{"id":2112,"date":"2025-12-15T23:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T03:59:08","slug":"christmas-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/?p=2112","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Feast &amp; Fellowship!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TLARC&#8217;s&nbsp;2025 Christmas Dinner was held on Saturday Dec 6th at the Cook &#8216;n Craft Academy.&nbsp; We had some 35 club members &amp; significant others join us as Christina &amp; Rob Deyo hosted us at their wonderful establishment in downtown Loudon.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much food and fellowship was flowing during the evening &#8230;&nbsp;<strong>CHICKEN MARSALA<\/strong>&#8211;delicious sauteed chicken breast with mushrooms in a marsala wine sauce, <strong>RASPBERRY GLAZED PORK TENDERLOIN-<\/strong>-a&nbsp;tenderloin&nbsp;of pork with a slightly sweet glaze, baked to perfection; <strong>BAKED ZITI&#8211;<\/strong>with ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan&nbsp;cheeses and our popular Mama&#8217;s meatballs; <strong>Buttery Green Beans w\/ Bacon Bits<\/strong>, <strong>Creamy Mashed Potatoes<\/strong>; and <strong>Assorted Cupcakes<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Cook &#8216;n Craft Academy<\/strong> is in downtown Loudon at 418 Wharf Street, one block north of TN Route 11 (Mulberry Street) and 2 blocks west of the Loudon town fountain and Tic Toc&nbsp;Ice Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the photo recap below, courtesy of TLARC photo journalists Yvette AJ4YJ and David KF4DKW!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rob-Christina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rob-Christina.jpg 450w, https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rob-Christina-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our Hosts: <strong>Rob &amp; Christina Deyo<\/strong><br>Owner\/Proprietors of <strong>The Cook &#8216;n Craft Academy<\/strong> in Loudon, TN.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"493\" data-id=\"2266\" src=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_1809450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_1809450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_1809450-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"2261\" src=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000006940.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000006940.jpg 389w, https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000006940-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"2262\" src=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000006943.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000006943.jpg 497w, https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000006943-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" data-id=\"2268\" src=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_181643.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_181643.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_181643-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" data-id=\"2272\" src=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_182232.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_182232.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tlarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251206_182232-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"599\" data-id=\"2276\" 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So much food and fellowship was flowing during the evening &#8230;&nbsp;CHICKEN MARSALA&#8211;delicious sauteed chicken breast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4638,"featured_media":2262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2324,"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions\/2324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}