{"id":6626,"date":"2019-10-05T21:10:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T16:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/10\/culinary-stars-shine-bright-at-southern-smoke-kickoff\/"},"modified":"2019-10-05T21:10:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T16:10:04","slug":"culinary-stars-shine-bright-at-southern-smoke-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2019\/10\/05\/culinary-stars-shine-bright-at-southern-smoke-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Culinary stars shine bright at Southern Smoke kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    You can enjoy food and drinks during the Houstonian Hoot & # 39; Nanny dinner to start the 2019 Southern Smoke Festival. Picture: Aaron Bludorn of Cafe Boulud in New York, who opened his own restaurant next year in Houston. less<\/div>\n
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      You can enjoy food and drinks during the Houstonian Hoot & # 39; Nanny dinner to start the 2019 Southern Smoke Festival. Picture: Aaron Bludorn of Cafe Boulud in New York, who opened his own restaurant next year in Houston. less<\/div>\n
      You can enjoy food and drinks during the Houstonian Hoot & # 39; Nanny dinner to start the 2019 Southern Smoke Festival. Indications: Aaron Bludorn (formerly Cafe Boulud from New York).<\/div>\n


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      Cooking Stars Shine Brightly in the Southern Smoke Kickoff<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      How do you start one of the most delicious gourmet events in Houston? Of course with dinner attended by the biggest names in the national food scene.<\/p>\n

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      On friday night Houston Hut Nani<\/strong> Epic and culinary star stud kickoff for 2019 Southern Smoke held at the Manor House at Houston Hotel, Club & Spa. This dinner, attended by 120 people, was used as a gourmet prelude at the Southern Smoke Festival on October 6, and among 24 cooking stars cooked by 10 James Beard Award-winning chefs, one of the most anticipated meals in the city. Will be one. An explosion organized by the founder Chris Shepherd.<\/p>\n

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      From welcoming Krug champagne glasses to the final nibble of Masala Munchies' Indian sweets, guests were treated to a three-course dinner showing Houston's cultural diversity. The shepherd organized the course jointly with the chef and restaurant, and his noble cuisine was originally celebrated at Underbelly Restaurant and UB Preserv.<\/p>\n

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      Dinner served in a family style is a tasty tapestry of tastes obtained from Houston's immigration culture. Fish with sugarcane shrimp and a fish sauce of Saigon Pagol Rock; Curry goats, saag pineners and fried okra from London Sizzler; Hummus Pomegranate Molasses Beef Shank Of Al Aseel. These three restaurants are one of Shepard's favorite restaurants and were featured in his new cookbook "Cook Like a Local."<\/p>\n

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      LOCAL FLAVOR: Chris Shepherd Celebrates Houston's Cooking Department in "Cook Like a Local" Cooking Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      Sold out dinner, like Southern Smoke, was a fundraiser that benefited local smoke from the Southern Smoke Foundation. The Houston people had the opportunity to meet and eat with many famous chefs who cook on Sundays. Attendance: Chef Ashley Christensen of Poole & # 39; s Diner in Raleigh, North Carolina; Pizzeria Bianco's Chris Bianco in Phoenix; Donald Link, Ryan Prewitt and Stephen Stryjewski by Herbsaint, Cochon and Peche in New Orleans; Sarah Grueneberg of Monteverde in Chicago. They joined BBQ Sam Sam at Sam Jones BBQ in Winterville, North Carolina and Pat Martin at Bar-B-Que Joint at Martin in Nashville. One of the chef guests was Chris Cosentino, who opens Rosalie Italian Soul at C. Baldwin Hotel, and Aaron Bludorn, a Caf\u00e9 Boulud alumni who opens his own restaurant in Houston next year, and Yehuda Sichel of Abe Fisher, Philadelphia. Everyone cooks at Southern Smoke.<\/p>\n

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      Dinner was an opportunity for Shepard to summon his favorite chef from all over the country and from his adopted hometown of Houston. He has raised more than $ 1.4 million since 2015 and is grateful to everyone who helped make the fifth year, Southern Smoke.<\/p>\n

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      The shepherd set a high bar, announcing he would raise $ 500,000 at a Sunday event. "But we think we can do that." "Everything we do is together."<\/p>\n

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      Southern Smoke tickets are still available. $ 200 from southernsmokefestival.org.<\/p>\n

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      Greg Morago writes about food in the Houston chronicles. Follow him on facebook or Twitter<\/a>. Send news tips to greg.morago@chron.com. To learn about BBQ culture in Houston and Texas, listen to him in the BBQ State of Mind podcast.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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