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  • Wednesday, April 26, 2017 3:07 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Click here to read May 2017 Wine Enthusiast article about Wente Winery.


  • Wednesday, April 26, 2017 3:01 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Click to read article published April 2, 2017 San Francisco Chronicle on Dame Paula Wolfert.


  • Friday, March 31, 2017 12:17 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Carol-Field-Italian-baking-expert-and-cookbook-10993695.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result


  • Friday, February 24, 2017 2:53 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Mentorship Experiences for Women in Food, Beverage & Hospitality

    Offered by Les Dames d’Escoffier International and Supported by
    The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts 

    Women working in the food, beverage and hospitality industries are eligible to enter the 2017 Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) Legacy Awards.

    For an application, visit ldei.org and click on Legacy Awards.

    Deadline for completed applications is APRIL 20, 2017.

    http://ldei.org/index.php?com=legacy&action=legacy_awards
  • Thursday, February 16, 2017 1:24 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Dames helping Dames!

    Dame Celia Sack is hosting an introduction for Dame Andrea Nguyen's latest book:

    The Pho Cookbook: Easy to Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam's Favorite Soup and Noodles.

    The event is on Thursday February 16, 6:30 to 7:30, no charge, at Ominvore: Books on Food, 3885 a Cesar Chavez Street, at Church Street, San Francisco CA 95131

    http://www.omnivorebooks.com/events.html

  • Thursday, November 17, 2016 5:22 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Newly inducted Dame Kara Nielsen interviewed Dame Linda Carucci on Thursday, November 10 at The Book Tree in Oakland’s Montclair Village at 7 PM for Cake and Conversation with the Author. Hills Newspaper Group columnist and St. Mary’s College journalism instructor Ginny Prior introduced Kara who chatted with Linda about vexing cooking challenges and indulged in Zucchini-Olive Oil Cake with Boozy Raisins. Copies of Linda's recently released Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks: Second Edition were available for sale and signing. 

  • Monday, November 14, 2016 12:30 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    It’s an exciting time of year – the Olio Nuovos are coming!

    Join us for a fun and informative evening as olive oil expert Nancy Ash guides us through a tasting from the new harvest.

    Click here for more information http://whoozin.com/C3F-KDN-ETDW

    Olio nuovos, bottled immediately after milling, are known for their fresh and vibrant flavors and have limited availability each year. We will taste 8 oils from Europe and California, and conclude with a food pairing (small bites/not dinner). ADDED BONUS: each attendee will receive a 20% discount coupon from Market Hall Foods (Oakland/Berkeley/online markethallfoods.com) where many of these oils will be available for purchase.

    About Nancy Ash - Nancy has been an olive oil taster for almost 20 years and is an internationally-trained Taste Panel Leader. She is one of the leaders for the California Olive Oil Council Taste Panel, serves on the taste panel for Modern Olives, and performs sensory assessments for AGBiolab. Also, Nancy loves to cook meals for friends and family using copious amounts of extra virgin olive oil.

    Class registration: http://whoozin.com/C3F-KDN-ETDW


  • Tuesday, October 04, 2016 1:31 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Sunday, September 25, 2016 Chronicle
    The 30 most important restaurants of last 30 years

    Included in the line are up two San Francisco dames:

    Suzette Gresham for Acquerello, 1989

    Nancy Oakes for L'Avenue, 1988

  • Tuesday, May 31, 2016 1:48 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    An enormous thank you to all the great Dames that attended the May 7, 2016 Garden Project picnic…and although the inclement weather dampened the soil in the fields around us, it didn’t affect anyone’s spirits as we met with The Garden Project team, kids from the program, Sheriff's staff and the wonderful San Francisco Sheriff, Vicki Hennessy (who oversees our city/county prisons). We tucked into the wonderful feast followed by a guided visit to the fields and greenhouse that are located at the San Francisco City/County jail just off Skyline Boulevard near Pacifica.

    Thank you to the Dames for an amazing array of dishes, thank you to Fran Gage, Mary Gassen, Suzette Gresham, Barbara Haimes, Leslie Jonath, Peggy Knickerbocker, Helen Roberts, Renee Shepherd, Eileen Spitalny and daughter Bebe, Margo True, Kathleen Weber who were at the picnic. Tina Salter and Jerry Di Vecchio coordinated the action. And thank you to those who contributed but couldn’t make it: Linda Anusasananan, Eleanor Bertino, Laura Branin-Rodriguez, Dolores Cakebread, Linda Carucci, Sue Conley, Elaine Corn, Ann Evans, Janet Griggs, Amina Harris, Sandy Hu, Roberta Klugman, Sue Yung Li, Emily Luchetti, Karen McKenzie, Hannah Rahill, Tannis Reinhertz, Carolyn Wente, Penni Wisner.

    With so many delicious dishes filling the table, we wanted to share with you the appreciation felt by everyone and to inform you as to where all of the leftovers went.

    Firstly the balance of the Swiss Chard/Kale with New Garlic and the Fresh Collard with Chives dishes (greens grown the Garden Project fields) and packable food were mostly donated to the after school program in the Mission. Cathrine Sneed, Dame and Garden Project Founder, says that she got feedback that the kids especially loved the pasta salad with the baby artichokes. Food that would keep went into the Garden Project kitchen for lunches that are provided to kids and others who work in the garden.

    The Garden Project kids at the event also packed up food for their families and for the residents of Valencia Gardens.

    We heard a lot of questions from Dames and other attendees at the picnic and wanted to share information about the Garden Project. The answers below are from Cathrine Sneed Founder, The Garden Project

    1.    Who is working in the gardens each season? We’ve met some of the young people who are  here in the summer that come to you from at-risk conditions, but garden is  year round.

    We work with three different groups.

    • Adult immigrants and ex-offenders who work year round
    • College students also work year round
    • High school students work during the summer and during the school    year on occasional projects. 

    All participants are paid for their work.

    2. How are those working in garden chosen.

    • Adult immigrants and ex-offenders either apply or are referred to us.
    • College students apply to work with us.
    • High school students apply to work with us through a process that involves their local schools and the SF Police Department

    3. Cathrine mentioned that she is now funded by the PUC (Public Utilities Commission). Are there other sources to help pay for running gardens, paying workers?

    • We are an employment and training program. We are funded through contracts to perform work. These projects are also educational opportunities for our participants and the core of our training program.

    The Garden Project Contracts with the:

    • SF Sheriff's Department
    • Special guests included Sheriff Vicki Hennessy, members of her staff, and other community activists
    • SF Police Department
    • SF Public Utilities Commission

    We are a non-profit, and we also receive small grants and donations.

    4. Originally Cathrine was working with the inmates. Are inmates still able to participate in anyway?

    • The program did originally include working with inmates. However, in 1992 when I began the Garden Project, I thought it was more important to impact recidivism and to prevent people from going to jail, and thus the program began to focus on ex-offenders. This commitment expanded to include low income college and high school age students because of their risk for criminal activity due to lack of employment and underemployment.

    5. Do you help newly released paroles find work related to gardening etc, and if so where do they work?

    • Just to clarify again, we do not work with inmates.  We don’t do job placement, but many have gone to work with such city departments as the Department of Public Works, the SFPUC, the SFPD and more.
    For more information contact:

    Jerry DiVecchio

    or

    Cathrine Sneed Founder, The Garden Project
    cathrinesneed@yahoo.com

    csneed@gardenproject.org

    www.gardenproject.org

    Follow us @SFGardenProject

     

     

     

     


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