Savor the Natural State at the Arkansas Flavors Farm to Table dinner
LITTLE ROCK – Join chef and award-winning food author Deborah Madison on Friday, Feb. 25, at the Peabody Hotel ballroom for the Arkansas Flavors Farm to Table Dinner, an event featuring the best of local produce prepared by The Peabody’s culinary staff.
The event is sponsored by the Arkansas Flower & Garden Show, the Certified Arkansas Farmers Markets, the Arkansas Farmers Market Association, and The Peabody Hotel.
“In addition to offering a chance to enjoy ingredients grown by Arkansas farmers, proceeds from the dinner support college scholarships for horticulture and landscape architecture students in our state, as well as community beautification grants through the Greening of Arkansas program,” said Krista Quinn, executive director of the Arkansas Flower & Garden Show.
Tickets are $60 per person and must be purchased in advance through the Arkansas Flower & Garden show website at http://www.arflowerandgardenshow.org/show_event_arkansas_flavors.htm
The event opens at 5:30 p.m. with an hourlong meet-and-greet and book signing by Deborah Madison. Cash bar available. After dinner, Madison will talk about “Why Farm to Table is a Great Idea.”
Madison is the founding chef of San Francisco’s Greens restaurant and a former farmers market manager. She is author of 11 books, including “Local Flavors,” “Cooking and Eating from Americas Farmers’ Markets,” and “Seasonal Fruit Desserts from Orchard, Farm and Market.” Her bestselling books have won numerous awards, including four James Beard awards, the MFK Fisher Mid-Career Award, the Andre Simon Prize, and twice, the Julia Child Cookbook of the Year. She is married to an Arkansan, Patrick McFarlin.
Madison will also be among the speakers at the 2011 Arkansas Flower and Garden Show, “Gardening through the Years,” is scheduled for Feb. 25-27 at the State House Convention Center in Little Rock. To learn more, call 501-821-4000 or visit www.arflowerandgardenshow.org/index.htm.
The Arkansas Flower and Garden Show is produced in partnership with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Arkansas Farm Bureau and the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs, the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture's Master Gardener program and the Arkansas Florist Association.
The Cooperative Extension Service is part of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
