Living Light Culinary Institute Announces Winners of the Hot Raw Chef Sweet Valentine Video Low-Glycemic, Gluten-Free ...

Living Light Culinary Institute, a gourmet raw food school on the Mendocino coast of northern California, announces the winners in the Hot Raw Chef Sweet Valentine Video Recipe Contest. Grand Prize Winner Callie England’s valentine recipe is a gluten-free, low-glycemic raw vegan dessert, "One Bite Strawberry Cheesecake Pops." Runner up Jennifer McClelland, a Living Light graduate, is pioneering ...

Culinary Classes and Events: Week of Feb. 8, 2012

Let's Get Cookin': Elegant and Easy Entertaining, 6:30 tonight ($75); A Hollywood Menu, 10:30 a.m. Monday ($45); Wine and Chocolate, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday ($85; $150 couples); A Big Deal Dinner, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 ($95); Chicken, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 18 ($85); Quick and Easy Thai Cuisine, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21 ($75); Mardi Gras Celebration, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 ($85; $150 couples).

Montalvo Arts Center celebrates its 100th anniversary with many events in 2012

Villa Montalvo--known now as Montalvo Arts Center--is busier than ever. Its grounds contain some intriguing visual art in gallery displays and permanent installations, music that ranges from classical to contemporary, and grand old architecture in the villa and other buildings. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the building of Villa Montalvo, a centennial that will be highlighted with a ...

OBITUARIES

Leslie Berry A celebration of life will be at noon Friday, Feb. 10, at Crow Nazarene Church for Leslie Berry of Eugene, who died Feb. 4 of complications from seizures. She was 48. She was born Aug. 17, 1963, in Eugene to Lonnie and Mary Geddings Graves. She married Tom …

Food Notes

The Artisan Restaurant, a student-run restaurant at The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Charlotte, offers lunch service from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.