Book: DAISY: MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT: Bringing Your Family Together with Everyday Latin Dishes

Atria Books published DAISY: MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT: Bringing Your Family Together with Everyday Latin Dishes ($30.00) by Daisy Martinez, host of the Food Network’s Viva Daisy!

In the book, Daisy Martinez shares recipes for bold flavors and brilliant colors that mix her timeless Latin American flavors with the favorite dishes she and her family experienced on their holiday vacations, creating a travelogue of food memories, laughter and stories from those family trips. Beginning with filling breakfasts, siesta inspired lunches, and weeknight dinners, and moving on to festive cocktail parties, elaborate dinner parties, and easily planned buffets, DAISY: MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT demystifies the staple Latin ingredients and provides easy tips to “Daisify” everyday dishes and turn each meal into an unforgettable memory.

The book is very colorful and has a fun Latin look and feel.  I'm looking forward to trying the recipes and I know there won't be a shortage of good ones.  Daisy provides breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes so you can prepare food for your family at every meal.  If your in the mood for some Latin cuisine, this is the book for you!

Food News Friday

Previously known as "The Weekly Wrap Up" this weekly portion of the blog needed a catchier name. Here you will find a recap of all D.C. food news and upcoming events. Please feel free to submit any food news in the comments section.

• Much to the delight of Washingtonians, Equinox reopened after being closed for five months due to a kitchen fire. The restaurant features a newly designed dining room, as well as new lunch and dinner menus.
• Chefs joined Michelle Obama in kicking off the Chefs Move to Schools program, an initiative that aims to improve school lunches by offering healthier options created by chefs. For example, Spike Mendelsohn of Good Stuff Eatery teaches cooking classes at Kipp Academy, where students will also plant a garden to grow foods for future lunches.
  
• Sala Thai in Petworth opens today. The grand opening will occur on June 15th from 6-9 p.m.
• Tim Carman of Young and Hungry posts an in depth and exclusive interview with the owner of Inox of Tyson's Corner after it closed earlier this week. Read the interview here.
  

Grand Opening: Frosting A Cupcakery

Event: THE FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL AT NATIONAL HARBOR KICKS OFF WITH CHARITY BENEFIT FEATURING FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHEF WALTER SCHEIB

The Food & Wine Festival at National Harbor (www.foodandwinenh.com) kicks off its third year with a pre-festival evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and inside tales of the White House kitchen brought to you by former White House Chef Walter Scheib. 

This event will take place on Friday, June 11, 2010, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Aloft Hotel at National Harbor. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Ketchup and libations by Stella Artois and Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards. The cost is $50/per person and will benefit The Erikka Hayes Foundation. The Prince Georges County foundation works with economically and socially disadvantaged individuals to educate and cultivate future leaders in the hospitality and foodservice industries. The event is open to the public and tickets are available by clicking on www.foodandwinenh.com and then onto “Check Out Our Special Events.”

 

Walter Scheib served as the White House Chef for eleven years, hired by First Lady Hillary Clinton and serving through the middle of the Bush administration. Under his leadership, Scheib transformed the traditional French kitchen into a showcase for contemporary American cooking. Since leaving his post, Scheib has created The American Chef, offering catering, cooking classes and culinary talks. He is the author of White House Chefs: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen.