LISA DENTON: Barry, you remember a couple of weeks ago how everything in the events calendar reminded me of music? This week, everything’s making me hungry.
Celebrity cook Ree Drummond, aka “The Pioneer Woman,” will be at She: An Expo for Women on Saturday. The Peach Truck will be selling farm-fresh Georgia peaches in Cleveland, East Ridge and Ooltewah today. The Foothills Country Fair in Cleveland this weekend includes a Kansas City Barbeque Society competition. The Chattanooga Zoo is having its Q n’ Brew fundraiser Saturday. And the Chattanooga Lookouts are playing the Montgomery Biscuits (of all teams) this week at AT&T Field.
I have to admit I’m especially excited about the She expo since I get to judge the pie contest on Saturday.
BARRY COURTER: I have some experience at this food-judging thing. Last year, I sampled 74 cupcakes at She, and I’m not going to lie, that was a lot of sugar.
On Sunday, I’ll be judging a Bloody Mary tasting contest at the Chattanooga Market. It’s a clever benefit for the Blood Assurance Foundation. Local bars and restaurants will be serving up their best, and market visitors can pay $20 to sample five of the elixirs.