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Details Leaked About Food U Appearance This Weekend

29 APR The Royal Wedding, NFL Draft, and Curtis Aikens on Charlotte Today Posted by: admin /  Tags: champagne, Curtis Aikens, dijon, food university, IKEA, pasta, sauce Don’t just call him a chef, Curtis Aikens is an entertainer.  He discusses the Royal Wedding and the NFL draft on Charlotte Today while he whips up his champagne dijon pasta sauce, yum!  Click here to watch the video (look for the kiss at the end), and click here for the champagne dijon pasta sauce recipe.  Stop by the IKEA in Charlotte tomorrow from 2 – 4 p.m. to see Curtis Aikens give a cooking demonstration and learn culinary tips you can use in your kitchen. 27 APR Details Leaking About Food U Appearance This Weekend Posted by: admin /  Tags: cooking, cooking demonstration, Curtis Aikens, Family Circle, food university, free, IKEA, kitchen An article in today’s Charlotte Observer reveals the topics Food University Read More…

Chef Curtis Aikens Speaks at Literacy Coalition Lunch Friday

Chef Curtis Aikens will probably read from a prepared speech. Consider it a serious accomplishment that is meant to inspire, as Aikens, 56, speaks Friday at the annual Love of Literacy Luncheon at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Aikens is a celebrity chef, well known to TV audiences of the Food Network, Good Morning America, Oprah and Entertainment Tonight. He’s a college grad who learned to read at age 26 – after starting his own produce business. He’s written four books, still appears on TV and now travels and speaks to literacy groups and to student chefs to inspire them to greater things. I spoke with Aikens by phone. Jan Norris: You learned to read after graduating high school as an adult. What prompted you to learn after getting along well enough to own your own business? Curtis Aikens: I was watching TV one night and saw this Read More…