Fundraising Dinner for Haiti at South Coast Winery in Temecula's Wine Country

This cook, mom, slow food supporter, educator and general intense lady who is out to change the world of food is Hosting A Dinner Event, each month of 2010, in different cities around the world.

We will blog
Cook
Film
Educate
and Feed guests
to raise money all year long for the children of Haiti.

Each dinner will be filmed from chefs foraging ingredients with local farmers, sassy cooks in the kitchen, conversations around the table, general mayhem with a dose of politics and such.

Kicking off in February at Southcoast Coast Winery in Temecula.. stay tuned for confirmed date and surprise guests at each dinner! Each dinner will be multiple courses paired with spirits and/or wine! Chefs will forage from local food artisians and farmers. We will be at wineries, restaurants and wharehouses...Sounds cool hue! I think so.. and do does very picky 7 year old of me casa.. Miss Gigi.

I am working with a school youth on each menu. The first menu we will have a kid write one course, and have a chef interpret it, and name it for a child in Haiti.

We will post weekly.. So Here is to the beginning of a bitchen year of giving, learning and cooking!! Super COOL if we end up in Haiti for the last dinner.. Where do you think the last dinner will be?

Just a cook.. diggin' in the dirt for the betterment of each of us!
Ms. L. Delyte

So. Cal Chef on Leonesse Cellars & Dulce De Leche

So I have been bitched at for not having enough recipes up.. my goodness foodie-holics, hold on to your damn panties. Delyte's little kitchen gnomes are hard at work, creating delectable, enticing and sometimes ubiquitous recipes for all of you.

At the damn moment, I am up to my ears in recipe and menu creations for a tasting with Leonesse Family Cellars. Which means work for the Delyte Crew.. so no more bitching at us, after all we do have Drew for that, Ha!

I have to say that I am rather intrigued by the many varieties of Dulce de leche on the market. South America's sweet sensation, Dulce de Leche is a milky caramel that’s used in Argentina the way we use peanut butter or preserves here. Rich and creamy, you can spread it on toast or between your toes.. up to you of course. I am working it into one of my pork recipes.. yes.. to come, lots of pig and caramel yum!