Pairing Food and Appetizers

One of our meetup members has volunteered her beautiful gourmet kitchen in La Jolla, for us to come work together, Pairing Food and Appetizers in a very uncomplicated way.

I create the basis of them…. so that means vegetables and carbs. You can later add chicken, fish or whatever protein you want to serve your guests. But this is a basic class in creating fun bites of food, without a lot of work, that both look and taste great.

That means you are never in a panic mode, when people say they are stopping by. There’s always items in your cabinet and fridge you can throw together.

Want a ‘wow’ effect? I will teach you how to carve carrots into flowers. It’s nice to serve a big bowl of salad/vegetables with 4 different dressing choices and have those flowers dot the top. It makes for a really nice presentation.

Half way thru the evening, I will do 40 minutes on wine based on my teach Karen McNeil of the Wine Bible. You will learn swirling, tasting and knowing how determine ‘the finish’ of a wine.

And while it is true that you are the expert, because you know what you like, there is a definite way to determine if a wine is good or not. So we will talk a little bit about that.

I will talk about glasses and what you should be looking for in a good glass, pairing food and wine (and the answers to ‘why’) and I will tell some interesting stories about world travel and food and wine tastings there.

We open the floor to hear some of your own stories. We review the ingredients and recipes and then you come back to Chef Marian for the detail.

We are sincerely grateful to our group member, that belongs to San Diego Foodies or Euro Lovers and Friends. It’s the best way to create some ‘regulars’ and then meet some new people as well.

We welcome singles, couples and people over 21 years old!

The event is $20 per person, plus bring your favorite bottle of wine and we will show you how and why what food works well with it. We are no bigger than 12, so make sure you go to one of the meetups here and sign up!

Hope to see you at this event!

Healthy Happy Eating,

Chef Marian