Events: Delta Bound, Riffs & Biscuit Love (+ a giveaway!)

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Cooking with Yazoo featuring Delta Bound

Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
5:30 pm doors open; 6 pm dinner begins

Yazoo
910 Division St
Nashville, TN 37203

Cost: $40/person (includes all food & drink)

Next week is big week for special food truck events, and it kicks off on Tuesday with Delta Bound’s Chef Jessica Mobley bringing her comfort food to the Cooking with Yazoo series at the taproom.

She’ll be using Yazoo beers to prepare her dishes and guests will enjoy Yazoo pairings to go along with each course too (or you can choose your own from the tap if you’re so inclined). Check out this mouth-watering menu:

‘‘Cravin’ the Delta’’

Delta ‘Hot‘ Tamales
Spicy beer-braised pork filling rolled in creamy corn masa & husk with cheese crisps & beer-infused chili sauce

‘Tennshootoe’ Ham Salad
Fresh arugula, roasted red bell pepper, shaved TN prosciutto country ham, sweet pepper cornbread croutons with hot pepper jelly beer vinaigrette

Stuffed Collards in Ragout
Collard leaves stuffed with seafood boudin on okra & tomato ragout with diced Andouille sausage & beer-battered gulf shrimp garnish

Pecan ‘Blondie’
Brown sugar blonde brownie, beer caramel sauce, Chantilly cream & beer-candied pecans

Hurry and reserve your spot now before it fills up!

 

Root53

 

Root 53 Foundation Spring Friendraiser

Thursday, March 27th, 2014
5 – 8 pm

Yazoo
910 Division St
Nashville, TN 37203

Cost: $20/person  (presale price)

If you can’t make the Yazoo dinner on Tuesday, on Thursday you’ve got another chance to load up on some Yazoo and more fine street food, this time from Riffs. This spring “friendraiser” is a benefit for Tennessee Titans’ linebacker Moise Fokou’s charitable organization, Root53, which focuses on offering healthy living workshops for youth in underserved communities.

So what can you expect at the friendraiser? Well, for the $20 entry fee, you get a pint of Yazoo & delicious appetizers from Riffs Catering, you get to meet & hang with Moise himself, and you get to learn more about the organization. Last but not least, you get to leave feeling good knowing that 100% of your ticket price goes to this awesome non-profit!

Note: If you reserve your ticket before March 24th, the cost is $20, after that, it goes up to $25.

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Pop Up, Schmop Up

Namaste Ya’ll

Saturday, March 29th, 2014
6 – 8 pm

Nashville Farmers Market
910 Division St
Nashville, TN 37203

Cost: $20/person

Reservations are encouraged: popupschmopup@gmail.com.

 

And the last event of the week will be Biscuit Love’s first pop up in their “Pop Up, Schmop Up” series at the NFM Grow Local Kitchen.

Biscuit Love owners Karl and Sarah are collaborating with high school student Charlie Hilly to serve a meat & three style menu that represents his own food truck concept. How did this come to be? Well, Charlie met Sarah at a recent career fair and proceeded to tell her all about his plans for owning his own food truck one day. Sarah was so impressed by him that she and Karl continued the conversation, ultimately coming up with the idea for this event – Namaste Y’all, a fusion of Indian and Southern cuisine.

On the menu:

Fried Chicken Tikka Masala over Beaverdam Creek Farm Grits

Catfish Curry

Collard Saag Paneer with housemade Cruze Buttermilk Cheese

Roasted Winter Vegetables with Vadouvan

Indian Banana Pudding

Mango Mint Sweet Tea

 

Tickets will be available at the door for $20 per person, with proceeds benefiting The Nashville Food Project. BUT….. you know how much I love you, so I’ve got a set of two tickets to give away to one lucky reader before then!

~ Contest Closed ~

And the winner is…..

#30 Jill Chisam

To enter, all you have to do is this:

Mandatory

1. Leave a comment telling me what kind of food truck or street vendor you think Nashville is missing. What’s YOUR idea for the best food truck ever?

Optional

For up to 2 additional entries, you can do either or both of the following. Note: You must leave a separate comment for each optional entry.

2.  Follow me (@betheats) on Twitter and tweet “Namaste Y’all. Win tickets to @BiscuitLuvTruck’s Indian/Southern fusion dinner from @betheats! Enter here: http://bit.ly/1diqDdC ” then leave a comment telling me you’ve done so.

3.  Like Eat. Drink. Smile. on Facebook and come back and tell me you did so (or just tell me you already do if that’s the case!)

Contest ends on Tuesday, March 25th at noon CDT. Once the winner is chosen, I’ll make contact via email and post the name here on the blog. If that person doesn’t respond within 48 hours, I’ll be forced to choose another, so be sure to check your email!