John M. Studebaker Wheelbarrow Race
An El Dorado County Tradition…the 2004 John M. Studebaker Wheelbarrow Race is the 60th running. The event is a challenging obstacle course which is run with wheelbarrows, a gold pan and a specific with of "ore" in a gunnysack which is taken over and through various obstacles. The Championship race pays $1000 to the winner. Applications are available to the Fairgrounds or Minuteman Press and must be submitted by 6/04. 6:00 p.m. Placerville Speedway at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds Free with Fair Admission For more information contact: Sponsored by Placerville Kiwanis…contact person is John Zachry (530) 621-1650
Combining the month's focus on Riesling styles with our occasional examinations of Eastern U.S. wines, we uncork a good Riesling from Kentucky, of all places.
Just as the fall foliage is changing to its cloak of brilliant colors, many wine lovers start thinking about reds. Randy "Bucko" Buckner offers a good ration of reds and whites this month among his notes on 100 new wines.
This month's issue of WineBlueBook covers many West Coast Pinot Noir, White Burgundy and Piedmont Red wines that were scored last month by the wine critics. A total of 1,284 wines are profiled in the November 2008 issue.
GRAY - Fine food and wine along with an auction that offered more food and wine as prizes marked Friday's 12th annual Bite of the Arts gala.It is the main fundraising event for the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University.
Whew! You made it! And after the week you've had looking through the redesigned Star in search of Annie's Mailbox (now in Sports on weekdays) and Dr. Gott (ditto), you deserve a tasty reward for also tracking down this column to its new, Sunday-section space.
More than a year ago, a writer returning from a visit to Cleveland told her Chicago Tribune readers that Northeast Ohio might well be the epicenter of the Midwest culinary scene.
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