Plenty to nibble on at Taste of Camano
Published 11:47 am Friday, February 26, 2010
Celebrate local growers and culinary artists at Taste of Camano.
It’s planned for 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Camano Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road on Camano Island, and includes an auction.
Chef Greg McCammond from the Bistro at Camano Island Waterfront Inn B&B organized the event, which features Taylor Shellfish Farms oysters and Penn Cove mussels. He will pair wines from Dusty Cellars, Whidbey Island Winery, Carpenter Creek Winery, Camano Cellars, Naches Valley and Mount Baker Vineyards.
Fresh produce for the event will be provided by Rent’s Due Ranch, Garden Treasures, Utsalady Basil and Camano Island Organic Eggs. Captain Black’s Seafood will provide cheeses for sampling. Black Swan Coffee and Camano Lodge Diamond Knot Brewery ale round out the beverage options.
Participating chefs and restaurateurs include Suzie Jonas of Suzie’s Place, Jasmin’s Thai Cuisine, Chatterbox, La Hacienda, Westside Pizza, Camano Culinary Creations, and Angel of the Winds Watershed Restaurant. Chefs Randy and Marla Heagle offer barbecued food. Chef Mike Nestor shares bananas foster.
And Lisa McCammond of Just Desserts is making three variations of chocolate cheesecake.
Tickets are $50 at the door and benefit Camano Action for a Rural Environment, dedicated to preserving the rural character of Camano Island.
Lisa McCammond says she tends to work with some of the sweeter things in life, while Greg McCammond is an incredible food artist.
When he does decorate a cake, it’s old school, with delicate piping.
Lisa McCammond is more fondant and sculpting, she says, like the TV show “Ace of Cakes.”
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Ladies’ Night at Arlington’s Masonic Lodge No. 129 featured a guest performance by Arlington High School’s jazz band, On Hold, directed by John Grabowski.
Ken Shotwell invited Grabowski and the On Hold group to perform at the event, making it the third year On Hold performed for the Lodge.
There was a chicken dinner prepared by John Schenkel and Boyd McPherson. Grabowski led the band in favorites by Glen Miller, Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
At the close of the concert, Shotwell, a former tuba player, requested encore numbers, which On Hold was honored to perform, says Marlene Lewis with the band boosters.
Lewis says she heard guests say, “It was good to see these kids having so much fun,” “I had never heard of this group, but they are good,” “This is a wonderful community service,” and “Do they play at other events?”
Arlington High School Band Booster President, Liz Ries, says the group’s annual fundraiser, called Swing into Spring, a dessert dance, is May 7 and 8 this year. The high school commons is transformed into the Easy G Jazz Club for music, desserts and dancing.
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Those who watch television shows such as “Little Miss Perfect” and “Toddlers and Tiaras” know about flippers — and no, they’re not the ones in the real estate biz.
When the youngster is competing in a pageant and has no front teeth, parents purchase fake teeth called flippers that the little dears wear onstage.
Monica Berginc says there won’t be flippers at a natural pageant called All American Girl on Saturday in Marysville.
“No hair pieces, no fake tans, no fake eyelashes, nothing fake,” Berginc says. “A lot of people have strong opinions about pageants. Images of glitz-type girls clad in sparkly gowns and caked-on makeup are something you will never see at a natural pageant.”
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
