02/17 PF CHANG'S HOME MENU, CHINESE NEW YEAR, JOHN MCQUAID, TASTY: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF WHAT WE EAT, MELISSA MCAVOY, LUXURY WINE & CO.

PF CHANG’S – CHINESE NEW YEAR

Chinese New Year is almost here! On Thursday, February 19 here is a fun way to celebrate At Home!

With Chinese New Year just around the corner, we wanted to share some ways to celebrate! For those of you who don’t have a bustling Chinatown near you, try re-creating your own party at home! Authentic Asian cuisine is right at your fingertips with a quick trip to the frozen aisle.

From the bistro to your kitchen, the P.F. Chang's Home Menu features the bold, flavorful dishes of an exceptional Asian dining experience, in the comfort of your own home.

• Perfectly paired for two, the P.F. Chang’s Home Menu allows you to craft your own menu, allowing you to choose from flavorful starters, delicious sides and the bold signature entrees you love.
• Far from ordinary frozen dinners, the P.F. Chang's Home Menu uses authentic Asian ingredients and cooking techniques, designed by P.F. Chang’s founder Philip Chiang himself. 
• With quality cuts of beef, white meat chicken breast or succulent shrimp paired with crisp colorful vegetables, tender noodles, and full-flavored sauces, the P.F. Chang’s Home Menu is infused with delicious flavors and bold aromas. 
• P.F. Chang’s Home Menu is available in your grocer’s frozen aisle nationwide.

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JOHN MCQUAID - AUTHOR OF THE BOOK TASTY: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF WHAT WE EAT

Taste is often dismissed as the most primitive of the senses because its principal mission is simple: to discern food from everything else. Yet it’s really the most complex and subtle. Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat is a brief biography of flavor, tracing an arc from its first appearance at the dawn of life on earth, to the invention of cooking by early humans, to the strange concoctions of the modern food system. Reporting from kitchens, supermarkets, farms, restaurants, huge food corporations, and science labs, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John McQuaid shows how flavor is woven into our genes, our cravings, our personalities and behavior. Tasty offers a smorgasbord of insights into our modern food obsessions, and ponders where they’re taking us.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John McQuaid has written about topics such as city-destroying super-termites, the slow collapse of fishing communities, hurricane levee engineering, mountaintop removal coal mining, and the global flower business for publications including Smithsonian magazine, The Washington Post, Wired, Forbes.com, EatingWell magazine and the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He is the co-author of Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms. His work has won a Pulitzer Prize, as well as awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, son and daughter. The struggle to satisfy and understand the kids' strange and contradictory food choices (the elder liked super-hot peppers and limes, the younger rice, pasta and cheese) was the inspiration for Tasty.

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MELISSA MCAVOY – CEO, LUXURY WINE & CO. - WINE TASTING EVENT AT NEIMAN MARCUS ON FEBRUARY 18TH IN WOODLAND HILLS WITH ALDABELLA WINERY

Melissa has worked with some of the leading brands from around the world with Importer of The Year Alex Guarachi and TGIC Importers Inc., Titan Wine & Spirits (Public Relations and Communications Manager), DM Vineyards & Partners and BW Trade Importers. She has worked with wineries such as Montes Wines, Bodega Norton, Sante Ema, Achaval Ferrer, Pascual Toso, Guarachi Family Wines, Chateau Altimar, Roger & Didier Raimbault, Chateau Cour D' Argent, Daviana Winery, VinRoc and Teachworth.  This is an example to her well-rounded portfolio of experience which set Melissa's career in the wine industry off and running.

Melissa has worked on major campaigns and projects connecting luxury brands and wealth management companies such as Luxe Hotel Group, Four Seasons, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Maserati, O'Gara Coach, Porsche Design, Morgan Stanley, Manchester Finanacial, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales to create new ways to stay connected to their luxury clients. She has worked with all major publications including Robert Parker, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Angeleno Magazine, CSQ Magazine and Wall Street Journal to increase visibility for her clients wines and corporate clients through reviews, features, marketing, and events.

"I love creating new business for my clients through luxury events and creative campaigns." Melissa adds, "Wine is my glue when creating connections with luxury brands."

Neimen-Marcus Luxe Event

Date: Wed, Feb 18, 2015
Time 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Venue: Neimen-Marcus at Westfield Topanga
Phone: 818-316-7005
Email: rsvptopanga@Neimanmarcus.com


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