lunch programs. The School Lunch Revolution campaign is a national effort to improve the way children eat. Learn more at www.wholefoodsmarket.com/schoollunchrevolution.
Cooper, author of Lunch Lessons and Bitter Harvest, is founder of F3: Food Family Farming Foundation, whose mission is to provide every child in America with healthy and delicious fresh food at school. She also created The Lunch Box, www.thelunchbox.org, an online resource to help food service directors make tangible changes in cafeteria menus.
The Lunch Box Web site offers recipes that work for schools of all sizes, resources for procuring natural foods, training videos that cover topics ranging from cooking techniques to food safety, and educational tools for parents and children.
An eat and meet
Corbett’s, An American Place in Louisville celebrates the “tireless effort local farmers put into growing and raising excellent ingredients” with a Meet the Farmers dinner at 6 p.m. Sept. 9.
The four-course dinner will highlight local ingredients and provide an opportunity for guests to meet the people who dedicate their lives to growing great food. Cost is $55. Wine pairings are available for an additional $20. Call (502) 327-5058.
Farms featured on the menu include Gallrein Farm and Waterworks Farm, both of Shelbyville; Garey Farm, Paris; Triple J Farm, Georgetown; Grateful Greens, Louisville; and Ol’ Land Farm, Prospect and Sunshine Farm, both of Prospect.
Corbett’s is at 5050 Norton Healthcare Boulevard. Call (502) 327-5058 or go to www.corbettsrestaurant.com.
A contest for home cooks
At a time when a New York Times magazine article talks about the demise of home cooking, Food & Wine magazine is searching for a Home Cook Superstar.
To enter the search for the best home cook in America, go to www.foodandwine.com/superstar. The entry deadline is Dec. 1.
“This is truly the year of the home cook,” editor-in-chief Dana Cowin said. “The lessons from TV chefs, the better availability of incredible local ingredients, the thrill of amazing restaurant meals and the soft economy — these trends have inspired home cooks to be more ambitious.”
The winner will receive a trip for two to the Cayman Cookout food-and-wine festival, hosted by chef Eric Ripert, at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, and a feature in Food & Wine’s March issue.
With kids in mind
Cookbooks published by Junior Leagues are favorites among collectors and serious home cooks. In 2006, the Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. began working with its Junior Leagues to address the crisis of childhood obesity and created the Kids in the Kitchen program. It’s designed to engage kids in the preparation of healthy meals as a means to educate them and their parents about nutrition and healthy choices. Kidsinthekitchen.org includes bilingual recipes, tips on nutrition, fitness and healthy lifestyles, and an interactive “Kids’ Corner” with a nutrition game.
A new cookbook, Everyday Recipes & Activities for Healthy Living is the first in a series of Junior Leagues’ in the Kitchen with Kids cookbooks. The book, $21.95, is available at Junior Leagues around the country or on Amazon.
