Call for Recipes: Looking for recipes, stories and old family photos for Mother's Day food section. Send favorite recipes from your mother, along with a short anecdote about cooking with your mother to food@tylerpaper.com. Also accepting scanned photos. Deadline for submissions Saturday at noon.
Flower Hill Farm CSA, Membership still available: Weekly boxes of farm fresh fruits and vegetables dropped off for members on Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 18787 FM 2493 (Old Jacksonville Highway), Flint, 75762. Extras will be brought each week for non-members, when available. To join the CSA visit www.flowerhillfarmtx.com for more details, email flowerhillfarmtx@gmail.com or call 903-722-3195.
Diamond B Ranch Farm Store, Neches: The farm store is open with farm-grown fruits, vegetables, grass-fed beef and baked good. Hours: Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located 10 miles north of Palestine at 11589 Farm to Market Road 321 off Hwy155.
FRESH by Brookshire's Steak Cook-Off, Saturday, Tyler: 3rd Annual Charity Steak Cookoff benefiting the East Texas Food Bank. The Cookoff and festivities will begin at 3 p.m. as local businesses, media outlets and foodies face off in hopes of winning the "Ace of Steaks" championship belt. Round up the whole gang for an afternoon of fun featuring family games, the Freshpet Strut Your Mutt contest and Freshpet Yippee dog races, a Classic, Hot Rod and Custom Car Show, live music from Stephan Cotter and the C Otters and the Steve Simmons Band.
At 6 p.m. a steak dinner will be served on our back patio. Tickets can be purchased at FRESH or Cavender's in Tyler, Longview, or Palestine. Tickets are $15.99 and include a chef-prepared New York Strip, two sides and a roll. Dinner will be served until 8 p.m. Quantities are limited so buy your tickets now. All proceeds go directly to the East Texas Food Bank.
Cinco De Mayo Celebration, Tyler, Saturday: To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Brookshire Grocery Co. is hosting two culinary students from Tyler's sister city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico this weekend at two Tyler locations. The students will be at the Rice Road Brookshire's Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Super 1 Foods located on Gentry Pkwy from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. They will be teaching authentic Mexican recipes, as well as exhibiting arts and crafts from their city.
East Texas Restaurant Association Golf Tournament, Longview, Monday: The Gerard Cace Memorial Tournament will be held Monday at the Oak Forest Country Club. To register contact Roger Lumley at 903-714-6310. Proceeds benefit the TRA Education Foundation.
Tyler Farmer's Market, 4850 Old Bullard Road, Opens May 11: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tyler Woman's Building Celebrity Chef Dinner, May 11: Dallas chef Stephan Pyles will teach a cooking class held at The Woman's Building at 2 p.m. Recipe booklets will be provided, along with food samples and wine pairings. A seated dinner will begin with a cocktail reception at 7 p.m. and also includes a silent and live auction and door prizes. Invitations are available by contacting Sweet Gourmet, located in The French Quarter in Tyler or by calling 903-534-0840. Purchase deadline is May 3.
Piney Woods Wine Festival, May 18, Mt. Vernon: From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. experience great wines, food, music and shopping in Mt. Vernon, Texas right off I-30. Taste your way through the diverse wines of East Texas. From the sweet to the savory, it will all be there. For additional festival information email info@pineywoodswinetrail.com or visit www.pineywoodswinetrail.com
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