Bon appetit with Julia Child

"Bon appetit!" Julia Child's famous phrase lives on -- alongside her tasty recipes -- even now, on her 100th birthday.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts continues its second season of Kitsch 'n Bitch with Sue Frause with a tribute to Julia Child. "Bon Appetit, a tribute to Julia Child," will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. Hosted by travel writer and food lover Frause, "Bon Appetit" is the second of five shows in the 2012-2013 season.

The live talk shows feature chefs and food lovers, on-stage cooking demonstrations, house band Deja Blooze, plus a signature cocktail prepared for each show.Get ready for an evening full of fun and surprises, featuring Gordon Stewart of Gordon’s on Blueberry Hill; award-winning cake designer John Auburn; and wine connoisseur Gene Felton of the Star Store, in celebration of Julia Child's 100th birthday.

Frause is an award winning journalist and photographer. For 15 years, she wrote a column for the South Whidbey Record. She's the author ofa number of blogs: “Whidbey Island Life” in the Seattle P-I; “Closet Canuck,” about all things Canadian; and is the Seattle Travel Examiner for Examiner.com. She's a regular contributor to Crosscut in Seattle and The Huffington Post Travel and she is an on-air correspondent for “Around the World Travel Radio” and can also be heard Monday afternoons on KSER 90.7 FM in Everett.

Frause and her husband, Bob, moved to Whidbey Island in 1975 and live in Langley.Tickets cost $15 and are available by calling the WICA Ticket Office at 221-8268 or 800-638-7631.

For more information, visit www.WICAonline.com.Whidbey Island Center for the Arts is located at 565 Camano Ave., Langley.

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