Event Schedule
March 17, 2008
6:00 pm
Lafcadio Hearn Award Dinner
Celebrate Louisiana’s culinary tradition!
The John Folse Culinary Institute will present the 11th annual Lafcadio Hearn Award Dinner and Distinguished Visiting Chef Series at 6 p.m. Monday, March 17, at Cypress Columns in Gray.
The event will honor Chef Frank Davis of WWL-TV and the late Lee Barnes of the Lee Barnes Cooking School in uptown New Orleans.
The evening’s dinner will feature dishes created by distinguished visiting chef Tenney Flynn of GW Fins restaurant in New Orleans. The menu will include crawfish dumplings with shaved fennel and tomato concasse in lobster butter sauce; bibb and arugula salad with roasted red peppers, shaved parmigiano-reggiano cheese and toasted pine nuts, dressed with Kalamata vinaigrette; seared Gulf fish with shrimp etouffee sauce, creamy mashed potatoes, sauteed spinach, shitake mushrooms and tasso with fried oyster garnish; and individual apple pies, fresh baked with cheese straw top crusts and homemade vanilla bean ice cream.
Those who cannot attend can tune in to WWL-TV Channel 4’s morning show on Tuesday, March 18, when Frank Davis will broadcast live from Nicholls.
