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My guests this week are Myra Kornfeld and Stephen Massimilla, co-authors of “Cooking with the Muse – A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry and Literary Fare.”
Cooking with the Muse offers 150 nutritious international recipes with a plenitude of imaginative poetry about food and ingredients, along with enlightening literary essays, playful culinary and historical notes, and 200 beautiful full-color photographs. Here’s a feast of words and images, with easy-to-follow steps for preparing individual dishes and whole meals.
*Highlights fresh, local ingredients and encourages the use of seasonal produce, wild seafood, traditional fats, and healthy meat from pasture-raised animals.
*Revels in flavors that are complex and global, ranging from Middle Eastern and Turkish to American Southwestern, from Vietnamese and Japanese to Italian and Indian.
*Offers a delectable feast for the locavore or omnivore, novice cook or experienced chef — a food lover’s literary anthology and a poetry lover’s cookbook.
*Presents an anthology covering 3000 years; the equivalent of a complete book of original poems and poetic prose by the authors; and a complete book of original essays explaining key culinary poems and traditions.
The book includes a vast array of classic and contemporary poems, each perfectly paired, like a fine wine, with each dish. Both a literary and a culinary achievement, Cooking with the Muse is a feast for the heart and the senses, a delectable journey that nourishes the body, mind, and spirit. Learn more at www.cookingwiththemuse.com
In the second half I’ll be talking to Diana Gordon, President & Chief Development Officer at the Orpheum Performing Arts Centre, about Celebrity & Chef Cookoff.
Join us on Tuesday, June 14 for the 15th Annual
Celebrity & Chef Cookoff
a benefit for the historic Orpheum Theatre!
INTRUST Bank Arena
500 E. Waterman
Along with an exciting, fast-paced, Iron Chef-style cooking competition, enjoy food and drinks from your favorite local restaurants, bid on auction items (live & silent), and mingle with your fellow foodies and Orpheum supporters!
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2009 WORTHY “Sophia’s Cuvee” Napa Valley Red Wine
Opaque with a deep red rim and stained legs. Aromas of black currant, coffee, black earth, vanilla and tar. Well integrated tannins with flavors of black cherry, plum, dried strawberry and black currant skin with vanilla, nutmeg and fresh tilled soil notes. Balanced finish with fruit framed with vanilla and earth.
90 Points, Gold – Beverage Testing Institute