{"id":10178,"date":"2016-01-29T09:01:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T16:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=10178"},"modified":"2016-01-29T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T16:02:00","slug":"taste-of-billings-5-questions-for-walkers-chef-marlo-spreng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2016\/01\/taste-of-billings-5-questions-for-walkers-chef-marlo-spreng\/","title":{"rendered":"Taste of Billings: 5 questions for Walkers chef Marlo Spreng"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10179\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 336px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"addboard wp-image-10179 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marlo-Spreng-Walkers.jpg\" alt=\"Marlo\" width=\"336\" height=\"469\" \/><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Bryce Turcotte, Stodgy<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marlo Spreng, Walkers Grill<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The second annual Taste of Billings, featuring two nights of fine dining at the historic Billings Depot on Montana Avenue, is set for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5 and 6.<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday night formal dinner will feature a seven-course meal, each plate paired with a wine. All proceeds will go to support the nonprofit Billings Depot. More information is available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billingsdepot.org\/event\/taste-of-billings\/\">the depot website<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In advance of the affair, Alexander Clark and Bryce Turcotte of Stodgy, a new creative marketing company in Billings, met\u00a0with the seven chefs who will be serving up the Saturday feast, Turcotte to shoot portraits of them and Clark to ask them to describe the course they will be serving and to ask them\u00a0five questions about food.<\/p>\n<p>Turcotte and Clark donated their services to the Billings Depot and are allowing Last Best News to run the photos and Q&amp;A&#8217;s. Today&#8217;s chef is Marlo Spreng, of Walkers Grill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course<\/strong>: Entr\u00e9e<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong>: Seared tenderloin wrapped in a wild mushroom stuffing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Questions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Favorite guilty pleasure food or eatery?<\/strong><br \/>\nSour Patch Kids<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>If you weren\u2019t a chef what would you be doing?<\/strong><br \/>\nStay-at-home mom<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Dish on your menu that you eat the most?<\/strong><br \/>\nMussels<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Favorite ingredient to work with?<\/strong><br \/>\nFresh fish<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Person you would love to cook for?<\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Travolta<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/2016\/01\/taste-of-billings-chefs-answer-five-questions-about-food\/\">Tim Zimbelman, chef at Jake&#8217;s West End<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/2016\/01\/taste-of-billings-questions-for-stackeds-stephen-hindman\/\">Stephen Hindman, Stacked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/2016\/01\/taste-of-billings-5-questions-for-ten-chef-wally-bone\/\">Wally Bone, TEN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/2016\/01\/taste-of-billings-questions-for-james-honaker-bistro-enzo\/\">James Honaker, Enzo Bistro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"well\"><div class=\"dfad dfad_pos_1 dfad_first\" id=\"_ad_652\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/mjhWkW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/201703_capeair_variable.jpg\" alt=\"CapreAir_Variable\" width=\"510\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18069\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second annual Taste of Billings, featuring two nights of fine dining at the historic Billings Depot on Montana Avenue, is set for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5 and 6. 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