National Television Host and Cookbook Author will be on Tap at Harvest on the Harbor, Maine’s Premier Food and Wine Experience
PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 31 // — The Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced that the host of the national public broadcasting show “Everyday Food,” Lucinda Scala Quinn, will be among the seminar presenters at Harvest on the Harbor, Maine’s Premier Food and Wine Experience. Also joining the line up of presenters is cookbook author and culinary instructor, Peter Berley.
Lucinda will be launching her tour to promote her latest book , Mad Hungry, Feeding Men and Boys at Harvest on the Harbor. Lucinda has worked as chef, caterer, cooking teacher and food writer. She presently oversees the food group, which contributes to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia’s media and merchandising business segments. Formerly the food editor of Martha Stewart Living Television, she is now a co-host of the “Everyday Food” cooking series on PBS. Her recent cookbook, Rustic Italian Cooking, was released this year.
On Friday, October 23, Lucinda will make delicious Italian cooking easier and more accessible than ever. She will demonstrate how to make homemade gnocchi and fresh pesto with locally grown Maine potatoes and basil from the garden and beef braciola with ingredients that can be found in the local grocery store year round! Lucinda will even share the recipe for her Nonny’s molasses cookies, which are sure to become your family’s favorite. This special seminar will be paired with delicious wines from the most sought after regions in Italy.
Also on Friday, Harvest on the Harbor will present Gourmet on a Budget with Peter Berley. Learn which seafood, vegetables, and legumes give you the best return on your investment and how to use every part of the chicken and turn it into four dishes bursting with character, flavor, and nutrition. Please your pocketbook and your palate with recipes that give you the maximum bang for your buck.
Looking to maximize your wine dollars as well? Jennifer Flock, corporate chef for Browne Trading Company and certified sommelier, will pair Berley’s recipes with affordable wines that are sure to over deliver.
Berley has contributed to Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Natural Health, Cooking Light, and Fine Cooking magazines. He is the author of The Flexitarian Table: Inspired, Flexible Meals for Vegetarians, Meat Lovers, and Everyone In Between; Fresh Food Fast, a cookbook that was chosen as one of the “25 Best of 2005″ by Food and Wine and The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen, which received James Beard and IACP Awards.
Harvest on the Harbor brings nationally recognized chefs using Maine products and blends them with our own award winning local chefs in celebrating Maine as a culinary travel destination. Last fall, Harvest on the Harbor was named one of the “Top Ten Seafood and Wine Festivals” by Coastal Living magazine and it was attended by more than 3,000 foodies from Maine and around the country.
Lead Sponsors of the event include Down East magazine, Hannaford Supermarkets and WHOM 94.9FM.
For more information on Lucinda’s and Peter’s demonstrations and other Harvest Happenings please visit www.HarvestontheHarbor.com.
About the Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau
The mission of the Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau is to stimulate the economic vitality of Greater Portland by soliciting and servicing conventions, meetings, groups, and visitors and by promoting Greater Portland as a preferred destination.
SOURCE Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau