We chose to divide the $2,500 scholarship funds earmarked for Washburne between two worthy and financially needy candidates—Arianne Kendrick and Tania Merlos Ruiz. Each will receive $1,250 from LDE Chicago Chapter.
Arianne Kendrick has no apparent …

Les Dames d’Escoffier Chicago Adopts a Green Tables Project
By Dames Sharon Olson and Mary Abbott Hess
The Green Tables Initiative is a Les Dames d’Escoffier sponsored program, which turns our attention to sustainability and a wholesome diet …

Dame Patty Erd brought spices for the children to savor and invited them to The Spice House for a demonstration.
 

by Les Dames d’Escoffier Chicago
edited by Carol Mighton Haddix
from Chicago Cooks
(Surrey Books, 2007)
Makes 10 servings
This was one of the first salads Convito Italiano carried. I invented it literally out of what was left in the …

by Les Dames d’Escoffier Chicago
edited by Carol Mighton Haddix
from Chicago Cooks
(Surrey Books, 2007)
Makes 8 servings
I developed this recipe and brought it to several Les Dames functions, where it quickly became a favorite of two early …

Since 1983 the Chicago Chapter has raised over $450,000 for scholarships, grants, educational facilities and food banks. Major recipients are:

Direct Scholarships to Washburne’s School of Culinary Arts, CHIC, Kendall College, and other accredited culinary schools.
Lucy …