Table talk

Bambara executive chef Dave Jones will be leaving to take over as executive chef at Log Haven. He is replacing Kevin Donovan, who is taking a post with Park City Mountain Resort. Jones was Log Haven's chef for 10 years before leaving in 2005. Since then he worked as the corporate chef for Trio Restaurant Group, then for Sysco Foods. Last year he became executive chef for Bambara.

Bambara's management is conducting a national search for Jones' replacement.

The Art Institute of Salt Lake City (AiSLC) is hosting a Thanksgiving Culinary Camp for five couples. The class is Nov. 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Art Institute's campus in Draper.

AiSLC's Chef Frank Krause will select five husbands to participate in the one-day class while the wives watch from an observation area. The goal is to help the husbands feel comfortable in the kitchen as they learn to make herbed roasted turkey breast, sausage-pecan stuffing, mashed sweet potatoes, spicy cranberry green beans, cranberry-ginger compote and a cranberry golden raisin chutney.

Wives can nominate their spouse by sending an e-mail to chef.frank@live.com by Nov. 14, with contact information and background about their Thanksgiving plans. The five winning couples will be notified Nov. 17 (www.ArtInstitute.edu/SaltLakeCity).

Tulie Bakery & Cafe opened last week at 863 E. 700 South, offering European-style pastries, specialty cakes and gourmet sandwiches. Owner Leslie Seggar said the products are made with hormone-free milk, cream and fresh eggs from Winder Farms, sweet cream butter, premium chocolate and pure vanilla. Organic produce is used whenever possible. It's open Tuesday-Sunday (833-9741 or www.tuliebakery.com.

The National Bison Association awarded a vintage 1901 $10 Bison Note worth roughly $1,000 to Brian Buse of Sandy. Patrons who ordered bison between Oct. 2-9 from Salt Lake City purveyors were able to take a quiz at www.bisoncentral.com, which entered them in the drawing. Participating purveyors included at Acme Burger Co., MacCool's Public House, The Metropolitan, The New Yorker, Poplar Street Pub, Port O' Call, Squatters' Pub Brewery and Whole Foods Markets.

The Jewish Arts Festival takes place Nov. 15 and 16 at the Wagner Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Drive, Saturday, 6:45-10 p.m.. It includes a Havdallah service (which signifies the end of Shabbat), a Middle Eastern tasting, Israeli artwork and a folk concert by Phillip Bimstein and Blue Haiku. The main festival, on Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., is free to the public. There will be performers, artists, food vendors and other entertainment (581-0098 ext. 119)