If you have a great recipe for sirloin steak, chicken breast or boneless pork loin, Dream Dinners wants it. The company is holding a recipe contest through Aug. 31 to find new dishes to offer their clients.
At Dream Dinners all the ingredients are pre-chopped and prepped for customers who come in, assemble their meals for a week or a month and take them home to freeze until needed.
If your recipe is chosen, thousands of families across the nation will be making and enjoying your dish for dinner. You also will receive a $500 Dream dinners gift card to use at the Kennewick location, 6501 W. Grandridge Blvd., Suite J, Kennewick.
Even if you don't have a recipe using one of those three meats there's a category called "Your Favorite Creation" for recipes using other meats, seafood or meatless ingredients.
All cooks 18 and older are eligible to enter the recipe contest in one or all four categories. Judges will select the top 10 recipes, test them and select the top dish in each category.
For more information, go to www.dreamdinners.com.
Jazz and wine fest
The 14th annual Vancouver (Wash.) Wine & Jazz Festival is Aug. 26-28 in Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver.
There will be more than 20 concerts performed throughout the weekend. Some of the musicians attending include Al Jarreau, Arturo Sandoval and the New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Admission is $20 on Aug. 26, $25 on Aug. 27-28. Three-day passes are $50 in advance, $60 at the gate.
You also will have a chance to sample over 200 wines from around the world and food from nine restaurants. All wine and food is purchased separately and is not included with admission.
For more information, or to buy tickets, go to www.vancouverwinejazz.com.
New read
The book: My Indian Kitchen by Hari Nayak.
Cost: $28
Best for: The author shares secrets of his family's own style of southern Indian cooking that includes meats and seafood not usually associated with Indian cuisine. He also includes tips for the spice sensitive, wine pairings and how to create an Indian/Bollywood-themed cocktail party.
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