Tomorrow Chef Asha Gomez, the creator of the Spice Route Supper Club, will be demonstrating her expert use of fragrant spices from Kerala, India to amplify the tastes and finds at the Piedmont Park Green Market. Gomez will be host a free class tomorrow at 11 a.m. behind the demo counter.
The gates for the market open at 9 a.m. So come early to browse this open-air market, which features fresh produce and locally made goods.
We've got a yummy dinner game idea for you and your friends to make the most of Ray's in the City and Downtown Restaurant Week, which runs through Sunday, June 5. Draw up a tic-tac-toe grid. Each row becomes a course -- appetizer, entrée or dessert -- that you fill with a selection from Ray's $35 prix-fixe Downtown Restaurant Week menu. With three options for each of three courses, you have nine ways to dine...and only five more days to do it. Better bring friends and start checking off Ray's mouthwatering combinations! $35 per person, not including beverage, tax or gratuity. Make Downtown Restaurant Week dinner reservations online.
If you're a sushi fan, there is no better way to get a chance at winning sushi for a year while supporting a great cause than RA Sushi's Nicky's Week Twitter Contest. Just follow RA Sushi on Twitter (@RAsushi) and re-tweet Nicky's Week tweets to be entered in the contest, which ends this Saturday, June 4. RA Sushi is hosting its annual Nicky's Week fundraiser through June 4 and will donate 100% of proceeds from Nicky's Week menu items to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Nicky's Week menu items include edamame, Tootsy Maki, shrimp nigiri, pork gyoza, tuna tataki, chicken yakitori and select beverages, so it's easy to find something you like for charity. This fundraiser was created in memory of St. Jude Patient Nicholas "Nicky" Mailliard, the 13-year-old nephew of one of RA Sushi's founders who lost a long batttle with brain cancer in 2005. RA Sushi has raised more than $700,000 for the hospital since 2005, and Nicky and other local St. Jude children continue to inspire us. Click here to learn more about Nicky's story and go get your sushi fix at RA Sushi this week!
Don’t miss your chance to try an array of European beers paired along with tasty plates at Fadó Irish Pub & Restaurant’s upcoming Euro Beer Dinner next Thursday, June 9 at 7 p.m. This special event also includes guest speaker Dan Kahn, senior brewmaster for Anheuser-Busch, Inc. The evening’s menu starts with a welcoming pint of Bass Pale Ale to enjoy with BBQ applewood-smoked shrimp over colcannon mashed potatoes and veggie slaw. Dinner includes Stella Artois paired with summer strawberry spinach salad; blackened chicken and shrimp boxty with tomatoes and mushrooms in a spicy cheese sauce served with a side of fresh vegetables paired with Leffe Blonde; and Hoegaarden paired with Eve's pudding dessert that includes sweet and tart rhubarb in a sugar cookie crust served with vanilla ice cream, mint and rhubarb syrup.
