Dames gathered to hear Jose Andres and Alice Waters, with moderator Washington Post Food Anchor Mary Beth Albright, at The Washington Post's Food for Thought. Alice discussed the intersection of food and education. Jose, inspired by a revelatory Chez Panisse dessert of an unpeeled Kishu tangerine and Barhi dates spoke of his work at World Central Kitchen to bring good food to those in need. Both are exemplars of using the power of food to change the world "one plate at a time."   Click here for more information.  ​

​Mary Beth Albright will join The Washington Post as a host/editor, Food. She will be one of four on-camera host/editors who will be the "faces and voices of new dedicated coverage areas for video."
 
Jessica Botta serves on the board of CulinaryCorps, a national volunteer service organization. Earlier this month, Jessica returned from Houston and one of CulinaryCorps annual five-day volunteer experiences where she and other chef participants worked with Houston Food Bank, Camp for All, Plant it Forward Farms and the MD Anderson Cancer Center.  
 
Janet Cam was filmed for a CCTV (China Central TV) segment "Recipes for Life" to air later this year.  The segment features stories from Janet's life paired with her recipes for family meals using her quick-and-healthful cooking method. Janet credits Golnaz Feiz for introducing her to the program's producer. (CCTV broadcasts a 24-hour English channel as well as programs in five additional languages and reaches over 1 billion people in China, 40 million in the USA and 100 million on other parts of the world.  It exports over 10,000 programs to 77 foreign television stations.)

It wasn't exactly a Dames sanctioned event, but there were so many of us in one place, we had a meeting. Dames from DC, Philadelphia and Chicago joined Patti Ravenscroft on one of her Delicious Connections culinary adventures. This one was to indulge in truffles and foie gras in the Dordogne region of France for a week in late January. Here we are with our sweet truffle-hunting sow, Chippy (only girls have successful sniffers), and the only Perigord-pointing  porcine in the Dordogne. ​

Mary Beth Albright appeared on WTOP on Thanksgiving Day to share tips to make the gathering less stressful and more delicious and gracious.  
http://wtop.com/thanksgiving-news/2016/11/cooking-thanksgiving-10-tips-success-sanity/ 
 
Sheilah Kaufman is now an instructor in Montgomery College's Life Long Learning Institute. She will be teaching personal enrichment courses on culinary subjects including History of Chocolate; History of Jewish Food in America and History of Turkish Cuisine, among other topics.

Monica Bhide will speak at the National Press Club on Monday, December 12 about her book Karma and the Art of Butter Chicken.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/karma-and-the-art-of-butter-chicken-dinner-at-the-fourth-estate-restaurant-tickets-29416576773?aff=efbnreg

Tastings Gourmet Market is celebrating a milestone event: its 10 Year Anniversary in business!  Tastings Gourmet Market is owned by DC Dame Stacey Adams.  On November 5th from noon-4:00 pm, there will a celebration at the market and there will be many products to sample. Tastings in extremely proud and thankful of this accomplishment and couldn’t have reached this milestone without such dedicated staff and loyal customers. Click here for more information.
Tastings Gourmet Market is located at 1410 Forest Drive,  Annapolis, MD  21403

DC Dames Paula Shoyer, Amy Riolo and Sheilah Kaufman at Jewish Food Experience