Button to headline Wine & Food Festival

Acclaimed chef and restaurateur Katie Button of Cúrate Bar de Tapas and La Bodega in Asheville, N.C., and host of Magnolia Network’s hit TVseries “From the Source” will be joining guests for the 2023 Florence Wine & Food Festival’s finale wine dinner, “The Final Pour: A Spanish Fiesta with Pee Dee Flavor!”

Under a huge tent on the lawn of the FMU Performing Arts Center, on April 1 local chefs — including Betsy Biggs of Notch 8 Catering, Town Hall’s Ryan Dalton, Cooper Thomas of Victors, and Wholly Smokin’s Jackie Travis — will prepare a five-course dinner inspired by Button’s stunning cookbook, “Cúrate: Authentic Spanish Recipes from an American Kitchen.” Courses will be paired with wines from the 2023 Festival’s featured winery, Domaine Serene, from Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

In addition to headlining The Final Pour, Button will also sign cookbooks for festivalgoers earlier that Saturday at The Grand Tasting, an all-new Festival event for 2023 hap-