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Food Briefs: Humor book translates language of wine snobs
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Published: November 5, 2008
■ David Kamp and David Lynch's The Wine Snob's Dictionary (Broadway Books, $12.95) is that rare dictionary that can teach you something and leave you laughing along the way.
The book is an effort to demystify what Kamp and Lynch consider the impenetrable language of the wine elite. It's a straightforward A to Z guide of the people, places and terms of the wine world -- delivered with deadpan humor.
The definition for "Food-friendly," for example, says, "Olive-branch term used by Snobs when they're in the magnanimous mood to engage non-Snobs. Usually denotes a well-made but ‘simple' wine that matches up easily with whatever some polo-shirted weekend grillmeister is cooking up out back."
More than a few of the definitions are written in such a way as to produce a chuckle in the person who already knew the definition, yet still accurately inform a novice.
Best yet, read this dictionary as you would a book, and you will actually come away more wine fluent. Just don't let it go to your head and turn you into a wine snob.
Candy-making class scheduled for Saturday
■ Ann Wagoner will lead a candy-making class from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Fellowship Hall of First Pentecostal Holiness Church, 998 Hutton St.
Wagoner is a certified Wilton Method instructor who teaches cake decorating at Michael's craft store. She also has been a frequent winner at the Beth Tartan Cake Contest.
The hands-on class will include dipped and molded candy, fudge, and such cooked candy as lollipops, candy apples and peanut brittle.
The cost is $40 a person, or $70 for two people.
For more information or to register, call 760-0107.
Holiday foods next topic for Everyday Gourmets
■ Holly Tate and Lee Evans, the Everyday Gourmets, will give a cooking class on holiday foods from Nov. 18 through 21 in Lewisville.
The menu will include pear and pancetta salad, candied walnuts, lobster macaroni and cheese, salmon crepes, dark-chocolate layer cake and more.
The cost is $75. The class will be repeated each of the four days from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
For more information or to register, call 655-7330 or send e-mail to leeevans@triad.rr.com.
Homebuilders, of the gingerbread sort, wanted
■ The Candy Factory in Lexington is asking for entries for its fifth-annual Gingerbread House Decorating Contest.
A $10 entry fee entitles contestants to $10 worth of candy of their choice at the Candy Factory. The fees go to Habitat for Humanity.
Gingerbread houses may be entered in three categories: adult, teen and family. There also is a special prize for the best rendition of the old Davidson County Courthouse.
Entries must be delivered to the Davidson County Historical Museum between Nov. 17 and Nov. 21. The entries will be displayed from Nov. 23 to Dec. 13. Winners will be picked by a panel of judges, as well as votes from members of the public who view the houses at the museum.
Entry forms and complete rules are available at the Candy Factory, 15 N. Main St.; All About Education, 15 W. Second Ave.; or at www.sweettoothgifts.com. For more information, call 336-249-6770 or e-mail candyfactory@lexcominc.net.
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