Southern Comfort Cooking Class at Cafe Maxx

Join Oliver and company for their 21th season of cooking classes. Chef Oliver's innovative and inspirational style of cooking and teaching enables participants to leave with greatly enhanced cooking skills and a better understanding of modern culinary principles. Plus, you'll learn the "how to's" of simplifying home entertaining. For those who have not attended a class, we set the room for 5:00 PM every 2nd or 3rd Thursday of the month and hold an open forum culinary demonstration. Oliver is joined by chef Danielle Herring and expert wine sommelier Andrew Lampasone (of the Wine Watch) providing valuable information on food & wine pairings and other interesting winery particulars. Each class is then followed by a sit-down dinner and wine tasting, sampling the foods we've just prepared (it's really more like "Eater-Tainment). Cost for this event is $65 + tax + gratuity for reservations call 954-782-0606. Southern Comfort Cooking Class at Cafe Maxx Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:00 PM Saucy’s Southern Comfort! We’re Creole Cookin’ Menu Jumbo shrimp and stone ground grits with Creole remoulade & blue corn meal fried green tomatoes Crab & Andouille stuffed swordfish tasso & vegetable Etouffe sauce with sweet pepper corn bread Seared jumbo sea scallop Jambalaya with okra and hoppin’ John Basmati rice Grilled B & E chicken with bourbon & molasses BBQ The idea behind our wine choices for this event is not to show you a wine that pairs with each course but rather to show you four different wines that have characteristics that may work with some of the foods but maybe not others. This way you get to see potentially good as well as potentially bad food and wine pairings. Wine Line-Up: Steele Shooting Star Sauvignon Blanc 2010 Price: $13.50 Sale $11.88 Case $138 Steele ferments the juice in stainless steel tanks to preserve the wonderful freshness and character of the grapes. With the exception of this Sauvignon Blanc, all our other white wines spend some time in barrel. They make this wine without any barrel fermentation or aging. Additionally, the wine does not go through malo-lactic fermentation. This helps to preserve the crisp acidity and fresh fruit flavors in the wine. The Shooting Star Sauvignon Blanc is a field blend, containing approximately 10% Semillon from the same vineyard. The Semillon adds a bit of richness to the wine. ZD Chardonnay California 2010 Price: $25.50 Sale $22.44 Case $260 Sweet toasty oak, coconut and dill with lots of ripe tropical fruit, white peaches with notes of buttered toast. A zesty and oaky spiced wine on the palate with some exotic pear and pineapple citrus fruit and again a good amount of oak spice on the finish 35+. Very tropical on the second day the oak showing a bit of wood tannin on the finish. Very Good + Row Eleven Pinot Noir Santa Maria Valley 2008 Price: $27.00 Sale $23.76 Case $275 Ripe and rich red cherry berry fruit on the nose with fresh flowers and exotic spices on the nose. Rich and fruity on the tongue, a big Pinot Noir with lots of ripe black cherry liqueur like fruit, smooth and velvety on the tongue with nice freshness on the finish, a big and seductive Pinot Noir that still has elegance and finesse a bit of heat on the finish, but still has balance and even more important it smells and tastes like Pinot Noir. Finish 45 Excellent Stratton Lumis Cabernet Sauvignon Napa 2008 Price: $24.75 Sale $21.78 Case $252 Stratton Lummis Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the very heart of the Napa Valley. It is a blend of Oakville and Rutherford. Because of the price that we sell this wine, we are not allowed to discuss the name of the primary vineyard. Aromas of dark wild berries and fragrant flowers. Flavors of black cherries, elegantly balanced with hints of Rutherford soil.