MIAMI BOOK FAIR: TWO COOKBOOK GIVEAWAYS from Terry Walters and Michael Schwartz
This is my first experience with GIVEAWAYS on my blog, so please forgive any silly mistakes.
Visit EVENTS for more about Miami Book Fair.
Here’s how to maximize your winnings! Good luck…
1. LIKE and LEAVE A COMMENT on Wok Star Eleanor Hoh Facebook page. What do you like and hate most about cooking? I’ll be checking your answers.
2. SUBSCRIBE to my free newsletter on right sidebar. Leave a comment below so I can cross check your name.
3. LEAVE A COMMENT below why you deserve these cookbooks and which you’d like if you win! Only one book per winner.
I’ll pick winner based on how good you are on all the above! This GIVEAWAY closes Sunday, November 27 at midnight 12 EST. This Giveaway is only within United States. Publisher will send directly to winner. Please respond within one day when I choose you, otherwise I will pick the next one, no exceptions.
These 2 book GIVEAWAYS were generously sponsored by the Miami Book Fair.
Sat., Nov. 19, Culinary Institute
Gastro-Literary Experience
Author to discuss their culinary philosophies and bring their recipes to life. Then taste the results.
Admission price $40 includes demo, tasting & 1 cookbook.
Noon: Terry Walters
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Terry Walters’ latest cookbook is, Clean Start: Inspiring You to Eat Clean and Live Well with 100 New Clean Food Recipes (Sterling Epicure, $25.00).
Cooks, foodies, and anyone in search of a healthy and sustainable approach to eating and living well have embraced her philosophy: eat minimally processed foods for maximum nutrition. Walters, a health counsellor and food educator who serves on the board of Urban Oaks Organic Farm, one of the largest urban organic farms in the country, is also the author of Clean Food.
Terry Walters will also be doing a reading with Linda Gassenheimer
Sat., Nov 19, 3:30pm, room 3315
Michael’s Genuine Food: Down-to-Earth Cooking for People Who Love to Eat (Clarkson Potter, $35), is now available online and in bookstores nationwide.
According to Michael Schwartz the secret to good food is… good food. Honored with the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: South in 2010, Schwartz is recognized by his peers and the diners that flock to his restaurants, including Miami’s Michael’s Genuine Food & Drinks and a new outpost on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, for his fresh, simple and pure cuisine incorporating responsibly–and locally sourced–seasonal ingredients.
Michael will also be participating on
November 20, 3pm:
“The Story of Food” Panel Discussion
Presentation Pavilion, at NE 3rd Street and 1st Avenue
Check here for exact times and speakers.
Panel discussion on food writing with book-signing to follow, with Mary L. Zamore, author of “The Sacred Table” and Michael Schwartz, author of “Michael’s Genuine Food,” and Cheryl Tan on “A Tiger in the Kitchen.” Visit my blog for more on Cheryl Tan, our food connection and her book!
Miami Events
Miami Iron Side Open Day
Miami Iron Side hosts EXCLUSIVE EVENING, Wednesday September 21: 7-10pm
Miami Iron Side is a 3 block community of artist galleries, design showrooms and creative businesses located in the MiMo Historic District. For one evening only, Wednesday, September 21 from 7-11pm, the whole Campus will be filled with unique happenings in each block. Come and join in the conversation, collaborations, viewings and tastings. It’s FUN and it’s by invitation to info@miamiironside.com
See amazing photos and find out about all the creatives on Iron Side’s Facebook page as well as on Miami Iron Side.
• an art installation and doll house by Rita Motta, an industrial and furniture designer at Mr. O Inc. Design in collaboration with Real Sorbet.
• Happy Village with Fat Boy and Micoco Coconut Water
• Kids will get treats from a churros truck.
Piazza Art Studio:
Treats by Johnson & Wales Culinary College
Seriously Organic featuring organic produce.
Coverings, etc. will be hosting the main event in their amazing loft-like showroom, rsvp@coveringsetc.com
Dewar rum cocktails will be flowing together with Damir Sinovcic’s 100 Florida Architecs and Interior Designers Book Signing *Books & Books
7-8pm Wok Star Eleanor Hoh demonstrates Pineapple Fried Rice and you’ll get to taste it and enjoy with some Fiji Water.
8-9pm Cioccolada presentation and demonstration. Raw organic non-dairy chocolate will be available for purchase.
9-10pm Itsabundt treats of red velvet velour, Luscious Chocolate and Caribbean Sunrise, a guava orange and rum flavor. Available for purchase.
DOXA Hospitality will be launching their new showroom that evening serving finger foods and DJ music.
Miami Iron Side was masterminded by founder, Ofer Mizrahi who had a vision of a sustainable village concept. It’s been a seven year project that’s grown to 60 tenants and continues to expand daily. I’m thrilled Ofer is hosting my Wok Star cooking class at Coverings, etc.
Hope to see you there!
Foodies in South Florida
If you know of any foodie groups, underground supper clubs, food happenings,
please share with us: wokstar at eleanorhoh dot com
HOH WOK CLUB: I put this sorta Asian supper club together to celebrate and explore new foods, friends and exchange ideas. When I find a good Asian influenced restaurant, I organize a special tasting menu with the chef so we can get a flavor of what they offer. Subscribe to my newsletter in right side bar for updates of these gatherings and all things Asian and beyond.
Shelley-Belly’s Underground Supper Club is an amazing way to experience intimate dining in a beautiful environment, get pampered, meet interesting folks from all walks of life and just enjoy. All shrouded in secrecy with passwords and you don’t know the menu till you arrive! I love all that and if you like the sound of this, get on Shelley’s email list or follow her on twitter to find the next Underground supper
ChatChow TV, a mouth-watering video podcast where we go behind the scenes with the chefs, owners and mixologists of Florida’s celebrated food industry. Hosted by Lauren Bernat, the viral Wii Fit Girl sensation, the show consists of 6-10 minute episodes each individually highlighting some of our favorite food personalities.
Cobaya Miami is an “underground supper club” started by 3 foodies so South Florida chefs can experiment on human guinea pigs! I’ve been to one, it was so much fun to scuttle between food stations and meet new folks but way too much food in one session for me personally, here’s my post. You have to be a member to participate, sign up on their site. Featured here is Gastropod, Chef Jeremiah Bullfrog’s shiny, airstream and now there’s two of them!
Digest Miami : Our mission is to go beyond cooking and explore the many stories behind the food we eat and the people that make up our culinary world. From the concepts that inspire great restaurants to the vision behind each Chef’s signature dish, we are committed to the exploration of food as a lifestyle and not just a commodity. We hope to share our passionate adventures with you.
Miami Food Tours started by architect Kelly Woodward is a fabulous way to discover different areas and get a tasting along the way. One new tour that I participated in is Swooped with Forks! Instead of walking, we took a fun ride in an electric open little car from South Beach to Design District and Buena Vista. It was such a treat. Even as a local, I was fascinated with the history and cultural stories and it helps when it’s a journalist/underground chef Shelley that was giving us the tour!
Miami Culinary Tours What a great way to experience local culture, cuisine and people all in one go! I got a chance to do the SOBE FOOD TOUR and it was a blast! Of all things, I ended up in a group of nearly all Asian gals in a hen party, post coming. I can’t wait to do the Little Havana Tour for a hispanic version!
South Florida Foodies: This is a closed group, you have to request to join but what a fun group of foodies! They organize gatherings at the latest, trendiest, yummiest restaurants. A recent gathering I participated in was an ‘Avant Garde Pot Luck’ in a private penthouse apartment for just 30 and I got in! I’ll be posting about this event soon.
South Florida Food Swap: I made kimchi to swap with Marie’s (founder) aji (Colombian chili sauce) but didn’t quite make it to the swap cause I was on my way to Hong Kong. You can find out how it all works as well as upcoming swaps in your area!
South Florida Food and Wine Blog
The go-to resource for all things food, wine and events from Palm Beach to South Beach. We write about and share what is hot, hip and happening! Christine is a hospitality marketing specialist, freelance writer, certified sommelier and the owner of a gourmet food company. Christine and the team at South Florida Food and Wine bring you fabulous food and wine experiences and information from Palm Beach to Key West, only writing about places they are “enthusiastic” about; “we’re enthusiasts not critics”. I first met Christine at a foodie gathering at Hakkasan where she ‘won’ my cooking class certificate.
Latest update, Christine just came out with her new book, Food Lover’s Guide to Miami & Fort Lauderdale: The Best Restaurants Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Food Lovers’ Series), you can order it here.
South Florida Gourmet is a Miami-based company dedicated to local and world wide distribution of information on food and wine.
Simone Diament, editor and publisher has graciously included my cooking classes on her site for many years.
Together with Carole Kotkin, Simone also host a radio show, FOOD & WINE TALK WSFG
Twitter Live Chats
1. FoodieChats is a twitter live chat and also has an interview series on Facebook. I was honored to be chosen as their first guest! I love this idea, you’re able to view the complete interview here.
Use #FoodieChats with @stevegogreen on twitter every Monday at 8pm ET for themed foodie chats.
2. The Hungry Goddess, A Food Blog to satisfy the Ravenous Soul by Kimberly Moore in conjunction with FoodiesUnite, Beverly Pipes who also produce a few other food blogs as well as a food chat.
Join #HGEats on twitter for foodie topics and entertaining tweeps every Wednesday, 12 – 1pm ET with @HGEATS @HungryGoddess @Healthy_Goddess @DrunkenGoddess
3. Please join @TableFare and @MySpiceSage for #SpiceChat, first Wednesday of each month from 4:00 to 5:00pm EST.
Myspicesage is one of my partners that sponsors my Wok Star Kit with their curry powder and 5 spice powder. You can find out more about them here.
Katy Lynch has evolved from publishing Dine magazine to creating events for food and wine enthusiasts, visiting the latest South Florida restaurants with Savor Tonight. It’s a perfect way to get a taste before you go full throttle at a restaurant and a fun way to meet people. I’ve been to one at Lucky Strike and got a game of bowling in and another at Haven South Beach where the lychee cocktails were addictive!
Sample great food. Meet great people is Dishcrawl’s slogan. I’ve not attended so can’t give any personal recommendation but sounds interesting. When the time is right, I’ll go. They have these in other states too.