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Garden party
The Broadmoor Garden Club and the Pikes Peak Community Foundation will host Deborah Madison, award-winning cookbook author and advocate of local farmers and farmers markets, on Oct. 15 at Broadmoor Community Church, 315 Lake Ave. Coffee will be served at 10 a.m. and Madison will talk at 10:30 a.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Reservations are required before Friday to joansixty@msn.com or seswezey@hotmail.com or 635-7756.

Celiac club
If you are one of those who has celiac disease or must avoid gluten, here's a group you may want to join: The Pikes Peak Celiac Sprue Association. Visit www.geocities.com/ppccsa or call Marie Pizzolatto at 572-0548 for more information.

More tasty life
Taste of Life Natural Market & Prepared Meals has a second location at 11605 Meridian Market View in Peyton. It's a little bigger than the Monument store at 15910 Jackson Creek Parkway. Customers at the Peyton store are being offered a chicken special: With a $30 grocery purchase, you will receive a free package of boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Specials at the Monument store include: free individual-size entree with $50 grocery purchase; free mid-size entree with $75 grocery purchase; and free large-size entree with $100 grocery purchase.

Prize-winning chef
Heidi Cottrill, executive chef at Amuse Gourmet and pastry instructor at Paragon Culinary School, won a silver medal for her cake entry Sept. 27 at the Oklahoma Sugar Art Show, sponsored by the TV Food Network.

Cooking classes
CHEFS Catalog, 5070 Centennial Blvd. offers classes. Call 272.2700 for reservations.
• Oct. 13 - Sushi with Don Louie, an independent chef. $65.
• Oct. 15 - Not Just Pumpkins with Alicia Prescott, chef at The Blue Star. $60.
• Oct. 16 - Korean Home Cooking with Jenny Lee, chef at The Soule Korean Restaurant. $60.
• Oct. 20 - Bread Baking Workshop with Kathleen Weintraub, chef at Chef's Retail Store. $55.