Jan. 28: The Montclair Food and Wine Festival
Okay, I know. We just came off of a week or two of non-stop eating and imbibing, and decided that January would be it. The month of no more fooling around with inventive cocktails, endless nibbles, and hearty life-affirming dinners. The time has come to put the brakes on, right? Well…
Sure. But we need to make an exception. Because the Montclair Food and Wine Festival is taking place for the first time in January! It’s called Frost Bites, and it happens on January 28 at the Woman’s Club in Upper Montclair. Numerous fine restaurants and alcohol purveyors are participating.
Celeb chef Amanda Freitag is slated to appear. Plus funds raised go for food education and scholarships for disadvantaged youth.
So, put the January Juicing on hold for a minute, and head to Montclair for a wonderful slice of foodie pie.
Listen to my podcast with Frost Bites executive director Lisa Davies to find out more about the festival. Lisa also divulges some interesting food trends that will be emerging in 2016. It’s all on my latest podcast.
Valerie Smaldone is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market on 106.7 Life-FM, an iHeart station. She has hosted, produced, and created several award-winning nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with stars like Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey among others. Her radio talk show "Bagels and Broadway" highlighted theatre and food personalities. She is an accomplished interviewer and voice artist heard on commercials, narrations, promos and audiobooks, as well as a sought after live announcer.
Most recently, Valerie produced and directed a film, The Thursday Night Club, featuring pop diva Gloria Gaynor in her movie acting debut. She is one of the creators and producers of a docu-series, Divine Renovation, starring Erik Estrada, on streaming networks soon.
