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Food News / October 2017

Written by County Lines Magazine
Chef Dreams

Ever dreamed of wearing chef’s whites—that cool double-breasted jacket? Check out Culinary and Hospitality Day at Delaware County Community College where you’ll be inspired by the best! Join Culinary Arts Program Manager and Philadelphia’s Chef Educator of the Year, Peter Gilmore, for a fun class where you’ll watch a cooking demo and learn about a career in the culinary and hospitality fields. Sharpen your cooking skills (and your chef’s knives) and register for the October 14th session at the Marple campus. DCCC.Edu/Info-Session.

Ditch the Takeout

Weeknight cooking can be frustrating. There just isn’t enough time in a busy day to spend hours prepping dinner. Luckily, award-winning local cookbook writer Kathy Brennan (Keepers) has a plan—The Dinner Plan: Simple Weeknight Recipes and Strategies for Every Schedule. With 135 no-fuss recipes and five strategies, Brennan makes cooking quick, fun and painless. Instead of ordering takeout tonight, buy a solution to your dinner-prep blues! Available at Wayne’s Main Point Books, Exton’s Wellington Square Bookshop and other independent booksellers.

Chili Days

October is National Chili Month, so as the weather gets cooler, the smart move is to warm up with a hearty bowl of soul-satisfying goodness. Folks from Texas would likely agree, since their love of chili predates 1977, when they made chili their official state food. And West Chester shares the love when it celebrates the traditional dish at the 15th Annual Chili Cook-off on October 8th. Stop by for a palate-clearing mint at the County Lines table! WestChesterChiliCookOff.com.

47 Thousand Farmers Can’t Be Wrong

That’s the force behind D.C.-based Founding Farmers, a full-service restaurant and bar serving food grown locally and with care at its new King of Prussia Town Center location. This 14,000-square-foot eco-friendly urban farmhouse serves up breakfast, lunch and dinner for up to 300. With a menu of sustainably sourced food and drink—freshly baked bread, house-churned butter, homemade ice cream—Founding Farmers is making dining out wholesome. WeAreFoundingFarmers.com.

Go Nuts!

Celebrate the nutty holiday of National Nut Day on October 22nd, a day with a not-so-nutty origin—it was started by the Liberation Foods Company to advocate Fairtrade nuts and promote healthy living. Need a simple recipe to mark the day? Whip up fall harvest nuts by mixing honey granola, mixed nuts, cinnamon, dried apples and pears. For nut allergies, swap out the nuts for peanut-free granola. With this healthy snack, who needs Halloween candy? HomeMadeHooplah.com/Fall-Harvest-Mixed-Nuts.


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