The Marriott will come to you
September 7, 2007 by sharonrae
The Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa is a lovely spot for an anniversary party or wedding reception, and now you can have the same great food and ambience at your home, business or farm.
The resort’s off-site catering provides tables, chairs, silverware and linens. Call (859) 288-6170 or go to www.GriffinGateMarriott.com.
Family dinner time
As fall schedules get more hectic, don’t let the family dinner table suffer.
A number of studies show that children who eat dinner with their families regularly are less likely to get involved with drugs and alcohol than those who do not. They also tend to get better grades, exhibit less stress and eat better. To emphasize the importance of the family eating together, Sept. 16 to 22 is the 12th annual National Eat Dinner Together Week.
According to a recent “Together for Dinner” survey conducted by the Pork Board, 88 percent of families think it is very or extremely important to eat together, up 10 percent since 2005. But the top three barriers to making it happen remain the same: conflicting schedules, work schedule and kids’ activities. That’s why more than half of Americans (58 percent) said they spend 30 minutes or less preparing dinner.
To help parents plan better meals, the Pork Board asked Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, who starred in Food Network’s Two Hot Tamales and own Border Grill Santa Monica, Border Grill Las Vegas, and Ciudad in Los Angeles, to create pork recipes that are simple and require few ingredients.
Milliken and Feniger created a dish that makes enough for two meals, and the leftovers can be used for another dinner.
From Sept. 16 through Oct. 13, home cooks can go to www.TogetherForDinner.com to submit their family’s favorite time-consuming pork recipe for a re-do, along with a short description of why they should be chosen for a “recipe makeover.”
The grand-prize winner will get the dish redone and receive a $1,500 gift certificate for Dream Dinners and a $1,000 gift certificate for family cooking classes.
Beef’s best
A new cooking contest at the Kentucky State Fair last month, “Beef Up the Kitchen,” was sponsored by the Kentucky Beef Council to encourage family participation in the kitchen.
The two categories were family favorite beef recipe and Kids in the Kitchen.
Family favorite beef recipe: Karen Turner, first place for Tex-Mex lasagna; Mary Heiniger, second place, honey-ginger beef shish-ka-bobs, and Lynn Rupley, third place, slow-cooked brisket.
Kids in the Kitchen: Carter and Kristi Cox, first place for Philly cheese steak supper pancakes; Kelsi and Dale White, second place, fall-off-the-bone Mexican beef ribs; and Claire and Ken Cox, third place, southwestern stuffed flank steak. All the winners are from Louisville.
Recipes are posted below.
