Food Events & Festivals
Come see the Sisters of the Skillet at the B97.5 Parenting Expo on Saturday, February 25th! The expo will run from 9am til 5pm at the Knoxville Expo Center. Admission is just $5.00 for a family of four. Come get your seat at the cooking stage and enjoy some great demonstrations where you can learn some food fun you can share with your kids or grandkids!
10:00am - Rachel Reagan with A Touch of Love Catering
11:00am - Mary Constantine & Jennifer Alexander - Sisters of the Skillet
12:00Noon - Ann Brock with Flour Sack Mama
1:00pm - Jennifer Ross with Paizley Park
2:00pm - Ellie Abbott with Sugarbakers and Sweet Creations
3:00pm - Mary Constantine with Stirring the Pot
www.theparentingexpo.com
Eateries named for Restaurant Week
The second annual Knoxville Restaurant Week serves up delicious cuisine at great prices Feb. 26-March 2 at a variety of local restaurants. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. For one week, select restaurants will offer a special three-course dinner at a fixed price of either $25 or $35 (excluding tip, taxes and gratuity), and $5 of every meal will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank.Restaurants offering $25 meals include Abuelo's, Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill, Connors Steak & Seafood, Mahogany's at the Crowne Plaza, Nama Sushi Bar, Naples Italian Restaurant, Peerless Restaurant, Sequoyah Grille, Stir Fry Cafe, The Bistro at the Bijou, The Chop House, and The Melting Pot. Restaurants offering $35 meals include 31 Bistro, Bistro By The Tracks, Brazeiros Churrascaria, Cafe 4, Chez Liberty, Echo Bistro & Wine Bar, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Hilton Knoxville – Marty's Bistro, Holiday Inn World's Fair Park – Hudson's Lounge, Latitude 35, Le Parigo, Naples Italian Restaurant, Northshore Brasserie, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Seasons Cafe and The Orangery. For more information, including menus, go to www.knoxvillerestaurant week.com.
The Great Cake Bake is set for March 31st! The Knox County Public Library is hosting its 3rd annual Great Cake Bake from noon-5 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Tennessee Terrace at Neyland Stadium, on the campus of the University of Tennessee. More than 150 cakes will be on display in four categories — junior, all occasion, wedding and cupcakes. Tickets are $5, with children 10 and under admitted free. Free parking available in Lot 9 with entrance at Gate 19. If you would like to enter your cake, For registration information, visit www.knoxlib.org.
Biscuit Festival hosts food seminar
The Southern Food Writing Conference, sponsored by the International Biscuit Festival, will be May 17-18. The event is for food enthusiasts, food writers, bloggers or anyone who wants to know more about the culinary South. Cost is $295 for the two-day event which includes dinner at Blackberry Farm. Seminar speakers include cookbook authors Nathalie Dupree, Cynthia Graubart and Fred Thompson and the New Orleans Times-Picayune restaurant critics, and editor of "Cornbread Nation 6" Brett Anderson. Register is online at www.biscuitfest.com.
10:00am - Rachel Reagan with A Touch of Love Catering
11:00am - Mary Constantine & Jennifer Alexander - Sisters of the Skillet
12:00Noon - Ann Brock with Flour Sack Mama
1:00pm - Jennifer Ross with Paizley Park
2:00pm - Ellie Abbott with Sugarbakers and Sweet Creations
3:00pm - Mary Constantine with Stirring the Pot
www.theparentingexpo.com
Eateries named for Restaurant Week
The second annual Knoxville Restaurant Week serves up delicious cuisine at great prices Feb. 26-March 2 at a variety of local restaurants. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. For one week, select restaurants will offer a special three-course dinner at a fixed price of either $25 or $35 (excluding tip, taxes and gratuity), and $5 of every meal will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank.Restaurants offering $25 meals include Abuelo's, Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill, Connors Steak & Seafood, Mahogany's at the Crowne Plaza, Nama Sushi Bar, Naples Italian Restaurant, Peerless Restaurant, Sequoyah Grille, Stir Fry Cafe, The Bistro at the Bijou, The Chop House, and The Melting Pot. Restaurants offering $35 meals include 31 Bistro, Bistro By The Tracks, Brazeiros Churrascaria, Cafe 4, Chez Liberty, Echo Bistro & Wine Bar, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Hilton Knoxville – Marty's Bistro, Holiday Inn World's Fair Park – Hudson's Lounge, Latitude 35, Le Parigo, Naples Italian Restaurant, Northshore Brasserie, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Seasons Cafe and The Orangery. For more information, including menus, go to www.knoxvillerestaurant week.com.
The Great Cake Bake is set for March 31st! The Knox County Public Library is hosting its 3rd annual Great Cake Bake from noon-5 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Tennessee Terrace at Neyland Stadium, on the campus of the University of Tennessee. More than 150 cakes will be on display in four categories — junior, all occasion, wedding and cupcakes. Tickets are $5, with children 10 and under admitted free. Free parking available in Lot 9 with entrance at Gate 19. If you would like to enter your cake, For registration information, visit www.knoxlib.org.
Biscuit Festival hosts food seminar
The Southern Food Writing Conference, sponsored by the International Biscuit Festival, will be May 17-18. The event is for food enthusiasts, food writers, bloggers or anyone who wants to know more about the culinary South. Cost is $295 for the two-day event which includes dinner at Blackberry Farm. Seminar speakers include cookbook authors Nathalie Dupree, Cynthia Graubart and Fred Thompson and the New Orleans Times-Picayune restaurant critics, and editor of "Cornbread Nation 6" Brett Anderson. Register is online at www.biscuitfest.com.