Three cheers and an Emmy One of the early videos we created for our monthly baking series -- on Irish soda bread -- has won an Emmy award, thanks to the multimedia crew of Jenni Pinkley, Matt Gillmer, McKenna Ewen and Shari Gross. The video features Kim Ode with sidekick Lee Svitak Dean and a cast of flour, baking soda and buttermilk. Look for all the baking videos at startribune.com/baking (the soda bread video is listed in its right column). Or go directly to the winner at www.tinyurl.com/23klmcy.
Making good from grief The Grand Cafe, 3804 Grand Av. S. in Minneapolis, honors its former executive chef, Jon Radle, who died last year, with the Jon Radle Memorial Celebration on Oct. 17. The four-course dinner is a fundraiser for the Center for Grief, Loss and Transition (www.griefloss.org), and features French cassoulet created with Au Bon Canard duck, along with an arrival canapé, simple salad and dessert. Dan Newton of Cafe Accordion Orchestra will provide music. Cost is $50; tax and beverage are not included. Reservations are required for the 6:30 p.m. seating. Call 612-822-8260.
'ATK' at B&N Two stars of "America's Test Kitchen" will be at Barnes & Noble, 3225 W. 69th St., Edina, this month. Jack Bishop, editorial director of the popular cooking show on public television, will appear at 7 p.m. on Oct. 11 to talk up "The America's Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook." Then, at 7 p.m. Oct. 19, Christopher Kimball, the affable host, will discuss and sign copies of his latest book, "Fannie's Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal From Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook."
Learn local at Roosevelt Minneapolis Community Education's offerings at Roosevelt High School are featuring an "Eat Local Minnesota" series of cooking classes with Andrea Bolger, a home economist and teacher whose specialties include Moroccan, Tunisian, French and Italian cuisines. The trio of classes focus on three foods: apples, pumpkins and root vegetables, and features recipes for both sweet and savory options. Classes are 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 12, 19 and 26 at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. They're $28, with a discount for taking all three. To register, visit.www.mplscommunityed.com/
Kevin Bacon in bacon We've written before about Bacon Salt and Baconnaise and how their creators have a knack for marketing. Now their skills are going toward a charitable cause prompted when a member of J&D Foods Inc. learned that a young daughter has leukemia. Ashley's Team was formed to raise money to provide games and toys to other young cancer patients. Toward that end, they made a statue of actor Kevin Bacon out of bacon and are selling it for charity. It's on eBay at tiny.cc/59tjq. Bids end Oct. 9.
KIM ODE
