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Friday, November 2, 2007
What’s cookin’?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Marvin Woods
The 18th annual Gourmet Gents event, hosted by the National Coalition of Black Women, Metropolitan Atlanta chapter, is planned for 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Hyatt Regency, 265 Peachtree St.
Brandishing the golden whisks will be chefs Marvin Woods and Daryl Shular, along with Atlanta City Councilman Caesar Mitchell; Kiss 104.1’s Art Terrell, Youngblood and Stacy D; Grown Folks 102.5’s Si-Man Baby; and Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard.
Naturally we were eager to know what the lawman had up his culinary sleeve.
“I don’t know what I’m going to prepare, but of all of my secret recipes, most people have been requesting my ‘Get Out of Jail’ lasagna, ” Howard joked in an e-mail.”Legend has it that in 1998 when I first made it, three inmates broke out of the Fulton County Jail to attend the Gourmet Gents cook-off, just to get some of my lasagna!”
CNN’s T.J. Holmes will be master of ceremonies, with mistress of ceremonies Paquita Nassau of Kiss. Tickets ($40 in advance, $45 at the door): 404-522-1061; e-mail ncbwatl@bell south.net; www.ncbwmetroatlchapter.org.
A most festive fete
The Hope for Children bash, held Oct. 27 at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead to benefit Murphy-Harpst Children’s Centers, featured models with exotic makeup and hairstyles that can only be described as, well, architecture.
Entertainment included Grady High School’s marching band, chorus and orchestra and local songstress Diana DeGarmo. More than 500 attended, and $400,000 was raised for Murphy-Harpst (www.murphyharpst.org).
Co-chairs were Carey Carter and Dr. Nancy Gallups, host committee chairs were Kimmy and Rusty Umphenour, and honorary chair was Sharon Umphenour.
Airstream elegance
There was so much fabulosity on display at the recent DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) gala, benefiting the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund.
“Dining By Design,” held Oct. 25 at Mason Murer Fine Art, featured a slew of gorgeous dining spaces.
Tony Conway’s purple paradise boasted loads of fresh blooms on myriad levels.
The Larson-Juhl/Artaissance nook was adorned with the ethereal works of artist Nichole Sloan and featured swimming centerpieces — two energetic goldfish doing laps in cylindrical bowls.
Elle Decor’s dining area felt like a scene from the French countryside, while guests at the Atlanta Classic Cars table lounged on a chic slate-gray sofa.
But how could you not love what the folks at Edelman came up with: a down-home vignette designed by Sandy Thigpen with an actual Airstream trailer. The bash raised $210,000.
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