Raise Funds and Enjoy Fine Food - Aphrodisiac Soiree at Boston's Illustrious French Brasserie

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Raise Funds and Enjoy Fine Food -

Join "The Cooking Couple" for an
Aphrodisiac Soiree at Boston's Illustrious French Brasserie

DATELINE: BOSTON, MA, ISSUED JANUARY 30, 2001… "The Cooking Couple", Ellen and Michael Albertson, hosts of the best tasting radio on the dial where hot talk is served for breakfast, lunch and dinner, invite all to join them in a "Gourmet Chocolate and Wine Tasting" event on Saturday, February 10, 2001, from 1-3:30 p.m. at Brasserie Jo in the Colonnade Hotel located at 120 Huntington Avenue in Boston. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the Boston Food Bank.

AMOUR, AMOUR
With Valentine's Day around the corner, it's only fitting to join The Cooking Couple in aphrodisiac delight by tasting the finest gourmet chocolates and sampling some of France's most notable wines in an atmosphere of casual chic at Brasserie Jo, Boston's only true French brasserie.

The event is co-sponsored by Newton's WBNW AM 1120. Tickets are $25 per person at the door or $20 purchased in advance via credit card by calling 781 641-1838. Brasserie Jo is located at 120 Huntington Avenue (The Colonnade Hotel) in Boston, with valet, garage and off-street parking available.

"We are very pleased to co-sponsor this charitable event with The Cooking Couple. The Boston Food Bank is a local organization that truly needs support and I cannot think of a more entertaining way to do so than by tasting fine wine and enjoying gourmet chocolate with the enthusiastic hosts of the The Cooking Couple show," said Tom Toscano, General Manager of WBNW.
   
A SPICY CONCOCTION
Airing Sundays from 1-3 p.m. on WBNW AM 1120, and simulcast by WPLM AM 1390, The Cooking Couple and their special guests share strategies for improving life and impart advice for enhancing love, optimizing health and increasing happiness.

Known for their frisky banter, The Cooking Couple spice up their acclaimed "Hot-Talk" show with spontaneity, warmth and wit. The unique show features interviews with food celebrities, taste and trend reports, restaurant profiles and personal recommendations from The Cooking Couple, cutting edge health and nutrition news, wine wisdom, delicious recipes and product reviews, as well as relationship and parenting advice.

SUMPTUOUS FEATS
The Cooking Couple are the authors of best-selling cookbook and romance guide Food as Foreplay: Recipes for Romance, Love and Lust. They will be appearing in the February issue of Boston magazine and will be the featured guests on the Phantom Gourmet's "Prime Cuts" on February 7th at 8:30 p.m. on New England cable news. Their column, "Food, Family and Fun" regularly appears in the Metro-West Daily and the weekly community newspaper chain. The Cooking Couple have appeared in The Boston Globe, Glamour, Playboy, the Boston Herald and USA Today. Ellen
Albertson, M.S., R.D. is a Registered Dietitian and well regarded health and nutrition journalist who regularly contributes to Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Self and Taste for Life. Michael Albertson, a former chef and stand up comedian, has penned articles for Playboy, the New York Daily News, the Boston Herald, and Booming. She makes it healthy, he makes it taste good and together they make it fun.

The proud parents of four-year-old upcoming chef, Alexandria, plus one in the oven, this dynamic husband and wife duo dish on everything from food, love, and life to child rearing and raising hell. (After the baby is put to bed of course.) They have appeared on EXTRA, Maury, the Food Network, WCVB Channel 5 News and NBC News.

CLICK AND INDULGE
The Cooking Couple's deliciously informative and indulgent views are captured online at www.cookingcouple.com.