Viva Big Bend Food Festival

Houston chef, James Beard
Award nominee Monica Pope
conducts a cooking class
at Padre's in Marfa

The Viva Big Bend Food Festival's opening party
at the Granada Theatre in Alpine featured great food
and great music, here Tessy Lou and the Shotgun Stars
 

Thursday night, the first Viva Big Bend Food Festival opened in Alpine's Granada Theatre with terrific food and wonderful music....starting the festivities to take place in Alpine, Fort Davis and Marfa. 

The Festival continues today, but we'd like to share some images from all the fun yesterday...cooking classes, demonstrations, insight into new techniques and cuisines. 

A portion of the proceeds goes to benefit West Texas Food Bank...what could be better than that?

Monica Pope cooking class participants at Padre's in Marfa

 

Sahar Arafat-Ray demonstrates at the Hotel Limpia in
Fort Davis, treating festival participants to Middle Eastern
Hors d'Oeurves

Plate from the fajita buffet at the Mountain Trails
Lodge in Fort Davis