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Celebrity Chefs to Teach Cooking Seminars At North Lake Tahoe's Autumn Food & Wine Festival; 'Cooking Seminars, Gourmet Marketplace, Private Wine Tastings & More Set for Oct. 22-24'.


TAHOE CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1999--

A big draw for visitors to North Lake Tahoe's Autumn Food & Wine Festival is the opportunity to rub elbows with the West Coast's most notable chefs.

Set for Friday, Oct. 22-Sunday, Oct. 24 at the Resort at Squaw Creek Squaw Creek is the name of several bodies of water in North America, including:
  • Squaw Creek in California that runs through Squaw Valley
  • Squaw Creek, in Iowa, a tributary of the Skunk River .
, this event will host cooking seminars, Gourmet Marketplace (shop for fancy sauces and cookware), private wine tastings, Grand Tasting Competition and much more. Tickets start at $60/each. For tickets and lodging, call 800/TAHOE-4-U (824-6348).

Celebrity chefs onboard are local favorite Lee Kresy of Sunnyside Resort, Tahoe City, Calif.; Maria Helm-Sinskey, culinary director of Robert Sinskey Vineyards, Napa, Calif.; food and wine writer Jamie Purviance; TV Food Network's Bob Blumer; award-winning food and drink writer Sharon Tyler-Herbst; chef-instructor Lars Kronmark of the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, California is a branch campus of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone is dedicated to continuing education and career development for , Napa, Calif.; chef-instructor Jennifer Bushman of Nothing to It! Cooking Center, Reno, Nev.; and Jerry DeVecchio food editor with Sunset Magazine.

Don't let his soft-spoken manner fool you. Local executive chef Less Kresy of Sunnyside Resort can really whip it up in the kitchen. A highly accomplished chef, Kresy will share his popular dishes like pepper-seared ahi and cornhusk corn·husk  
n.
The leafy husk of an ear of corn.

Noun 1. cornhusk - the husk of an ear of corn
husk - outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
 salmon.

Maria Helm-Sinskey, culinary director of Robert Sinskey Vineyards, uses French techniques, earthy Mediterranean flavors and just harvested California ingredients to create exquisite dishes bursting with flavors, colors and textures. Helm-Sinskey will prepare a delicious menu of sweet and savory dishes all made with apples.

Accomplished chef and best-selling author Jamie Purviance will dish out barbecue trade secrets at this year's event. Learn how to grill a Thanksgiving turkey at Purviance's seminar.

One of the country's most eccentric chefs, Bob Blumer of the TV Food Network, returns to the Autumn Food & Wine Festival for an encore performance. A cooking seminar not to be missed, Blumer will take attendees "Off the Eaten Path" starting with the Mighty Lemon Drop lemon drop
n.
A small, hard, lemon-flavored candy.

Noun 1. lemon drop - a hard candy with lemon flavor and a yellow color and (usually) the shape of a lemon
 Martini, Gee Your Beet Smells Terrific Salad and Canard ca·nard  
n.
1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

2.
a. A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and
 'a-go-go. Don't miss his Dessertwich and mysterious Pound Cake French Fries with Raspberry Catsup.

Dubbed the foremost writer of user-friendly food and drink reference works, Sharon Tyler-Herbst is also the author of the best-selling Food Lover's Companion. New to the Autumn Food & Wine Festival, Tyler-Herbst will teach attendees how to prepare creme fraiche on a budget and what to do when you can't get the champagne cork out. A must-attend seminar for the aspiring home chef.

A leading culinary instructor for many years, Lars Kronmark joined the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in 1995. Kronmark will take guests on a guided culinary adventure of the cooking methods of Old Mexico, which will include salsas Salsas is a Portuguese parish in the district of Bragança. The population in 2001 is 424, its density is 16.5/km² and the area is 25.76 km².  and homemade tortillas.

Never speechless, Jennifer Bushman of Nothing to It! Cooking Center in Reno, Nev. is a powerhouse in the kitchen. With classes such as Artisan Breads and Thanksgiving for Kids, Bushman's no nonsense style is popular with Reno/Tahoe locals, as well as visitors to the area.

With six state-of-the-art kitchens, Bushman's French country-themed cooking center is an excellent facility to learn the ropes or sharpen your culinary skills. Bushman's seminar will highlight roasted corn chowder, basil minestrone and Tabasco cheese bread.

Also onboard is Jerry DiVecchio, food and wine editor of Sunset Magazine and the editor of Sunset Cookbook. Join DiVecchio as she shares her expertise on Pacific Rim food and wine, including homestyle chicken curry, Thai salad dressing, pork and persimmon persimmon: see ebony.
persimmon

Either of two trees of the genus Diospyros in the ebony family, and their globular, edible fruits. The native American persimmon (D.
 risotto ri·sot·to  
n. pl. ri·sot·tos
A dish of rice cooked in broth, usually with saffron, and served with grated cheese.



[Italian, from riso, rice, from Old Italian; see rice.
 and hasty habanero ha·ba·ne·ro  
n. pl. ha·ba·ñe·ros
A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum chinense having small, round, extremely hot green to red fruit.
 jelly.

Event sponsors include Sunset Magazine, Weber Grills, Beringer Wine Estates, KitchenAid Appliances & Cookware, Lincoln Vehicles, Calio Groves Olive Oil, KOLO Kolo (meaning "wheel" in some Slavic languages) may refer to one of the following:
  • Kolo (dance), a Serbian/Croatian circle dance
  • Koło County, a county in Poland
  • Koło, a Polish town and seat of Koło County
  • KOLO-TV, in Reno, Nevada
 TV-8 Reno, Duckhorn, Joseph Phelps, Rosemount Estates Wineries and Ambrosia ambrosia (ămbrō`zhə), in Greek mythology, food and drink with which the Olympian gods preserved their immortality. Extraordinarily fragrant, ambrosia was probably conceived of as a purified and idealized form of honey. .
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