Edy's Grand taster on the lookout for Pa. flavors
Ice cream lovers are invited to meet John Harrison, official taster for Edy's Grand Ice Cream, from noon to 1 p.m. today at Giant Eagle, Cranberry Mall, Route 19, Cranberry. To celebrate Edy's 75th birthday, Harrison is looking for local ice cream experts to dream up flavor ideas.
During his visit, he will share some of his favorite flavor creation tips with youngsters, who will have an opportunity to explain why Pennsylvania should be represented in a new ice cream flavor. The program is free.
Crate throws 25th anniversary party
Crate cooking school and cookware shop in Green Tree is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a party for customers this weekend. The event features two charity events to benefit Family Hospice and Palliative Care, which cares for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. More than 50 prizes will be awarded as part of a raffle; a silent auction also is featured.
The celebration will be from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the store, 1960 Green Tree Road in the Green Tree Shopping Center.
Details: (412) 341-5700 or www.cratecook.com .
Noshing at the Aviary to benefit homeless
Fine wine and food will be served at a fund-raiser Sept. 25 to benefit Hearth, a local organization that helps homeless women and children.
The event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at The National Aviary, Allegheny Commons West, North Side, and include a silent auction, door prizes and a ceremony honoring this year's "Dreammakers," Allegheny County Councilwoman Jan Read, North Hills Newcomers and Friends.
Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door. Details: (412) 939-2302 or www.hearth-bp.org .
Fishing for answers is topic of cooking class
The scoop on cooking fish will be the topic of a demonstration from 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 29 at Monterey Bay Fish Grotto, 1411 Grandview Ave., Mt. Washington.
The event, sponsored by Women Chefs & Restaurateurs, is open to the public. Restaurant co-owner Glen Hawley will present techniques for preparing, cooking and serving fish, as well as sources for purchasing seafood.
The cost is $15; $10 for members; $5 for students with valid identification. Credit card reservations can be made by phone or online.
Details: (877) 927-7787 or www.womenchefs.org .
Facilities sought for deer-processing list
The Allegheny County Health Department is compiling a list of facilities that offer deer-processing services for hunters. By creating the list, the department hopes to avoid a problem that occurred last year when a processor closed suddenly and left hundreds of carcasses to rot, says department director Dr. Bruce W. Dixon.
Any facility that processes deer can ask to be placed on the list. It will be available through the media and published on the department's Web site, www.achd.net .
Dates of legal hunting for deer, according to specific methods (archery, rifle), can be found at the Pennsylvania Game Commission Web site, www.pgc.state.pa.us/huntrap/digest/index.asp .
Details: (412) 687-2243.
Tasting tour to visit area kitchens
The seventh annual Art in the Kitchen Tasting Tour, sponsored by the Women's Committee of Westmoreland Museum of American Art, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 4.
The fund-raiser is a self-driving tour of six residential kitchens in Greensburg and Ligonier, plus a stop at the historic Mountain View Inn, east of Greensburg, where cooking demonstrations will be offered between noon and 2 p.m.
Food samplings from the committee's cookbook, "Art in the Kitchen," will be offered at each stop of the tour.
Tour tickets are $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the event (9 a.m. to noon at the museum, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg).
Details: (724) 837 1500, ext. 27 or 29.
Wine tasting slated at Phipps Conservatory
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is sponsoring its annual Wine Tasting and Gala from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17. From 7:30 to 9 p.m., there will be a "new tradition" of dinner under the stars, celebrating the conservatory's 110th anniversary. A groundbreaking for the new and expanded conservatory will be a highlight of the evening.
There are 500 spaces for the wine tasting and 250 for the seated dinner. The wine tasting is $75; the wine tasting and dinner is $250.
Details: Vicki Creider, (412) 622-6915, ext. 6803.
Shady Side sponsors cooking demo, luncheon
"Shady Side Cooks!" with chef and party planner Bob Sendall is a benefit luncheon and auction Oct. 21 to benefit Shady Side Academy.
Sponsored by the Shady Side Academy Senior School Parents' Association, the day will begin at 9 a.m. at the Fox Chapel Golf Club, when underwriters and patrons will enjoy "Breakfast with Bob." The silent auction and raffle will start at 10 a.m., followed by a cooking demonstration with Sendall at 11. The meal will be served at noon.
Tickets are $50 a person. Tables of 10 are available, as are patron and underwriter tickets, which include a listing in the program.
Details: Slo Casey, (412) 963-1223 or slocasey5@aol.com; or Shereen Rosenberg, (412) 963-0155 or sherrrosey@aol.com. For reservations, call Helen Headlee, (412) 967-0777.
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