Fans of Villano's Unfamous Marinade can rejoice. It has returned.
In the mid-1990s, Peter Villano of Hillsborough used to make the marinade for beef, chicken, pork and fish. At one time, it was sold at grocery stores all over the Triangle and beyond. Villano went on to own a specialty food store and a restaurant in Hillsborough. Both closed a few years later, as did his marinade business. But six months ago, Villano started selling the marinade at the Hillsborough Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings. A five-ounce bottle costs $6. For information about the market, go to hillsboroughfarmersmarket.org
For more information about the marinade or to order it directly from Villano, send e-mail to unfamousmarinade@yahoo.com.
Cookbook event and oyster roast
Here's your chance to shuck oysters and drink beer with Southern food writer John T. Edge, who runs the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi.
The group has a new cookbook, "The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook." McIntyre's Books at Fearrington is hosting Edge and local contributors, chef Bill Smith and cooking instructor Sheri Castle for a book event 5-7 p.m. Dec. 3.
It costs $45 to attend the oyster roast and receive a copy of the new book, or $25 just to eat and mingle. To get tickets, go to sfaatmcintyres.eventbrite.com/.
The Southern Foodways Alliance is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and celebrating Southern food traditions.
What to do with those turkey leftovers?
If you are looking for recipes to use up that leftover turkey, recent Frugal Feasts recipes include Skillet Turkey Tetrazzini and Turkey Noodles with Szechwan Peanut Sauce. Go to blogs.newsobserver.com/Mouthful for the recipes.
