Cooking for a Cause: An evening to benefit victims of the South Asian floods

Guests will watch four chefs prepare a wonderful menu of Asian specialties, enjoy a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception, and listen to a presentation on the region's teas. It will be a fun and delicious evening to benefit a worthy cause. Featuring: * Cooking demonstrations and tastings of Asian foods. Participating chefs: * Thomas John, executive chef, Au Bon Pain * Rich Vellante, executive chef, Legal Sea Foods * Tara Deshpande Tennebaum, Indian cooking teacher, executive chef, Azalea Catering * Wichian Rojanawon, Thai native and cooking teacher * A presentation on the region's teas by tea experts Henry Patterson and Mark Mooradian * Gift basket raffle Hosted by Boston Herald food editor Jane Dornbusch