mARTi Gras Cajun Cook-off Winners
Coeur d’Alene — CdA’s Annual mARTi Gras and Cajun Cook-off was yet another successful fundraiser for Art on the Edge. This was the best authentic Cajun Cooking in the Northwest! Participants celebrated the beginning of the Lenten Season a couple weeks late, but the fun-filled weekend of art for kids, fabulous Cajun cuisine and live blues and jazz entertainment warmed the festival goers and was a hit for kids of all ages!
Saturday’s events began with a kids art festival in the Coeur d’Alene Shops with music, pottery, painting and many other art-filled activities. The evening brought the adults out to celebrate at Coeur d’Alene Cellars Barrel Room, Cricket’s Bar & Grill, Brix and The Eagles Club, dining and dancing the night away. These generous chefs presented some outstanding Cajun food for the crowds:
1st Appetizer:
ANGELO BRUNSON of ANGELO’S RISTORANTE
CRAWFISH and RISOTTO CAKE with ROASTED CORN MANGO SALSA
1st Entree:
GABRIEL CRUZ and KELLY KENNEDY of CHIMNEY ROCK GRILL at SCHWEITZER
CREOLE BARBEQUE PRAWNS with SOFT SEXY GRITS and BROWN BUTTER BRUSSELLSPROUTS
1st Dessert:
DEBBI SIMEL of BAKERY on the LAKE
KING CAKE
Photos by Jordan Shaw and Jeanette Dunn
