Ruffino’s Restaurant, 18811 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, will hold its Oscar Night wine dinner Feb. 24 with passed hors d’oeuvres beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Cost is $100 per person. Call the restaurant at (225) 753-3458 for information and to make reservations.
THIBODAUX — Nicholls State University is looking for local gumbo chefs to compete in its first Jumbo Gumbo Cook-Off on March 16.
The cook-off, an addition to the Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival, will include a gumbo competition and public tasting.
Cooking teams may compete in two categories: seafood gumbo and gumbo containing beef, turkey, chicken and/or pork. Cypress gumbo paddles and roux spoons will be awarded to winners.
“The goal of the Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival is to promote and save the unique culture of south Louisiana. The cook-off will add to this by showcasing the unique food of this area,” Brenda Haskins, festival co-chair, said in a news release.
Deadline to register is Feb. 25. The entry fee is $75 per team. All proceeds will benefit the Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival.
For entry details, go to http://www.nicholls.edu/swamp-stomp/jumbogumbocookoff or call (985) 488-4518.
The gumbo event will begin at 12:30 p.m. March 16, and a $5 entry fee will include all gumbo tastings. Children 10 and younger will be admitted free.
Bruce Slade will teach a class, Valentine’s Day Feast, at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 8 or Feb. 9 at Fresina’s Pasta Co. & Italian Specialties, 3458-B Drusilla Lane, Baton Rouge.
The class includes a menu of veal chop with Italian sausage and peppers, Caesar salad and a chocolate bomb dessert.
Cost is $75 per person.
Call Linda Fresina at (225) 926-1341 for reservations.
NEW ORLEANS — Commander’s Palace, 1403 Washington Ave. in New Orleans’ Garden District, will auction off its most-requested table in its Garden Room for dinner during Super Bowl weekend.
The event is Saturday.
It will benefit Girls First, a local charity organization dedicated to providing sports and movement opportunities for underserved girls in the metropolitan New Orleans area.
Online bidders will have the chance to secure a dinner reservation for up to six people, with an estimated value of $5,000.
The package includes dinner prepared by executive chef Tory McPhail. A minimum bid of $1,500 is requested. Bidding closes at noon Friday. To bid, go to https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/3307245.
NEW ORLEANS — Grand Isle Restaurant, 575 Convention Center Blvd. at Fulton and Lafayette streets in New Orleans, will hold an oyster eating contest at 11 a.m. Saturday outside the restaurant.
Competitors will have two minutes to slurp down a dozen raw oysters, each topped with a half teaspoon of Beaver Brand Extra Hot Horseradish.
The Red Stick Farmers Market and Main Street Market, held in downtown Baton Rouge on Saturday morning, will have a plethora of Super Bowl appetizers, including dips, salsas, cheeses, pies and breads.
In the cooking demonstration, Kathy Mangham of Gourmet Girls will show shoppers how to make attractive and delicious party foods.
The demonstration will begin at 10 a.m. inside the North Street seating area.
The Thursday Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road. Shoppers should enter off Kenilworth Boulevard, at Irene Drive.
There will be no market Feb. 9, as the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade rolls that morning.
Louisiana Purchase, credit and debit cards are accepted at both locations of the Red Stick Farmers Market.
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Kay Ewing’s Everyday Gourmet will offer a spring cooking class, Southwest Cuisine.
Registration begins at 10 a.m. March 15 for weekday sessions and at 10 a.m. March 16 for Saturday sessions.
The menu will include Sedona coleslaw, roasted and glazed fiesta barbecue chicken, Southwest creamy macaroni and cheese, and chocolate crunch cake.
Cost is $50, and all classes are held at The Royal Standard, 16016 Perkins Road, near Highland Road and Interstate 10, Baton Rouge.
For more information, call (225) 751-0698.
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