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Food Briefs: Chocolates let you vote with your tastebuds
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Published: July 30, 2008
■ Care for some politics with your premium chocolates?
The hand-crafted chocolate experts at L.A. Burdick have created two new boxed chocolate offerings, one honoring Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and one for Republican John McCain.
Each assortment of Burdick Election Chocolates offers flavors drawn from each candidate's background.
The "Obama Assortment" includes Hawaiian pineapple and Kenyan coffee (Obama was born in Hawaii), while the "McCain Assortment" sports Arizona citrus and hot-pepper tequila (McCain is from Arizona).
Each box also includes the company's signature chocolate mousse, which Obama sampled during a campaign stop at the company's Walpole, N.H., headquarters last year. McCain has not visited the company.
Burdick Election Chocolates are available in quarter- and half-pound boxes for $15 and $28 from www.burdickchocolate.com
Does your salsa rule? Step up to the challenge
■ The Downtown Farmers Market is looking for contestants for its sixth annual Tomato Salsa Contest.
The contest will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 7, but the organizers would like to have recipes registered by Friday.
Send recipes, along with name, address and phone number to amy@asgarland.com or Downtown Farmers Market Salsa Contest, c/o A.S. Garland Marketing, 541-A Trade St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101.
For more information, call 724-2474.
Cooking class to focus on summertime desserts
■ Ollie's Bakery , 300 S. Marshall St., will have a cooking class on light summer desserts with fresh fruits from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday
The cost is $45.
For more information or to register for the class, call 727-0404.
Try your hand at making herbal vinegars Saturday
■ Barbara Vickland, a master gardener, will lead a workshop on homemade herbal vinegars at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Rural Hall branch of the Forsyth County Public Library.
Participants are asked to bring a bottle of plain vinegar to use to make herbal vinegar.
The cost is free, but registration is requested.
The branch is at 7125 Broad St. in Rural Hall.
Call 703-2970 to register.
Peaches to be the star at Statesville market
■ The Evening Farmers Market at Pecan Park in downtown Statesville will celebrate the local peach harvest beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The celebration will include a tasting of different varieties of peaches and recipes for peach dishes. Ann Simmons, an agent of the Iredell County office of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service will be on hand to answer questions about peaches.
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