{"id":245259,"date":"2012-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/french-inspired-food-celebration\/"},"modified":"2012-08-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T07:00:00","slug":"french-inspired-food-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/french-inspired-food-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"French-inspired food celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mission Hills welcomes chef and author Amy Finley for special Red Door Market Dinner honoring Julia Child<\/strong><\/p>\n

Por Antonio Rey | Editor SDUN<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"French-inspired
The Next Food Network Star Amy Finley (Courtesy Trish Watlington)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Restaurants and fans alike are honoring Julia Child this month, with special menus and events in honor of the famed French-cuisine chef\u2019s 100th birthday. Child was born Aug. 15, 1912 in Pasadena, Calif. and made a career as a cookbook writer and cooking-show host before dying Aug. 13, 2004 in Montecito, Calif.<\/p>\n

The Red Door restaurant in Mission Hills will be honoring Child with a special Market Dinner on Aug. 15. Owner Trish Watlington is partnering with the Mission Hills Business Improvement District and the Mission Hills Farmers Market to welcome San Diego resident, author and Food Network star Amy Finley.<\/p>\n

Calling the event a \u201cfresh idea and unique taste experience,\u201d Mission Hills BID President Tom Curl said it is a \u201ctreasure not to miss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Author of the 2011 memoir \u201cHow to Eat A Small Country: A Family\u2019s Pursuit of Happiness One Meal at a Time,\u201d Finley received culinary training at Gr\u00e9goire-Ferrandi\u2019s \u00c9cole Sup\u00e9rieure de Cuisine Fran\u00e7aise in Paris, France. She is the winner of the third season of \u201cThe Next Food Network Star,\u201d launching her \u201cThe Gourmet Next Door\u201d television series in 2007.<\/p>\n

Now focusing solely on researching and writing cookbooks, Finley said Child remains a strong influence on her inspiration.<\/p>\n

\u201cJulia was one of my first heroes: a larger-than-life, rollicking, chicken-dropping Francophile who chuckled and guffawed all the pretense right out of French dishes,\u201d Finley said. \u201cI’ve sought to emulate her boisterous love for all things French in my own cooking and writing, and am pleased as punch to celebrate her spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finley will first lead a group through the Mission Hills Farmers Market with Red Door Chef Miguel Valdez. At the market, the pair will discuss French cooking and the available items, and will then return to the Red Door where Valdez will prepare a four-course, French-inspired meal.<\/p>\n

This month\u2019s Market Dinner is not the first for Valdez and Watlington, who also owns the Wellington Steak and Martini Lounge. Located next to the Red Door, the two restaurants share the same kitchen.<\/p>\n

Watlington said they regularly host Market Dinners, calling them \u201cculinary education\u201d for participants that are used to highlight the Farmers Market. Participation has grown since inception, and Watlington anticipates selling out this month\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time, we decided on Julia Child\u2019s birthday\u201d for the Market Dinner, Watlington said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me personally, I\u2019ve had her books for thirty years. I just brought my original copy of \u2018The Art of French Cooking\u2019 to Chef Miguel,\u201d she said, recalling that she received the book as a wedding gift. \u201cIt smells like an old, musty book and it\u2019s got dribbles down the side of it. I would cook out of that book.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saying she was glad with a resurgence of attention for Child and her accomplishments, Watlington likened Child\u2019s attention to detail as one of the most important contributions to cooking.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that is basic and technique-driven is in that book,\u201d Watlington said. \u201cIt\u2019s everything you need to know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The walk begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Farmers Market, located at 4025 Falcon St. The market is open from 3 \u2013 7 p.m. each Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Aug. 15 dinner, held at the Red Door at 741 Washington St., begins at 6:15 p.m., with the cost starting at $48 per person. Including wine pairings, the dinner is $73 per person.<\/p>\n

A portion of the proceeds will benefit San Diego Food Bank\u2019s Food 4 Kids Backpack program, and signed copies of Finley\u2019s book will be available for purchase. For reservations call 619-295-6000.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mission Hills welcomes chef and author Amy Finley for special Red Door Market Dinner honoring Julia Child By Anthony King | SDUN Editor Restaurants and fans alike are honoring Julia Child this month, with special menus and events in honor of the famed French-cuisine chef\u2019s 100th birthday. Child was born Aug. 15, 1912 in Pasadena, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":245260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"French-inspired food celebration","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}