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Celebration
EASY Dishes entertaining
BY TIM & LORI LAIRD PHOTOS BY DAN DRY
The holidays call for celebratory dishes which evoke wonderful sights and aromas when getting together with family and friends. Everyone has special occasion or “favorite foods” that bring back the memories of past gatherings and happy times. Food & Dining invited some well-known local chefs from a variety of backgrounds to come to our house to share some of their favorite celebratory dishes. We had a delicious feast and loved hearing the history of the dishes on the next few pages and why they were special to each person. We know you will enjoy their creations and maybe even use some of them to start new traditions of your own.
40 Winter 2015 www.foodanddine.com
(above from left) Tim Laird, Bruce Ucan, Kathy Cary, John Castro and Peng Looi