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Fowlerville District Library Put on your creativity hat and make up a title for a cooking or food-themed mystery book. Enter as many times as you want with different titles throughout March and April. Winners will be announced on April 26. Prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and include restaurant gift certificates, cookbooks, food baskets and other goodies. ●●●●●●●●
Cromaine Library
What
better way to unwind than with a cup of tea? Tyme Well Spent Tea
Room will provide tea and nibbles for this fun and relaxing tea
tasting! ●●●●●●●●
Brighton District Library Eric Villegas discusses his award-winning book
'Fork in the Road, a culinary travelogue of Michigan' as he
demonstrates cooking techniques. Enjoy a taste of Michigan comfort
food prepared by a flamboyant TV chef! ●●●●●●●●
Pinckney Community Public Library Join the Pinckney Library for
our Livingston Reads! 2010 Kick Off event with a hands-on
presentation and demonstration by Chef Courtney Clark from Cake
Nouveau in Ann Arbor. To view Courtney's numerous cooking
competitions and award-winning cakes, check her out
here. ●●●●●●●●
Cromaine Library
Decorate a cake with a theme from your favorite book. All cakes must
be at the library by 6:45pm as judging will take place at 7:00pm.
Awards given.
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Library ●●●●●●●●
Pinckney Community Public Library Enjoy a heartwarming time at the Pinckney
Library when Trader Joe's friendly and knowledgeable staff present
recipes and samplings of different "comfort foods"--brought to
you by childhood memories. ●●●●●●●●
Howell Carnegie District
Library Back by popular demand! Join us in learning how
our local culinary artists create their wonderful treats and sample
the results. You won't want to miss creations by the Copper Pickle,
a restaurant that serves comfort foods, Sweet Sensations, the
Fowlerville homemade candy store, Ultimate Fake Cakes, designer of
budget-minded dream "cakes," and Walmart Bakery. ●●●●●●●●
Fowlerville District
Library
Cromaine Library
Renee will share her
love of food as she treats us to her favorite comfort foods. Join us
in sampling her tomato bisque with cheddar cheese croutons, her
pepperoni dip and other delicious treats! ●●●●●●●● Hamburg Township
Library Comfort Food (Fee: $5) Livingston County's popular chef Renee Chodkowski will be serving delicious comfort food, all of which are favorites of the charming characters features in Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs. Enjoy homemade buns, delectable apple crisp and sumptuous meatloaf. Check out Renee's website www.greatfoodini.com Please register at the library (fee is due at time of registration) ●●●●●●●●
Brighton District Library Web-logging, or "blogging", can be a very useful tool to get your name, creativity and ideas out on the Internet. In this one session, we will put together a comfort-food recipe blog to demonstrate just how easy it is to join the blogosphere. Drop in and watch! ●●●●●●●● Cromaine Library Come to the Cromaine Library
to enjoy a movie showing of “Julie & Julia” (Rated PG-13) ●●●●●●●●
Howell Carnegie District
Library Join us for a rousing discussion of Kate Jacobs
book, Comfort Foods. ●●●●●●●● Hamburg Township
Library ●●●●●●●●
Howell Carnegie District Library Bring your
favorite book to life by decorating a cake based based on the book's
theme. First, second and third place awards given out for Best Use
of Theme, Originality, and Creativity. All cakes must be at the
library by 6:45pm. Judging begins at 7pm. ●●●●●●●●
Cromaine Library
Steve Mathews from
Heavenly Scent Herb Farm will share some of his favorite herbal
treats as well as ideas for how to use herbs in your own culinary
creations. ●●●●●●●●
Fowlerville District
Library ●●●●●●●●
Cromaine Library
Cook extraordinaire
Ramohna Jones of Pampered Chef will demonstrate how to make
appealing appetizers and garnishes that add that extra sparkle to
your entertaining! ●●●●●●●● Brighton District Library Drop in and get nutritional counseling from the staff of Natural View Market in Brighton MI, as you sample their comfort-food delicacies for health-conscious people. ●●●●●●●●
Howell Carnegie District Library
Author
Kate Jacobs will be at the Howell Library - not in person, but on
the big screen via Skype! Join us in welcoming her as we discuss
this year's Livingston Reads selection
Comfort
Food.
Receive a bookplate, signed by Ms. Jacobs, for attending! Books
will be available for purchase. ●●●●●●●● Hamburg Township
Library ●●●●●●●●
Howell Carnegie District Library Mich-i-vore (noun) One who constantly seeks out the totally delicious foods grown and produced locally in the great state of Michigan. We rock. The ultimate destination for every Michigander who eats. (www.michivore.com)
Tom Bloomer, from
Michivore.com,
visits Howell with his presentation on the “why’s, how’s and benefits
of choosing Michigan foods”. Michivore promises the presentation
will be “loaded with facts, pictures, interesting little tidbits and
their own inimitable wit”. It is all about promoting local food
producers. ●●●●●●●●
Brighton District Library Relive sweet memories of Sanders Confectionery with Greg Tasker--former newspaper editor, reporter, and widely-published freelance writer. A book signing and yummy refreshments will follow Mr. Tasker's slide presentation and question-and-answer session. ●●●●●●●●
Pinckney Community Public Library Pinckney
Library's "wrap up" program for Livingston Reads! 2010 is a
demonstration of different desserts by Pastry Chef Randy Debeauclair.
Also learn which food and drinks compliment each other during this
program. Tastings and samples will also be provided. Please call the
library at 734-878-3888 to register as space is limited.
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