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Events for May
From 05/14/2012 to 05/20/2012
The Culinary Experience: May 2012
Learn the secrets of preparing and enjoying deliciously healthy food and take part of the Lake Austin Spa Resort experience home with you! Join us May 14-20, 2012 with special guest chefs Bruce Weinstein, Mark Scarbrough and Doron Petersan.Wednesday, May 16 and Thursday, May 17
Special Guest Chefs: Bruce Weinstein and Mark ScarbroughAmerica’s premier food team, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough authors of the comprehensive book: Real Food Has Curves: How to Get Off Processed Food, Lose Weight, and Love What You Eat. It’s a step-by-step plan to get all the chemicals out of your diet, to find satisfaction more quickly at the table, and to return food to its pure, elemental pleasure without resorting to a raw food diet or any quasi-scientific shenanigans. Everyone’s hot on the idea that better food is less processed? But how do you make real-world changes? They’ve got seven steps that will revolutionize your diet.
For two years, Bruce and Mark provided the food content for Your Morning, the morning show on CN8, the default channel for the Comcast Cable Network. They have also appeared regularly on NBC’s The Today Show, Weekend Today, CBS This Morning, The View, and Seasonings with Dede Wilson (PBS). They have also launched a blog that has already attracted Haagen Dasz, as well as other corporate brands, to its mission of providing real food, an alternative to our processed culture. Bruce and Mark have been spokespeople for JIF, Bacardi, Splenda, the California Milk Advisory Board, amazon.com, Solae, and the National Honey Board. They have been the on-air talent for three SMTs for the US Potato Board as well as numerous editor tours. They have also created a series of quick-cooking potato recipe videos for the board.
Saturday, May 19
Special Guest Chef: Doron Petersan
from Sticky Fingers Bakery, Washington DCSticky Fingers is the food-child of Doron Petersan, junk-foodie genius. Living the life as an Italian-Jew from New York-turned-vegan was ever so challenging. Craving traditional guilt laden foods, she was determined to unlock the secrets of creating their animal-free counterparts for everyone to enjoy.
Everything Doron does is so she can eat, create, cook and feed. She is ever working on expanding the biz and coming up with creative ways to be sure Sticky Fingers gets in the tummy of everyone. Residing in DC with her husband, she works rigorously to balance her love of food, her companion animals, competitive cycling, and wine.
Accolades for the bakery include the past three years being voted "Washington City Paper Best of DC" bakery and vegan restaurant, as well as ranking in The Washingtonian’s "best eats". Most recently, Doron and Head Baker, Jenny Webb teamed up on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars and took home the prize in the second season’s finale.
