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I think I have mentioned this before in the column, but I’m not a fantastic cook. With the holiday season over, and all the cookies eaten, I’m starting to think maybe I should practice.
Why is it that only holidays have special menus stuffed with fancy charcuterie boards, cookies, breads and the like? If there’s such a thing as a Christmas cookie, who says there can’t be a “Tuesday cookie,” or a “rainy day cake?”
Maybe such goodness does exist and my research is failing me, but I find the time after the holidays to be a real dry spell when it comes to food I’m excited about.
Similarly, there are foods I’m looking forward to eating in the summer time at community events, like the Butler Italian Festival or the fair. The thought of waiting months for those wounds me to the core.
In light of this, I’m making a new kind of resolution. I’m going to liven up these dark days of winter by purposefully seeking out food that excites me.
I’ve started by branching out my coffee order, but maybe as I gain courage it will turn into trying my hand in the kitchen (under supervision, of course) with some recipes that intimidate me.
That being said, there are events on the horizon in Butler County that cater to trying new delicacies made by locals, and some are even taking place this weekend.
Butler Two Steppers are having a dance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at Tanglewood Center, 10 Austin Ave., Lyndora, in Butler Township.
Butler Area Toy Show starts at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Clearview Mall, Center Township. Admission is $5. For more information, visit the “Butler Area Toy Show” page on Facebook.
Line dance night at the Saxonburg Fireman’s Club opens its doors at 7 p.m. Saturday, with dancing starting at 8 p.m. This event is only for people age 21 or older, so make sure you have your ID! Admission is $5 for nonmembers.
Come be a judge at the Sons and Daughters of Italy chili cook-off at 1 p.m. Sunday at the lodge on South Main Street, Butler. Ten votes cost $10 and this includes a sampling of each chili submission, while $20 gets you 25 votes. You can submit your chili for $10 per entry by signing up at the lodge by Friday.
