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September Events

September 22, 2012 By Eleanor Hoh 1 Comment

MY EUROPEAN TRIP!

villamadoninnaItaly — Villa Madoninna, Italy

LIKE my Facebook page and view photos from my Italy and London trip, of course they’re mostly food! Scroll down, post coming soon!
September is nearly over, but here are a few events you might enjoy…

“THE MID-AUTUMN RECEPTION HONORING CONFUCIUS”

The South Florida Shandong Association has announced that multiple Emmy-Award winning broadcast and print journalist, Julia Yarbough, will be co-hosting “The MId-Autumn Reception Honoring Confucius” which will be held on Sunday, September 23rd 2012, at the FIU North Campus, Wolfe University Center, Ballroom 3pm – 5pm. Mid-Autumn is a traditional time for family gatherings in China, so there could be no better time for the entire South Florida family to come together and enjoy delicious chinese mooncake and celebrate the life, work and ideas of Confucius.
Come and join the Chinese Consulate General of China, Mayors of Miami, Doral, North Miami Beach, Senators, Members of Congress, and representatives of Chinese associations at the Mid-Autumn Festival Reception Honoring Confucius.
RSVP here.

Ready To Cook Like A Wok Star?

Rainbow Appetizer — Rainbow Lettuce Wrap Appetizer

A healthy & delicious approach without recipes, measuring or cooking experience!

Pepe Calderin Design

hosts

Wok Star class Sat. 29, 12:30-3pm

Only 4 spaces left!

$65 per person

Join Wok Star Eleanor for a unique experience in a beautiful loft-like space.

Meet cool people, get tons of tips and learn how to Cook Like A Wok Star!

NO-recipe technique for easy, one-dish, sizzling sensations for busy weeknights.

A few fresh ingredients and only 4 seasonings so it’s healthy and light.

Eleanor has taught hundreds of people wok cooking using her simple, stir fry process and a Squirt, Squeeze, Shake method of seasoning. It’s very liberating and FUN!

Full details here.

Taste of the Beach

Admission to Event is FREE
Admission to Food Tents: $5 General Admission
Includes $5 in food tickets (Kids under 12 FREE)
Saturday September 29th, 11am-6pm
Sunday September 30th, 11am-6pm
Collins Park Miami Beach
21st street and Collins Avenue
What’s happening

The Beach Channel presents the First Annual TASTE OF THE BEACH & End of Summer Block Party, a 2 day outdoor community event that will celebrate and feature culinary creations from Miami Beach restaurants and eateries in company with local businesses, museums, and performing arts organizations.
We invite the community, family, friends, and visitors to come out and enjoy a showcase of great food, music, arts, and entertainment in the beautiful beachside setting of Collins Park and the front lawn of the BASS Museum of Art.
Complete details here.

South Florida Dragon Boat Festival

Saturday, September 29

9-5pm

Haulover Beach Park Marina
10800 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33154

A one- day Asian cultural festival that brings together the entire South Florida community for a cultural experience that promotes harmony and understanding among people of all ages, diverse ethnicities and backgrounds.
The South Florida Dragon Boat Festival draws hundreds of competitors, thousands of spectators and an abundance of excitement and cultural experiences. The dragon boat competition illustrates camaraderie, teamwork and inspiration. Dragon Boat Racing was born out of a 2,000-year-old Chinese legend, and it’s still very active, as it remains a tradition to this day. The opening ceremony will be held at 12 noon to kickoff the cultural program.
Details here.

Fire Up The Wok Challenge

Locations:

Times Square, New York, NY

Time:

Thursday, September 27, 2012, 7pm-8pm

Format:

Five top chefs will each be assigned to cook the same Chinese dish. A simple description of the dish, along with ingredients and Chinese cooking facilities will be provided. Each Chef will be assigned a specially designed kitchen and one examiner for the cooking process. The event will be broadcast globally, live from Times Square.

Full details here.

August Events, Google+ live cooking show (Updated)

August 8, 2012 By Eleanor Hoh 9 Comments

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Wok Star Eleanor Hoh debuts her new cooking show LIVE on Google Plus

Learning How To Cook Like A Wok Star

Wednesday, August 15th

Join her 6:30pm(ET), 5:30pm(CT), 3:30pm(PT)

Hosted by award winning Pepe Calderin Design showroom

FREE!

I’ll be adding my video promo once it’s uploaded, so check back!

It’s always been my dream to connect with you. Here’s a chance for Wok Stars and wannabes all over the world to join in!
I will demystify wok cooking by showing you how to make easy, one dish dinners in under 30 minutes, using a few ingredients and only 4 seasonings!
Here’s the scoop:
Catch the show on Larry Fournillier’s G+ profile page OR on Hangoutnetworks.com
7 lucky folks can ‘hangout’, ask questions and interact LIVE on webcam with myself and Larry. How cool is that?
1. Sign up NOW for a Google account!
2. Add Eleanor Hoh & Larry Fournillier to a circle.
3. If you want to be in the ‘hangout’, email me at wokstar at eleanorhoh dot com
4. On Wed. Aug.15 @6:30pm ET or at your appropriate time zone (see flyer above), visit Larry’s Google + profile page to view the live stream OR visit www.hangoutnetworks.com
I’ll be cooking in the beautiful showroom of Pepe Calderin Design who hosts my regular cooking classes in Miami, Florida! Here’s a peek…
Chef Larry Fournillier is a private chef living in Trinidad and producer of Learning how to cook series on Google+. Thrilled he’s invited me to be on his show. He has over 500,000 followers on Google+, so must be doing it right. Go check his About page for the full bio and MANY upcoming cooking shows!

Remember, Wednesday August 15, join me and let’s create ‘wok-magic’ wherever you are!

Thanks to Pepe Calderin Design showroom for hosting my first live cooking show!!!

First Annual Artisan Food Fest

Coral Gables Museum

Saturday, August 11: 11-5pm

FREE

Visit Coral Gables Museum Events for full details. I have personally tasted 5 of the artisanal foods: Copperpots, Freakin’ Flamingo’s Renee is my friend and makes delish jams, BBQ sauces etc., Proper Sausages (had their lamb sausages, they’re the real deal), And The Crackerman’s chili sauce hits the spot, Novae Gourmet’s Jerky is a crispy treat to sprinkle over salads or just as a protein hit. Look forward to sample the rest! Hope to see you there. I won’t be giving any demos as some think, just enjoying for a change!
On Saturday, August 11 South Florida’s finest artisan food vendors will come together for a one-day Artisan Food Fest at the Coral Gables Museum. Admission is free and the event is held in conjunction with Family Day on Aragon, held the second Saturday of each month at the Museum. The Artisan Food Fest will run from 11:00am – 5:00pm and will include cooking demos, tastings, raffles and more! Vendors will sell handcrafted items from granola to jams to sustainably grown greens to sausages and everything in between! The Fest promises to be a veritable foodie heaven. Parents and adults can participate in the Fest while kids are enjoying arts and crafts and more at the Museum.
Confirmed to date: Copperpots, Freakin’ Flamingo, Cao Chocolates, The Cheesecake Gallery, Novae Gourmet, The Spiced Nut Factory, Proper Sausages, The Crackerman, Laurie’s Pantry Granola, Mr. Green Dean, Om Nom Nom Cookies, Herbal Passion Alchemy, Bottega la Dolce Vita, Pasta Amore, The Empanada Lady and Pickle Delicious.

TONIGHT, Aug.11 go and support The Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation at Bacchanalia, a food and wine festival at Wynwood art walk with live music! Details here.

Tropical Fruit Meets Tropical Fish – South Florida’s Finest
If you’ve not been to Chef Julie Frans’ Seasonal Supper, you really need to. The last Seasonal Supper I went to was sensational! My photos didn’t turn out that great cause it was dark.
This Thursday’s theme is Tropical Fruit Meets Tropical Fish – South Florida’s Finest. Check out the mouth-watering menu, Chef Julie likes to incorporate Asian flavors into many of her dishes, so I’m eager to taste. I can’t wait to experience another intimate supper at Essensia. Met some old and new friends! For reservations, call 305-908-5490. The menu looks a bit small right? Sorry, menu sounds like a winner.
P.S. I can’t wait to see their organic garden which only started last year.
P.P.S. I wrote about Chef Julie for a British magazine, VIVA which got published this past February, here’s the online version! Food shots were taken by my good friend, Brenda Benoit Dudley whose photography I admire so much. So vibrant and jumps out at you.

July Events (Updated)

July 11, 2012 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

Keep visiting for more updates for July!

Shelley Belly’s Underground Supper Club!

Wow, wow, wow! This ‘underground supper club’ my husband and I went to is exactly how we like to ‘experience’ a dinner. Small and intimate so you get to know your fellow diners in beautiful surroundings and get pampered in the highest order. Sneak peek to highlights of this extraordinary and delicious dinner. Anytime it includes my favorite piggy dish is a plus – a slab of pork belly which rhymes with Shelley Belly, the name of your host!

Here’s her blog for more on her Underground Supper Club. Next will be Saturday, July 21st. shelleybellyunderground@yahoo.com for full details and let her know Wok Star sent you! Don’t delay, it’s a first come, first served basis and you need a password to get access when you arrive which I nearly forgot, what fun!

The District Factory

2nd Saturdays Gallery Walk – Miami Design Distri

Designers and Artists

POP SHOP

7-10pm

3900 NE 1st ave, Miami, FL

Join the Mash-up at The District Factory, an evening of shopping with 30 emerging designers and artists, film feature, live DJ, beauty bar and specialty cocktails. Pop up vietnamese restaurant, Phuc Yea! (see miami.com’s article by Lesley Abravanal) will be serving up some of their tasty treats just for this night, so don’t miss it. Sad I’m missing this but some very dear friends are celebrating their 35th anniversary, wow!

Don’t forget to visit Wynwood Art Walk, always fun to pop in and out of all the galleries and bump into your friends as well as meet new ones! Not sure if the Food Trucks are still there but there’s always eats somewhere.

20th Annual Mango Festival

Tropical Fairchild Gardens

Sat. July 14 & Sun. July 15

9:30am-4:30pm

A festival to celebrate, collect, curate, teach and learn about the mango. View the world’s largest display of mangos, attend lectures, see cooking demonstrations centered around yup, you know what. I see our friend, Chef Jeremiah of that shiny airstream food truck, the Gastropod is making green mango prawn salad, umm, sorry I’m missing this! I was invited to give a cooking demo but I’m just not able to feed 75 from my little wok.
There’s mango bites sampling, tasting & flavor evaluations, buy over 100 varieties of mangos, kid stuff to do. Enjoy mango heaven. One of my favorites are the small ones from Asia, they’re so sweet and juicy. Get full details here.

Soul of Miami’s 4th anniversary

Monday, July 16, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm

The Stage Miami

170 NE 38th Street

Miami, FL 33137

Free

rsvp required: https://rsvp.soulofmiami.org

Local Author Night

The Bookstore in the Grove

Thursday, July 19

7-9pm

3399 Virginia Street

Coconut Grove, FL 33133

I love supporting authors who brave self-publishing and have the discipline to do it! This new and exciting literary event promotes talented local authors and gives them a platform to share their work and interact with the community.
This event will be emceed by my new friend & Wok Star, Pamela Lear who I met at an Underground Dinner mentioned above! A showcase of 6 local self-published authors who’ll share their stories with a moderated Q & A session. It’s an intimate space offering drinks and bites.
If you’re an author and interested to present your book at future events, get details here.

Wasabi Fashion Kult interviews Wok Star!
I’m so honored to be interviewed by Pamela Wasabi who calls herself a Fashion Aficionado/puzzle solver. She is the creator of Wasabi Fashion Kult, a magazine documenting how the underground culture is expressing itself through fashion, music and art. She’s done so much in her young life, wonder if she sleeps! Go check out my interview here!