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Labor Day Means Time For Lunch

Labor Day marks the debut of Slow Food’s Time for Lunch Campaign. This is an organized “eat-in” event and Slow Food Phoenix is hosting one of hundreds of eat-ins across the U.S. to promote awareness of the Child Nutrition Act.
This fall, the Child Nutrition Act, which is the bill that governs the National School Lunch Program, is up for reauthorization in Congress. Slow Food’s goal is the passing of a Child Nutrition Act that works for children – one that provides real, healthy food for children in schools.
The eat-in will be held on September 7 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. It is a free event and families are encouraged bring a picnic lunch to enjoy. Families can see a school garden demonstration, take kids to cooking class with a famous local chef and take part in supporting a change in how we feed our children.
To learn more about the campaign, visit slowfoodusa.org and click on the Time for Lunch logo. For more information about the eat-in, visit slowfoodphoenix.org.

Cathy’s Takes The Cake

For 34 years, Cathy’s Rum Cake has been making cakes for same-day pick up. All of Cathy’s “Cakes on the Rum” are frosted in classic, white Italian whipped cream border with the most popular flavors and sizes kept on hand. Now, for the procrastinator or spontaneous party thrower, the experts at Cathy’s will conjure up special decorations in just five minutes.
Cathy’s Phoenix location is at 4807 East Greenway Road. For more information, call 602.996.9099 or visit cathys-rum-cake.com.

Eat Out Gluten Free
New website makes it easy

Gluten-Free Registry is a free, searchable database of gluten-free friendly restaurants, bakeries, coffee houses, caterers, chefs and grocers. Glutenfreeregistry.com was created to help bring people and gluten-free friendly business together. The site also includes comments and ratings provided by the gluten-free community about the locations.
Just a few of the local establishments included on the registry are Gooseberries Tea Room & Boutique, Havana Café, The Herb Box, Pie Zanos, True Food Kitchen, White Chocolate Grill and zPizza.

CITYSunTimes Online Extras September 2009
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FOOD & WINE

Chefs Set To Duel, Teach And Wow Crowd
The fifth annual Phoenix Cooks! is an event where the Valley’s top chefs will converge and strut their stuff on three interactive cooking stages, compete with one another with a mystery basket of ingredients and take guests inside their kitchens to learn the secrets only the chefs know.

Phoenix Cooks! will be held September 5 from 10am-3pm at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa. Tickets are $75/pp in advance and $90/pp at the door, class and dine-around tickets are extra. For tickets and information, visit phoenixcooks.com.

Valley Chefs Serve Up Support Of The Arts

Dine Out with the Chefs returns for its fourth year on October 4 from 4-6pm to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ beautiful new Dayton Fowler Grafman Atrium with an expanded roster of celebrated chefs, entertainment and other surprises.
Founded by award-winning author Pamela Swartz and Larry Siegel of Barnes & Noble, Dine Out with the Chefs offers guests the opportunity to mingle with more than 20 of the Valley’s top chefs and to sample their culinary creations, from delicious soups, salads and appetizers to some of their signature dishes and most decadent desserts.
Also on the menu will be internationally known wine researcher and consultant Jennifer Hashim-Buckey presenting “From Vine to Wine: A Brief Introduction to Wine growing and Wine Grape Varietals” and Pamela Swartz signing her latest edition of Dine Out Phoenix: Where to Eat from Chic to Unique, the essential dining guide to the Valley’s finest restaurants. Dine Out with the Chefs also will include the Latin-inspired music of Rakata, great raffle prizes and tastings of fine wine, beers and spirits, among other surprises. Proceeds from the event benefit the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ youth education and outreach programs.
Advance tickets are available for $55 by calling 480.994.2787, Extension 2. To view the list of participating restaurants and chefs, or to purchase tickets online, visit scottsdaleperformingarts.org.

FOOD & WINE Online Extra | CITYSunTimes September 2009