Sunday, April 1, 2018

Olive this dip


                            The Easter season is just right for dipping bread in to olive oil and home-grown herbs give your blend a visual and culinary boost. My latest batch kept red pepper on the side in case any guests had spice issues. Canned olives and fresh oregano and rosemary enhanced the flavor of oil drizzled into a dish. It’s an appetizing appetizer.


                            

                             Rotarygrams making history
                             History talk, April 23: Marilyn Manson-Hayes will present 1930s Beaumont Voices at a free multi-media event. Period essays will be accompanied by a historically-pertinent commentary enhanced with radio, movie clips, music and pictures.
                             Essays are from Chester A. Easley – a Baptist Texas-born owner of Seaport Coal Company, and Samuel Rosinger, a Hungarian immigrant and rabbi of Temple Emanuel, who wrote essays for Rotarygrams newsletters for about seven years. The event will be from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Student Lecture Landes Auditorium, Galloway Building at Lamar University in Beaumont and from 5 to 7 p.m. at the public performance University Theatre at Lamar. The Center for History & Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University will present the program. Manson-Hayes told me she hopes Culinary Thrill Seeking readers will come and enjoy the evening reception. For information, call Mary L. Scheer at 409-880-8518.


                            Cajun Heritage Festival reminder
                             Wayne Toups is the still hot with Port Arthur fans and he’s expected to be a big hit at Cajun Heritage Festival on April 7 in Port Arthur at the Carl A. Parker Multipurpose Center. The Elite Redfish Series will be in town with free weigh-in shows April 5-7 at the center.
                             For information on festival tickets, go to www.CajunHeritageFest.com and get your mouth set for some Cajun cuisine. Here’s the scoop: “The Cajun Heritage Fest is back with more music and food than you can shake a stick at! This year Wayne Toups and Royal BluGarou head the festival. Returning for their third year in a row, Jamie Bergeron and the Kickin' Cajuns will be in the house. Travis Matte and the Kingpins and Donovan Bourque & Friends! So come on! Dance to that foot-tapping music, chow down on the rich, delicious Cajun cuisine and have some fun!”


                   
                  darraghcastillo@icloud.com

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