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Chapters offer programs of interest to their communities that enlighten and stimulate, as well as opportunities to mentor promising women who want careers in the food, beverage and hospitality industries. |
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Promote women in our industries through networking and providing opportunities for education and career advancement. Work to advance the significance of foods and beverages in bridging cultural barriers. |
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| Philanthropy |
Create and support ways to give back to local chapter communities. |
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| Welcome to Les Dames d'Escoffier |
Les Dames d’Escoffier is the only organization of its kind: a world wide philanthropic society of professional women leaders in the fields of food, fine beverage and hospitality. The invitation-only membership, composed of 27 individual chapters across the United States and Canada, is highly diversified and reflects the multifaceted fields of contemporary gastronomy and hospitality. |
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To receive periodic information about Les Dames d' Escoffier, Washington, DC
Chapter's Educational Programs, Food & Wine Dinners, Community Outreach
Events, and Fundraising Galas that benefit our grants and scholarships
mission, please Register Here
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| Culinary Grants And Scholarships |
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Les Dames d'Escoffier offers scholarships and grants to Washington area women for culinary-related education.
Deadline is MArch 15. Please see full guidelines under the Awards tab above.
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| Upcoming Events |
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Celebrating FOOD! Cooking * Careers * Communications
Les Dames' Seventh Salute to Women in Gastronony
Saturday,February 27, 2010
9:00 am to 5:45 pm
The Universities at Shady Grove
Rockville, MD
$95
Register Here
Click Here For Directions
Abundant free parking available
Featured Keynote Speakers:
Carla Hall, Bravo-TV “Top Chef” finalist, and
Nongkran Daks, winner, “Throwdown! with Bobby Flay,” TV Food Network
More than 40 Speakers in 16 sessions!
Hands-on Cooking Classes!
Fabulous Culinary EXPO! with new products,
samples, cookbooks and experts!
Continental Breakfast and Lunch Included
Festival of Desserts
Rosé Wine and Chocolate Reception
Much more...
A Taste of the Sessions:
Tricks of the Trade, Culinary Blogging, Ethnic Ingredients, Selecting Seafood, Food Writing, Rice Varieties, Farm to Table, Restaurant Reviewing, Local Wines, Kitchen Designing, Signature Cocktails, Uncommon Spices.
Hands-on Cooking Classes in Pastry, Pickling, Flatbreads and Sushi.
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The next installment in the ongoing series
Dames Who Dine
A networking luncheon exclusively for Les Dames members
Hosted by Dame Ris Lacoste, Chef/Owner of

An Everyday Café
The Heart of the West End
2275 L Street, NW
Corner of 23rd & L
Monday, February 8
12 noon
Enjoy a RIS Signature Menu
$25 per Dame, including tax, and gratuity
Wine by the glass is extra
RSVP Here by Friday, February 5 or by phone at 202-973-2168
Paid street and lot parking available at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Metro: Foggy Bottom
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Chesapeake Basin Heirloom Dinner
Sunday, March 7th at 5:30 pm
The Dogwood
911 W. 36th Street, Hampden
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
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Quartet of Native Chesapeake Oysters
Fried Chesapeake Oyster Spoon, Wild Chesapeake Bay, VA
Pickled black eyed peas, smoked pepper coulis, house-cured local bacon
Stuffed Baked Chesapeake Oyster, Choptank Sweets, Cambridge, VA
Local greens, aged parmesan, pommerey mustard, toasted fennel seed Herb-Saint crème
Bar Cats on the Half Shell, Mobjack Bay, VA
Ginger-cucumber mignonette
Demitasse of Olin’s Classic Oyster Stew, Chincoteaque, VA
My variation of Dad’s family recipe – whole local milk, oyster liqueur, parsley
Maryland Poultry, Pennsylvania Hogs and Cheese Makers
Roasted Local Chicken Ballottine
Poached pasture-raised egg, Mr. Pott’s cured Berkshire bacon lardoons,
frisee and smoked local cheddar, walnut oil vinaigrette
Westminster Dexter Beef
Heritage Grass-fed Dexter Beef Braised in Boordy Cabernet Franc
Chester County mushrooms, Tuscarora organic root vegetables, Dutch-style dumplings
Local Orchards
Bridget’s Black Rock Orchard Apple Tart
Baltimore’s Taharka Brothers’ ice cream (formerly Sylvan Beach Ice Cream)
$73 inclusive with wine pairings for members; $78 for non-members
To Register, click here or call 202.-973-2168 by Wednesday, March 3rd
www.dogwoodbaltimore.com
The Dogwood is located just five minutes from the Baltimore Penn train station.
Free parking is available at the rear of the restaurant.
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| Headlines |
- Grande Dame Nomination Process Underway
Every two years, LDEI bestows the prestigious Grande Dame award; the next award will be given at the annual conference in Philadelphia.
A woman, late in her career, with outstanding professional achievement, excellence and charitable/community...
- Praise for Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier
Five-Star Cookbook Seasoned By Laguna Ties
Featured in Laguna Beach Independent, Nov 14, 2008
Marcella Rosene, part time Laguna Beach resident for 35 years, is the editor of Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier: At Home with the Women Who Shape...
- M.F.K. Fisher Awards for Excellence in Culinary Writing
The LDEI 2008 M.F.K. Fisher Awards for Excellence in Culinary Writing have been announced. A panel of judges reviewed almost 70 entries for this biannual writing competition and selected the following winning entries:
First Prize: Whole Foods...
- Fiesta Mart seeks recipes for a new cookbook
Hadfield Communications, a Houston-based ad agency, has been charged with a major upgrade to the web site of Texas-based Fiesta Mart (with 40+ stores). Fiesta Mart is well-known for its international mix of imported and exotic foods. Hadfield...
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