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Award-Winning Author and Cooking Expert Ying Chang Compestine Presents Healthy Chinese Dinner at Resort at Squaw Creek
Entertaining and delicious
Olympic Valley, Calif. – Ying Chang Compestine is an award-winning children’s books and cookbook author. She has published 18 books including Revolution is Not a Dinner Party, A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts, and Cooking with Green Tea. Ying has hosted cooking shows and is a contributor to many national magazines such as Cooking Light, SKI, Eating Well, Self, Men’s Health, and Delicious Living.
Ying is presenting a dinner focusing on the secret of healthy Asian cooking at Resort at Squaw Creek™ on Saturday, March 27 at 6:00 PM. Resort at Squaw Creek™ executive chef Jason Friendy and his team will be preparing the dishes for guests. The dinner runs $45 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Children 12-and-under are $20.
The dynamic Chang Compestine has lectured around the U.S. and abroad, and has been featured on numerous television and radio shows. Having grown up in China, and moved to the U.S. later in life, Ying Compestine draws upon the influences of her homeland for her books, while conveying compelling stories in English, her second language.
For dinner reservations call 530.581.6615.
In addition to the dinner, Chang Compestine will offer a presentation titled “One Writer – Two Worlds” on March 26 at Resort at Squaw Creek™ as part of Squaw Valley Institute’s ongoing speaker series that will address the issues of writing, particularly as it pertains to straddling the two cultures of China and America. The program begins at 6:00 PM; tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children and students with ID. Tickets for the Squaw Valley Institute presentation are available at www.squawvalleyinstitute.org.
AAA Four-Diamond Resort at Squaw Creek, a Destination Hotels and Resorts-managed property, features a ski-in, ski-out chairlift rising to Snow King Peak at Squaw Valley USA, providing quick access to more than 4,000 acres of terrain served by an extensive network of 33 lifts including North America’s only Funitel and the world-famous KT-22 Express lift. A free shuttle transports skiers to nearby Alpine Meadows, which offers 2,400 acres of skiable terrain and seven expansive bowls. The property’s on-site ski shop provides ski and snowboard rentals, expert boot fitting, lift tickets for purchase and complimentary ski lockers. Resort at Squaw Creek was recently recognized in Condé Nast Traveler as one of the “Top 50 Ski Hotels” in North America.
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Marc Sapoznik
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