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Winners Grand Prize Winner Are FALL 2014 M.F.K. FISHER AW for Excellence in Culinary WritingARD the 2014 Winners Nina Mukerjee Furstenau, Grand Prize Winner are... Stacy Schultz, Print Category Winner ALSO INS Ide … Edible London Tour LDEI Board in Washington Carol Penn-Romine,Internet Category Winner ABOUT THE COVER Because writing is like making a quilt from words, I asked Quarterly designers, Bernie Mudd-White and Joni Keith, to incorporate fabric images illustrative of the M.F.K. Fisher Award- winning stories. Look closely to see an Indian-motif fabric behind grand prize winner, Nina Mukerjee Furstenau; a fish design behind Internet category winner, Carol Penn-Romine; and Hebrew mosaics behind Print category winner, Stacy Schultz. See pages 4-8 for the feature about these talented food writers. —CiCi Williamson FROM THE EDITOR The Younger Generation FALL 2 O14 In two decades, it will be the year 2034. Sounds as futuristic as George Orwell’s 1984 did to people when that book was published in 1949! I’m confident LDEI will be even stronger and more influential in 2034 than we are today. That’s because we’re ensuring our future success by the IN THIS ISSUE various programs of our chapters and our international organization. We can be proud that the expertise of our founding members and the accomplishments of subsequent generations of Dames are being FEATURES implanted in the next generation of food professionals. Points in case: scholarship dollars M.F.K. Fisher Awards • Millions of have been raised and disbursed by 4 chapters to women in university and culinary 9 LDEI Meeting in Washington institutions (see pages 22-25). • Many of these scholarship recipients continue 10 Edible London to be mentored by Dames. • Legacy Awards conduct on-the-job training 14 Why Join the Brock Circle? in many food professions. Attend the Legacy Awards Luncheon at the Boston Conference to 15 LDNY Honors Carol Brock hear about this year’s recipients. • The Global Culinary Initiative promotes the Kikkoman Washoku Initiative 16 understanding of other cultures and their foods. • Green Tables programs teach the younger 18 We BeLOnG generation about fresh produce and how to prepare it (see the Seattle 20 Green Tables Chapter’s event on page 20). I expect that my youngest grandson, six- month-old Creighton Williamson (pictured above), will participate in a DEPARTMENTS few years. • School gardens, supported by many chapters, also provide the oppor- 22 Chapter News tunity for students to see where their food comes from, grow crops, and develop an appreciation for fresh, local food. 26 Member Milestones • The Brock Circle will help to ensure our organization’s financial sta- bility for generations to come (see pages 14-15). 31 Submission Guidelines • LDEI’s M.F.K. Fisher Award encourages excellence in food writing, and one of the three top winners this year is barely 30 years old (see page 8). Back to 1984 (the novel): It was set in London, recently visited dur- ing the fabulous Edible London tour (see pages 10-13). By 1989, the novel had been translated into 65 languages, more than any other novel in English at the time. And the phrase, “Big brother is watching you,” originated in the novel. For Dames of the future, one can hope that “Sister Dames will be watching” over the upcoming generations of women food, beverage, and hospitality professionals, and that the mis- sion of Les Dames will be translated into many more languages. —CiCi Williamson, Editor, Fall Quarterly Left to right: Ann Stratte, Maria Gomez, Lori Willis, Greg Jewell, Drew Faulkner, Beth Allen, and Alison Rittenberg (DC Tourism Office) visit potential hotels for the LDEI 2016 Annual Conference to be held in Washington. 2 Les Dames d’Escoffier International PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 2014 LDEI BOARD OF DIRECTORS The mission of the LDEI Board is to Leaping into Fall with LDEI foster the growth and success of the organization by supporting the development of new and existing chapters LDEI is swinging into fall at a fast pace! and by implementing program initiatives. With your help, your LDEI Board has ac- It provides leadership, guidance, complished many goals this year. Connectivity education, connectivity, and effective and communications between your LDEI Board communication among LDEI members. and each of you are better than ever. Thanks President to Board members’ visits to local chapters, my BETH ALLEN Founder/President, Beth Allen Associates, Inc. monthly President’s letters (chock full of news!), 347 W 22nd Street, Suite #9 frequent e-blasts, LDEI’s first-ever Annual New York, NY 10011 Report, the initiation of two All-Chapter (212) 206-1138 | [email protected] Presidents’ Calls, and the Chapter Board First Vice President LORI WILLIS Liaisons’ increasingly close connections with Director of Communications chapter presidents. LDEI’s presence is growing Schnuck Markets, Inc. publicly on social media channels (42% in- 11420 Lackland Rd. St. Louis, MO 63146 crease in followers on Twitter) and the Legacy (314) 994-4602 | [email protected] Award winners have been busy tweeting their Second Vice President experiences on Twitter (#LDEILegacy). The BRAIDEN REX-JOHNSON Founder/Owner, Northwest Wining financial strength of LDEI is growing—through and Dining, LLC our successful 2013 CharityBuzz fundraising 98 Union Street, Suite 1009 auction ($7,956 total net earnings—59% over Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 233-9491 our goal!), and the Brock Circle now has 38 [email protected] members. We’ve focused on increasing member Third Vice President education, resulting in two webinars (the best CATHY COCHRAN-LEWIS attended ever!) and the initiation of four, Global Marketing, Programs Coordinator Whole Foods Market focused educational tracks during our upcom- ~ Rave Reviews from Edible London! 11504 Sundown Trail ing Boston Conference. Read all about the extraordinarily successful Austin, TX 78739 As I write my last Quarterly Message, I am and memorable Edible London tour this past (512) 627-5599 [email protected] increasingly proud to have had the honor to May, hosted by 17 London Dames and Secretary be your president this year. Together we’ve enjoyed by 27 Dames representing 18 MARIA GOMEZ-LAURENS accomplished a lot! chapters. It’s all beautifully scribed and Manager, Global Accounts, HelmsBriscoe 11241 Avenida del Gato photographed by Quarterly Editor Susan HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS San Diego, CA 92126 IN THIS ISSUe… Fuller Slack on pages 10-13. (858) 633-7515 | [email protected] ~ The Brock Circle… ensuring the financial Treasurer ~ Up-Close Cover Story introducing the ANN STRATTE health of LDEI. If you’re not already a Brock M.F.K. Fisher Award winners…Meet the Owner, My Personal Chef Circle member, now’s the perfect time to join. 100 Severn Avenue, #506 “best of the best”—the winners of LDEI’s Turn to page 14 to read a testimonial from Annapolis, MD 21403-2622 2014 M.F.K. Fisher Awards for Excellence in (410) 903-2682 | [email protected] Linda Forristal (Philadelphia and Washington Culinary Writing, selected from 110 entries Chapter Board Liaisons Chapters), sharing why she joined the Brock (more than ever). Read the expertly written HAYLEY MATSON-MATHES Circle. And congratulations to the three newest Culinary Consultant article by Fall Quarterly Editor, CiCi members of the Brock Circle: the New York 2333 Kapiolani Blvd #3516 Williamson, on pages 4-8. Honolulu, HI 96826 Chapter; Hayley Matson-Mathes (Hawaii), (808) 941-9088 | [email protected] ~ The Best Begins in Boston–soon! Don’t Chapter Board Liaison, incoming ThirdVice DEBORAH ORRILL miss LDEI’s Annual Conference (October President, and outgoing editor of Member Culinary Consultant 30th through November 2nd). Our 2014 Milestones; and Lori Willis (St. Louis), LDEI 64 Vanguard Way Judy Mattera Dallas, TX 75243 Conference Co-Chairs, and First Vice President and President-Elect. (214) 343-0124 | [email protected] Joan Sweeney, and Program Chair, Louisa ~ New York Chapter throws Carol Brock a STACY ZEIGLER, CMP, CPCE Kasdon, have produced, an educational, en- 90th Birthday party! In grand New York style, Director of Sales, Bold American Events joyable treasure trove, complete with plenty of 877 W. Marietta Street NW 55 Dames gathered on a lovely summer’s eve, tastes and tours of New England (see Studio K-102 in the elegant penthouse apartment of Marsha Atlanta, GA 30318-5285 the back cover). Palanci, to toast LDEI’s Founder, Carol Brock (678) 302-3232 | [email protected] ~ Your LDEI Board at Work, (see page 15). Immediate Past President MARY ELLEN GRIFFIN during our second face-to-face Owner, www.myMEGusta.com meeting in Washington in Looking forward to greeting you in Boston! 320 Strawberry Hill Ave., #58 mid-July: Learn all about our Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 975 7610 fast-paced, productive, exciting, [email protected] and energizing time, authored Executive Director by LDEI Second Vice Presi- Beth Allen GREG JEWELL dent Braiden Rex-Johnson, President, AEC Management Resources President, Les Dames d’Escoffier International P.O. Box 4961 on page 9. Louisville, KY 40204 (502) 456-1851 x1 | [email protected] FALL QUARTERly 2014 3 Journalism Teacher Wins LDEI’s M.F.K. Fisher Award Grand Prize for Excellence in Culinary Writing WHO ENTERED THE CONTEST? Nina Mukerjee Furstenau Big changes were afoot in the 2014 M.F.K. Fayette, MISSOURI Fisher Awards contest. Last year, not only did GRAND PRIZE WINNER the LDEI Board approve my suggestion to Book Category Winner divide the entries into three categories, they Biting Through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America’s Heartland also decided to hold the con- University of Iowa Press, 2013. test every year instead of http://ninafurstenau.com/ biennially. This resulted Nina Mukerjee Furstenau was in the closet of a historic manor house near in the largest number Siena, Italy, when LDEI President Beth Allen reached her by phone to tell her of entries since our she had been chosen the Grand Prize Winner of LDEI’s M.F.K.
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