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SUMMARY:Holiday Tips & Tricks with Chef Art Smith
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DESCRIPTION:Join two-time James Beard award winner Chef Art Smith to learn
  about his culinary journey and bring some culinary inspiration into your 
 holiday season. Smith will be joined by journalist Monica Eng..\nhttps://a
 urora.libnet.info/event/11146645
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join Chef Art Smith to learn about his cul
 inary journey and bring some culinary inspiration into your holiday season
 . A two-time James Beard Foundation award winner\, Smith believes &ldquo\;
 The art of cooking\, the act of feeding people\, is the most engaging\, mo
 st memorable way to connect with people.&rdquo\; <br /><br />Smith began h
 is career at the Florida Culinary Institute and honed his skills working w
 ith top chefs in France before finding himself in Chicago. Here he served 
 as Oprah Winfrey&rsquo\;s personal chef for a decade and opened his first 
 critically-acclaimed restaurant\, Table Fifty-Two\, known for its modern S
 outhern dishes and locally sourced ingredients. <br /><br />Smith is also 
 a prolific cookbook author and TV personality\, sharing his passion for So
 uthern cuisine. He has appeared on Top Chef\, Top Chef Duels\, Top Chef Ma
 sters\, Iron Chef America\, The Today Show\, Good Morning America\, Entert
 ainment Tonight\, BBQ Pitmasters\, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more. <br />
 <br />Named Chicagoan of the Year by Chicago Magazine and Humanitarian of 
 the Year by the James Beard Foundation\, both in 2007\, Smith is currently
  Executive Chef and Co-Owner with restaurants in Chicago\, Orlando\, Atlan
 ta and Washington\, D.C. He is the founder of Common Threads\, a non-profi
 t organization teaching low-income children to cook wholesome and affordab
 le meals. <br /><br />Smith will be joined in conversation by Monica Eng\,
  award-winning Chicago journalist and co-host of the food podcast "Chewing
 " w/ Louisa Chu.<br /><br />A recording of this event will be available vi
 a YouTube within approximately 5 days of the program and will be available
  for a limited time (30 days). Please register to receive the live Zoom li
 nk and YouTube recording link.&nbsp\;<br /><br /><em>This event is made po
 ssible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP)\, a statewide collaboration amo
 ng public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a gr
 ant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office of 
 Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum 
 and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library Services and Te
 chnology Act.</em> <br /><br /><em>ILP is committed to inclusion and acces
 sibility. To request accommodations\, email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail
 .com.</em></p>\nhttps://aurora.libnet.info/event/11146645
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