Happy Easter! Today’s breakfast of champions was a joint effort! My hubby wok fried the cheese, scallion omelet while I grilled The Dub sausage, plum tomatoes and coordinated the plating. Wok cooking is a brilliant way to spend time with your loved one in the kitchen. You must have seen my numerous postings on Instagram and Facebook of my hubby’s weekend breakfast extravaganzas!
I like to support local entrepreneurs/chefs so I was excited Chef Freddy & his lovely Brit wife, Danielle opened their new butcher store, Proper Sausages right on the main drag in Miami Shores. Even the store front with black & white stripe awning, swaying tree reminded me of butcher shops in England. Their logo with two piggies oink, oink are adorable, my fav protein! They pride themselves as being Miami’s Only Artisan Sausage Maker. Congratulations Freddy and Danielle, I know it’s a LOT of work, so nice job!
Yesterday, when I stopped into the store, there was Berkshire bacon, Florida Jackman Ranch Skirt Steak, Filet Mignon and Rib Eye, you can request specials by calling ahead! There was a nice selection of organic wines. It was later in the afternoon when I went, so there was less choice and I didn’t see any eggs but they do carry them. Lesson learned? Go early! Click here for more.
They also stock Berkshire bacon, Wagyu beef and a variety of locally sourced meats! Excited they make so many different and interesting flavored sausages like The Lamb and Date, The Prune & Cognac, The Fig & Blue Cheese, The Dub. I had a hard time deciding, so I bought all these to try! They are so organized, the label not only lists ingredients but how to prepare the sausages. Click here for full selection and descriptions!
There was a special Easter Lamb Burger which we’ll have for lunch today. Dreaming up ways to use bacon that will sop up all the fat. I can’t wait to devour all the goodies and run back to try other offerings from this super store! Go check it out and support our local artisans, enjoy!
Come back to check out what else I cook up with the rest of the stash! I’m already thinking sausage, bacon and shrimp fried rice tonight, yum!
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October Events (Updated)
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WOMEN’S SUCCESS SUMMIT
Nov.13 & Nov. 14
O.K. ladies, entrepreneurs who have a business, thinking of starting one or just want to network with hundreds of other professional women, here’s the next Women’s Success Summit!
Michelle Villalobos is the power house behind this event and puts on a fantastic Summit. These bi-annual conferences feature top notch speakers to motivate and light our fire but also provide useful tips to help us.
I have enjoyed going to these and always come away inspired and rearing to go! It’s also a lot of fun, there’s something happening constantly. There are vendor tables outside during breaks showcasing a wide variety of businesses and it’s such a fantastic way to get exposure infront of over 400 professional women all in one place!
Click here for all sessions and topics.
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FIRST ANNUAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS HEALTH FAIR
Sat. Oct.27, 10-2pm
Health, Hope, Healing, a speech about breast cancer prevention by Janinha Piazetta, founder & executive director of H3. I met Janinha at a Cancer conference years ago, she’s doing a fantastic job of helping other cancer survivors and also spreading the word to prevent cancer.
FREE mammograms for underinsured, registration required! Lots of information, screenings to help women!
Find out more about H3 Hope here.
Must be that time of year cause there are 2 TV castings: Master Chef and Food Network Star
MASTER CHEF CASTING IN MIAMI!
OPEN CALL:Saturday 10/20/12
Le Cordon Bleu
3221 Enterprise Way
Miramar, FL 33025
It’s so funny that Fox TV asked me to help spread the word, cause I watched the UK program on my recent trip to London. It was definitely a good watch cause the Japanese scientist, Aki sculpted a bento box extravaganza! I can’t believe she did that in under 1 1/2 hours! If you’ve not watched this episode, you really must.
Anyhow, Fox TV is here to cast for the USA series, so if you’ve always fancied trying a hand at being on TV and cooking infront of some judges (yup, Gordon Ramsey is one of them!), here’s your chance…
Fox’s hit series MASTER CHEF are looking for AMATEUR HOME COOKS (I think this is contradictory?) who have a love and passion for food and cooking! Applicants do not have to be culinary trained or be a professional chef.
This is an amazing opportunity!! Please spread the word. (please see flyer)
For details or to apply, click here. www.masterchefcasting.com
FOOD NETWORK STAR
Season 9 CastingMiami Open Casting Call
Date: October 25th
Time: 10am- 2pm
Location: The Epic Hotel
270 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Miami, FL 33131
Essentially, we are looking for those with a captivating personality who believe they’re at the top of the culinary game and want to inspire a Food Network audience through their passion for food and cooking! Please help us reach out to any chef or culinary professional who might be interested in becoming the host of his or her own cooking show.
FOOD DAY
Oct.23 and Oct.24
University of Miami
Food Day is a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. The following events are free and open to the public. Events include food fair, farmers market, keynote speaker and film screening with panel discussion.
Here’s schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday.
FREE EVENT
ARTS ON THE AVENUE!
STREET FAIR ARTS BLOCK
LIVE MUSIC at
9701 NE 2nd Ave Main StageSaturday, October 13: 4-8pm
Sounds like a fun event, I have many friends who live there, so hope to see you then!
