Food Briefs: Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Published: March 26, 2008

Chefs' Feast 2008 will be from 7 to 10 p.m. April 17 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Cost is $100 per person. Proceeds will benefit the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

"All You Need Is Love” is the theme for this year's food- and wine-tasting event. Oklahoma City-area chefs will be serving their specialties.

Kurt Fleischfresser, chef/owner of The Coach House, and Don Thiery, chef and co-owner of The Catering Co., are the event's coordinating chefs. Chefs representing local restaurants, steak houses, Platt College, food companies, hospitals, caterers and other businesses will participate in the event, presented by Chesapeake Energy Corp.

For more information or to buy tickets, call 972-1111.

TULSA — A two-day introductory sommelier course will be April 1 and 2 at Fleming's Restaurant in Utica Square, 21st and Utica. Participants who pass an exam at the end of the course will be qualified to call themselves a sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, which is conducting the class for the first time in Oklahoma.

The course will be from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will cover many topics related to wine, including countries, regions, laws, grapes, winemaking, viticulture, vinification, spirits, food and wine pairing and how to blind-taste wine. The Master Sommelier Introductory Sommelier Course costs $495 per person. To register, go online to www.mastersommeliers.org.

The Court of Master Sommeliers was established in 1977 in England to encourage improved standards of beverage knowledge and service in restaurants and hotels.

"Swing Into Spring,” the Taste of Home cooking school and exhibition, will be April 5 at The Cathedral, Council Road and Wilshire Boulevard. The free exhibition with local vendor booths opens at 1 p.m.; the cooking school begins at 6:30 p.m. with Taste of Home culinary specialist Jamie Dunn whipping up spring dishes and sharing cooking tips.

Cost for the cooking school is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. VIP tickets are $15. Advance tickets can be bought at Thrifty Pharmacies or Buy for Less stores. The show is presented by KOMA-FM 92.5 radio and Buy for Less.

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