We hope you will join us on November 15th for this fascinating online presentation. Find out how Black Marylanders made sauerkraut their own, learn about beaten biscuits, and much more! Holiday foods are even more satisfying when you get a taste of the history behind them. Registration in advance is required. Click here to register!
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Join us on Thursday evening, Oct. 19, from 6:30-7:45 pm for an online deep dive into bean cookery with Kim O'Donnel, a respected vegetable cookbook author and longtime proponent of healthful eating. The veteran chef-instructor will share her expertise and tips related to the wonderful world of legumes, her favorite varieties, and old and new ways of preparing them. A former food writer for The Washington Post and several other newspapers big and small, Kim was the first Meatless Monday blogger. Most recently, she served as recipe editor for the forthcoming cookbook from Philadelphia chefs Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook. The thing she is most proud of in recent years: going to Poland in April 2022 as a World Central Kitchen Volunteer cooking for Ukrainian refugees. Free for Dames, $25 for the general public.
Registration required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants a few days before the event. Click here to register! Join us for a day of learning and community building with Les Dames DC!
Meet the DMV's leading women in food, beverage, and hospitality as they share their expertise in advocacy, content creation, and kitchen wisdom. Participants include Joan Nathan, Tambra Raye Stevenson, Jamie Leeds, Bonnie Moore, Mary Beth Albright, Amy Brandwein, Susan Barocas, Charissa Benjamin, and many more. Proceeds of this generously sponsored forum, held at DC’s historic National Union Building, will go toward supporting women and women-led food-related organizations in the DC area, through grants, mentoring, and scholarships. Advance registration required. Click here to register. Click here to learn more about the full day of activities. Mark your calendar for a day of learning and community building with Les Dames DC! Bringing It to the Table: Talk. Taste. Transform. Meet the DMV's leading women in food, beverage, and hospitality as they share their expertise in advocacy, content creation, and kitchen wisdom. Participants include Joan Nathan, Tambra Raye Stevenson, Jamie Leeds, Bonnie Moore, Mary Beth Albright, Amy Brandwein, Susan Barocas, Charissa Benjamin, and many more. Proceeds of this generously sponsored forum, held at DC’s historic National Union Building, will go toward supporting women and women-led food-related organizations in the DC area, through grants, mentoring, and scholarships. EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION BEGINS AUGUST 15. Stay tuned for more details. Please join us for a virtual conversation
Vegan Means Business: Embracing Plant Power Wednesday, August 9, 2023 | 5:00 to 6:30 PM Tickets must be purchased in advance. Click here for your tickets! Cost: General Admission $25, Free for Members of Les Dames d'Escoffier International. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants a week before the event. Join Les Dames DC chapter for a fun and informative pupusa-making workshop in honor of World Refugee Day, on June 20, 2023. Dame Ana Reyes, owner of El Tamarindo, the nation’s first El Salvadorian restaurant, will share her family’s history from leaving El Salvador to establishing a community landmark in Washington DC. You’ll learn to make mouthwatering pupusas from scratch and about the cuisine and culture of El Salvador. Our Global Culinary Initiative Chair, Dame Amy Riolo, will discuss the mission of World Refugee Day and how to help during the current crisis. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Cost: General Admission $55; $45 for Members of the DC Regional Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier. Ticket price includes workshop, 2 pupusas, 1 non-alcoholic beverage & gratuity. Click here for your tickets! Dame Ana Reyes is a first-generation Salvadoran American entrepreneur, community activist, and operator of El Tamarindo, her family’s 40-year-old Salvadoran and Mexican restaurant located in Washington, D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood. El Tamarindo has become a community staple and is credited with popularizing pupusas, El Salvador’s national dish, a thick flatbread that can be stuffed with various fillings. Ana is passionate about sharing her family’s legacy and culture through food. 6:30 pm Welcome, Meet & Greet 7:00 pm Workshop begins There is very limited street parking available. The closest Metros are U Street Cardozo and Dupont, each .5 miles away. The closest parking garage is Colonial Parking at 2421 18th St NW. A portion of the proceeds will go to support Les Dames d'Escoffier DC's Regional Chapter's fundraising for grants, mentoring, scholarships, education programs and operations to support women to succeed in culinary-related industries. We hope you can join us for this virtual event on June 1st. Our host, Dame Leni Sorensen will share a bit of the political and military story of Juneteenth but will primarily discuss how Black Americans celebrated that belated Emancipation Day, first in Texas and then across the nation. She will highlight the traditional use of seasonal produce, red and sweet foods and will discuss who grew and cooked the meals.
Cost: General Admission $20, Free for Members of the DC Regional Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier. Zoom link will be emailed to once you register for the event. Click here to register for this virtual program. Leni Sorensen was born in California, was a member of the 1960s folk music recording group The Womenfolk, farmed for eight years in South Dakota, and is the mother of four and the grandmother of seven. Throughout all those years she cooked, taught cooking, and talked about food; at one time catering to movie crews, at another, starting a tamale business. She worked for over thirty years as a university lecturer, museum consultant, hands-on presenter, and researcher with a focus on African American slavery, American agriculture, and women’s work in colonial and post-colonial America. Retired from six years as the African American Research Historian at Monticello she continues to lecture, consult, and write on topics of food history and teaches home provisioning and rural life skills from her home in Western Albemarle County. Her most recent appearance as a history presenter can be seen in episode three of the Netflix production “High on the Hog; A Culinary Journey from Africa to America.” www.indigohouse.us A portion of the proceeds will go to support Les Dames d'Escoffier DC's Regional Chapter's fundraising for grants, mentoring, scholarships, education programs and operations to support women to succeed in culinary-related industries. Please join us in person for A World of Tea, Saturday, June 3, 2023 - 1 pm - 2:30pm at Colvin Run Mill, 10017 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls, VA.
Taste teas from around the globe - white, green, oolong, black and dark teas and learn about the history and botanical aspects of the tea plant. You'll also find out the best methods for brewing each style. Tea infused treats and a take home tea sampler are included. Presented by Certified Tea Specialist Dame Laurie Bell at the historic Colvin Run Mill, 10017 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls VA, 22066. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Click here for your tickets. Cost: General Public $45; Members of the DC Regional Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier $40. Spaces are limited, and registration ends on May 31. Chef and Educator Dame Laurie Bell is a certified Tea Specialist from the Specialty Tea Institute, and the owner of Great Falls Tea Garden. She teaches about premium teas at educational tea tasting seminars and blends specialty teas for restaurants and retail sales. She lived in France for four years where she earned a très bien Grand Diplôme from the famed Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Returning to the Washington DC area, Chef Bell founded the culinary company À La Belle Cuisine, designed and built her own commercial catering kitchen, served as executive chef, and taught cooking classes until she sold the successful business to focus on tea. Chef Todd Gray and Dame Ellen Kassoff, our hosts with the compost, will share their sustainability journey and pass along valuable tips on how you can start composting and save money by rescuing valuable ingredients you’re probably tossing. Wasting food wastes all kinds of resources and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. By embracing seed-to-stem cooking and diverting food waste into compost, we can help reduce methane emissions and produce an invaluable resource — often referred to as “black gold” — for growing food and maintaining healthy soil.
The afternoon will begin with a tour of Equinox’s composting system, followed by a cooking demo with Chef Todd where you’ll get to taste some surprisingly scrappy snacks. We’ll toast to compost with cocktails and mocktails made with ingredients that often go to waste, and end with insights from a panel of sustainability experts: Caroline Howe, Aspire Program Coordinator, Innovation & Equitable Development, DC Department of Small & Local Business Development Jeffrey Neal, Founder & CEO, Loop Closing Lela Singh, Retail and Social Media Manager, Teaism Tea Shop During the event, you’ll have the opportunity to bid on sustainable lifestyle items at the silent auction and raffle. Proceeds of the auction and raffle will fund the Les Dames DC Chapter’s grants and scholarships program in support of the advancement of women in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries. Metro accessible via Farragut West and Farragut North stations. Cost: $35 for members and non-members and includes passed bites and one drink. Tickets must be purchased in advance, click here to buy your tickets. There’s always something new in social media and the food blogging world. This is your chance to learn from three successful bloggers/influencers how to maximize your brand, business or blog in the ever-changing online business world. Our panel includes Dame Anina Belle Giannini of Le Chef’s Wife, Britney Brown-Chamberlain of “Britney Breaks Bread” and Shani Whisonant of “Begin with Butter.” The panel will be moderated by Dame Bonnie Benwick.
Cost is $25 for members, $35 for non-members, and includes appetizers, soft drinks and wine donated by RATIONAL USA, courtesy of Dame Cindy Selby. Dame Kim Bryden has donated use of her office space for the event. Street parking is available. There is also 90 minutes free parking with purchase at the Whole Foods at 600 H St., NE. Click here to register! A portion of the proceeds will go to support Les Dames d'Escoffier DC Regional Chapter’s fundraising for grants, mentoring, scholarship and education programs to help support women to succeed in culinary-related industries. |
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