Join us on Saturday, August 4th 2007 at St. Anna’s Episcopal Church for music, food tasting (delicious, traditional local Sicilian recipes), and a lively panel discussion with the neighborhood chefs, Meryl Leiva & Liz Williams, which seeks to capture the culinary legacy of Sicilian women in New Orleans and how they adapted their cooking to the creole ways. 

The food tasting will include:

  1. Margie’s Sicilian Lasagna (a tasty, traditional way to deal with those pesky leftovers) 
  2. St. Joseph Day Fig Cookies (What would a St Joseph Day altar be without them?)
  3. Sicilian American “Devilish” Eggs (A delectable example of the assimilation and adaption of everyone’s favorite party snack)

It’s going to be a great day to celebrate the cultural & culinary tradition of the historical Treme!

Also, Treme’s Cookin’ has three more events planned for 2007.  Three more days of food, music and fun.  Remember:  all the food is traditional food that comes from the gifted cooks in Treme. 

  • Gumbo Cook-Off on Sunday, September 9 2007:
    • A chance for neighborhood chefs to compete for prizes.  No matter who win the competition, we all win with all those delicious gumbos
  • Beans! on October Sunday, October 14 2007:
    • A celebration of that everyday meal that’s always a cause for celebration:  Red Beans and Rice
  • A Seafood Holiday on Saturday, November 10 2007:
    • A bounty of delicious holiday delicacies straight from the Gulf.

As always, we searching out a few good men and women to volunteer at the event.  If you’d like to, please email info@tremescookin.org .  Your help will be appreciated!

See you there