On Sunday, December 7, Delysia will be hosting a family-friendly holiday event at their Chocolate Culinary Center.

Free and open to the public, children in their holiday pajamas will have the opportunity to create their very own chocolate bar, visit with Santa and enjoy a screening of a holiday classic to commemorate the season.

Please RSVP on their Facebook event page by Friday, Dec. 5.

Donation: Delysia asks that your family bring one unwrapped toy or gift that will be donated to Toys for Tots this holiday season.

An unforgettable evening with Dan Barber in his first Texas appearance to talk about his new book, “The Third Plate,” presented by Edible Austin and the Paramount Theatre, featuring musical guest Michael Fracasso.

Barber is the chef of Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns (Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is a nonprofit farm and education center). His opinions on food and agricultural policy have appeared in the New York Times, along with many other publications. Barber has received multiple James Beard awards including Best Chef: New York City (2006) and the country’s Outstanding Chef (2009). In 2009 he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.

About “The Third Plate”
Barber moves beyond “farm-to-table” to offer a revolutionary new way of eating. After more than a decade spent investigating farming communities around the world, Barber concluded that—for the sake of our food, our health and the future of the land—America’s cuisine requires a radical transformation.

About VIP Reception

VIP tickets include a signed copy of “The Third Plate” and a reception from 6–7 p.m., where you can meet Dan Barber before the show while enjoying locally sourced, seasonal tastings from Austin chefs, along with local wines, spirits and beer.

Chris Kelly will host the year’s final Wednesday Wine Tasting on Wednesday, December 10th from 1-3 PM. This final month’s flight of 2014 will focus on the holidays’ essential beverage: sparkling wine. The tasting will include a light lunch, lively discussion and a chance to purchase some of these wines to take home and toast in the New Year. This is an awesome value and a great time, so we hope to see you there. Tickets are $25.

Get more from your holiday shopping experience with Metier this December. On Wednesday evenings, from 6PM – 7:30PM, they’ll be serving up champagne cocktails and giving out Jessica’s favorite holiday cookie recipes with every purchase, just in time to liven up your holiday party. Plus, they have beautiful gift options for all of the cooks in your life AND awesome, one-of-a-kind vintage items to spiffy up your holiday table. Stop in before heading to dinner – pick up a hostess gift or a treat for yourself!

Join Chef Monica Pope in the kitchen as she shares her best ingredients, techniques, and recipes with you for an interactive cooking lesson upstairs at Sparrow Bar + Cookshop located in Midtown Houston.

It’s pie season, and maybe you love eating it but are intimidated by making the crust. Let Jessica take the mystery out of the process for you when she hosts a workshop on tips to make your pie dough flakier, on lattice, fruit preparation and choosing the right tools for the job. This is a great class for all levels, and a good chance to get your hands dirty (and eat a slice a pie, while you’re at it!)

Reserve your spot now – the class size is limited and will fill up pretty darn quick.

Uchiko’s monthly vegetarian celebration will continue on Monday, December 15.  Ranging from a tasting menu to sushi pieces featuring vegetables. Even the biggest meat eater will be enticed by the menu!

Join integrative dietitian of Naturally Nourished, Ali Miller, as she walks you through a food-as-medicine dining experience prepared and created by chef Monica Pope of Sparrow Bar + Cookshop.

Get more from your holiday shopping experience with Metier this December. On Wednesday evenings, from 6PM – 7:30PM, they’ll be serving up champagne cocktails and giving out Jessica’s favorite holiday cookie recipes with every purchase, just in time to liven up your holiday party. Plus, they have beautiful gift options for all of the cooks in your life AND awesome, one-of-a-kind vintage items to spiffy up your holiday table. Stop in before heading to dinner – pick up a hostess gift or a treat for yourself!

The holiday season has arrived, and two Austin–area restaurants are getting into the yuletide spirit with a seasonal collaborative dinner event. VOX Table, the New American restaurant opening at the beginning of 2015 in the Lamar Union community complex in South Austin, and Noble Sandwich Co., Central Texas’ popular gourmet sandwich eatery, will host A Very VOX Holiday @ Noble Sandwich Co. This special six-course dinner event ($70 per person), which includes a collaborative menu and complimentary cocktails from Austin’s Treaty Oak Distilling Co., takes place on Thursday, Dec. 18, beginning at 7 p.m., at Noble’s North Austin location, 4805 Burnet Road. And in the true spirit of the holiday season, portions of the proceeds from the dinner event will benefit the local Toys for Tots charity.
This unique dining experience will feature menu courses devised and created by Noble Sandwich Co. chefs and co-owners John Bates and Brandon Martinez, as well as VOX Table Executive Chef Joe Anguiano. The feast’s first course, prepared by Noble Sandwich Co., includes Beet Carpaccio served with a buttermilk bleu cheese dressing, toasted nuts, chicory salad, radish, endive and escorol. Chef Anguiano’s second course features a seasonalRoasted Chestnut Soup with licorice root and herbed croutons, followed by Chef Anguiano’s third course, Black Grouper with a vegetable cassoulet and a decadent red wine and lobster coral sauce. Noble chefs Bates and Martinez will prepare the fourth course, a savory Bone Marrow Budino served with mushroom bacon, a Meyer lemon sauce and a watercress and frisée salad. VOX Table’s fifth course is a Roasted Duck Breast served with a cabbage and leek confit, and sweet and sour strawberries. The final course includes an indulgent dessert ofWhite Chocolate and Allspice Mousse with pomegranate gelée, grapefruit-walnut granola and florentine tuile, prepared by VOX Table Pastry Chef Allison Henschel.

In addition to feasting on this collaborative chef-created meal, event guests will be treated to complimentary spirits from Treaty Oak Distilling Co., including a welcome punch, three cocktails throughout the dinner and a dessert-paired cocktail.

Tickets for A Very VOX Holiday @ Noble Sandwich Co. are limited and available through EventBrite