Sunday, March 21, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 19, 2004 Contact: Dawn Singh 857-544-0739
The Elephant Walk Restaurant Offers Cooking Class Featuring Japanese and Cambodian Cuisines With Chef Longteine de Monteiro and Japanese Cookbook Author Keiko Hayashi
Demystifying Japanese and Cambodian Cooking
The Elephant Walk Restaurant and founding chef, Longteine de Monteiro, in association with the Japan Society of Boston, welcome Keiko Hayashi, author of the award-winning cookbook, Simple and Delicious Japanese Cooking, for a special class on Sunday, April 25, from 10:30 am -1 pm. Tickets are available by calling the Japan Society of Boston at 617-451-0726. The Elephant Walk Restaurant is located at 900 Beacon Street in Boston.
Demystifying Japanese and Cambodian Cooking, will focus on two distinctive Asian cuisines by these world-class chefs known for popularizing the food of their homelands. Keiko Hayashi has been teaching simple Japanese cooking techniques for over thirty years to non-Japanese residents in Tokyo. Her book received "The Best Recipe Book in the World" and "The Best Recipe Book in Japanese" awards by the Salon International du Livre Gourmand in France in 2000. Mrs. Hayashi specializes in adapting convenient, timesaving Japanese cooking methods with readily available ingredients found in any local market.
Longteine de Monteiro, author of The Elephant Walk Cookbook, (Houghton Mifflin 1998) has been instrumental in promoting the cuisine of Cambodia through her popular book, which was nominated for a Julia Child Award, and three family-owned restaurants, The Elephant Walk in Boston and in Cambridge, and Carambola in Waltham, Massachusetts. Chef de Monteiro has been the guest of the Culinary Institute of America and the James Beard House in New York and teaches cooking classes regularly at her Boston restaurant.
The class will explore similarities and differences between the two culinary cultures. The chefs will demystify Japanese and Cambodian cooking by preparing a simple, delicious meal in both traditions from the same core ingredients easily found in a local market, eliminating the need for a special shopping excursion for unusual, ethnic ingredients.
This event is part of the Japan Society of Boston's Centennial Celebration which kicked off January 1 and will continue through 2005 with dozens of special programs including Kabuki Theatre at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, the 150th anniversary of the origin of the US-Japan Relationship at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, with exhibitions of Japanese art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Children[base ']s Museum and Peabody Essex Museum, conferences and presentations at Harvard, Tufts, Wellesley and MIT, film retrospectives, sporting events and many more explorations of Japanese culture. For more information, visit www.us-japan.org/boston.
The Japan Society of Boston is a tax-exempt American organization whose mission is to promote cultural and economic ties and active interchange between Japanese and Americans for mutual understanding, benefit and enjoyment. As the oldest Japan Society in the United States, it serves as a bridge for a network of individuals, cultural and academic institutions and business and financial firms that are linked together by a strong interest in Japan as well as a shared recognition of the importance of the US-Japan relationship.
For more information on Demystifying Japanese and Cambodian Cooking with chefs Keiko Hayashi and Longteine de Monteiro or the Japan Society of Boston, contact Dawn Singh at 857-544-0739 or dawn@dawnsinghpublicity.com.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 18, 2004 CONTACT: Dawn Singh 857-544-0739
Carol Sloane Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Jazz at Temple Emanu-El Annual Jazz Festival in Marblehead, Massachusetts
The thirteenth annual Temple Emanu-El jazz festival and dance will be held Sunday, April 25, at 7:30 pm. featuring jazz vocalist, Carol Sloane and the James Williams Trio and special guest, vocalist Donna Byrne. WGBH and WPLM radio personality, Ron della Chiesa, will be the evening[base ']s host. The jazz festival is the Temple Emanu-El's major fundraising event of the year. Carol Sloane[base ']s stellar career has included performing with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross at the Village Vanguard and the Newport Jazz Festival; opening for Jackie Mason and the Smothers Brothers at Mr. Kelly[base ']s in Chicago; Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge and Richard Pryor at the hungry I in San Francisco; and Phyllis Diller, Jackie Vernon and Stiller and Meara at the Blue Angel in New York. She appeared regularly on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and forged lasting friendships with Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae.
Ms. Sloane recently released her 48th recording, "Whisper Sweet," on High Note Records. She recorded her first album for Columbia Records in 1961 and made her New York debut opening for Oscar Peterson at the Village Vanguard. She has performed with Kenny Burrell, Kenny Barron, Ernestine Anderson, Chris Connor, Art Farmer, Tommy Flanagan, Benny Golsen, Scott Hamilton, Fred Hersch, George Mraz, Bucky Pizzarelli, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Rowles, Clark Terry, Ben Webster and Phil Woods, among many others. Ms. Sloane has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Town Hall and the Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center, and was a guest with Marian McPartland on her NPR program, "Piano Jazz."
Carol Sloane also has the distinct privilege of appearing in three mystery novels written by best-selling author, Robert Parker (Ceremony, Hush Money, Potshot and the Spenser series). "You sing as wonderfully as ever. I honestly think you are the best girl singer alive," Parker said to Sloane and in liner notes on her CD " I Never Went Away" wrote "[sigma]the best singer since Sarah (Vaughan) and one of three or four best that ever did this." Pianist, James Williams, moved to Boston in the early 1970[base ']s from his home in Memphis to join the faculty of Berklee College of Music. He soon became a member of drummer Alan Dawson[base ']s group which provided support to touring artists including Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, Pat Martino, Red Norvo and Arnette Cobb. In 1977, Williams met Art Blakey and began a four-year, ten album tenure with the Jazz Messengers along with Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Billy Pierce and Charles Fambrough. Throughout his career, Williams has played with artists such as Thad Jones, Joe Henderson, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Art Farmer, Kenny Burrell, Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard and Tony Williams.
Donna Byrne has been called "one of the best young jazz singers in the country today. She[base ']s the real McCoy!" by Tony Bennett and "one of the best singers currently on the scene" by JazzTimes Magazine. A favorite in the New England area, Donna Byrne is known for her swinging style and perfectly-pitched, crystal clear voice.
Music director and bassist, Marshall Wood, has assembled some of New England[base ']s best jazz musicians for the event including Teddy Casher, Arnie Krackowski and Mike Monaghan, reeds, Jim Gwin, drums, and Paul Schmeling, piano. Tickets to the event are $22 advance/$25 at the door, and are available at the following locations: Arnould[base ']s Gallery in Marblehead, Vinnin Square Hardware in Swampscott, Ted Cole[base ']s Music in Salem and Borders Books in Peabody. For more information, call Temple Emanu-El at 781-631-9300 or Gene Barden at 781-595-4164. Temple Emanu-El is located at 393 Atlantic Avenue in Marblehead.
For more information on Carol Sloane, call Dawn Singh at 857-544-0739 or email at dawn@dawnsinghpublicity.com. Carol Sloane[base ']s website address is www.carolsloane.com.
JPEG: Carol Sloane (color)
Sponsorships for the event are available for $150 and include a pre-show reception with the artists, two tickets with preferred seating, and a listing in the program. For more information, contact Bitzy Bitman, 781-595-1528.
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