Calling all chefs
The Bocuse d’Or USA Foundation is seeking qualified chef applicants for the 2010 U.S. team. Sixteen applicants will be selected to compete in the U.S. semi- finals and finals competition next year. Bring your A-plus- plus game. Deadline is Nov. 30.
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Chocoholic alert
Clear Nov. 15, for the Chocolate Festival at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Tickets, $10. Samples galore. Bonus: Meet Denise Nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde (the blueberry girl) in “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.”
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Happy Birthday, Celia Cruz
The Cuban-born Grammy award-winning singer, who died in 2003, was the undisputed queen of salsa. She would have been 84 today. Azúcar!
Cuba Libre
From “Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s Guide”
Ingredients
1/2 ounce lime juice
2 ounces light rum
Cola
Directions
Put lime juice and twist of lime into highball glass and add rum. Top with ice and fill with cola.
