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Fresh Starts Chef Events: Hands-on Harvest Appetizers with Ziggy the Wine Gal

Join us to celebrate the harvest season and salute the coming holidays with a hands-on class in making 5 delicious appetizers directed by the talented Fresh Starts Culinary Team.  

Ziggy the Wine Gal, a radio & television personality as well as a private wine consultant, joins us to lead tasting of her favorite bottles from Benziger Family Winery - just in time for holiday gift-giving and parties!
Learn how to pair simple or complex menus with wines to fit your entertaining style and your budget with her hand-picked line-up.  The menu: 

  •     Albondigas: Mexican style meatballs braised in tomatillio salsa 
  •     Tuna poke with mango, avocado and tobiko roe
  •     East Indian pakoras with 2 handmade chutneys 
  •     Arancini: Italian risotto balls with heirloom tomato marinara 
  •     Homemade spanakopita with garden spinach and feta cheese
Chefs Rocky Packard and Jacques Kirk bring decades of cooking and teaching experience to the kitchen, offering tips to make the cooking fun and hassle-free. Enjoy sitting down to taste all your creations together! 

Ziggy began her career with travels to the world's wine regions. She's been a partner in Tantalus Winery and personal sommelier to many stars, including the rock bank Journey.  Her radio and television work serves both local and national stations, including KRSH-FM in Sonoma County.

Tickets are $55, including wine-tasting and appetizers.

Register online at http:\bit.lyFSchefevents or call 415-382-3363, ext. 243 to reserve a seat.

Fresh Starts Chef Events is a project of Homeward Bound of Marin.  All proceeds benefit shelter and job-training programs.
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