Traditional Recipes from Around the World Prepared with Local Foods Monday, October 13 from 1:30pm – till gone (6pm-ish)
What do the freshest foods gown here in the Finger Lakes taste like when they are prepared by chefs using recipes passed down form generations and influenced by cultures from around the world? Come find out on Monday, October 13 at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s cross-cultural celebration of the harvest for children and adults on First Street between Hancock & Adams in Ithaca. Rival your palate with Cuban, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Jamaican and Southern style cooking prepared with ingredients grown by neighboring farms and prepared by local chefs. Enjoy a lunch or dinner plate that includes: Le My Trieu & Trung Dai Lam’s Egg Rolls, Vietnamese salad and Lo Mein Bruce McDonald’s Jamaican Curry Chicken/Goat and Caribbean Peas & Rice Ying’s Sweet Basil Tofu & Vegetable Stir Fry from Thailand Sister Geri’s mouthwatering southern style Ribs, Roasted Corn & Collards Roy Josef’s Cuban Rice & Beans This local foods lunch and dinner is a part of CCE- Tompkins Fall Harvest Festival that has been expanded to take place in the P&C parking lot (212 Hancock Street), in the garden at the First Baptized Church (412 First Street) and along First Street. The Fall Harvest Festival is from 1:30-5:00pm. Activities include: * Free hayrides * 4-H live animal display and fitness trail * Pumpkin painting, gourd decorating and other harvest-themed crafts * Food samples and nutrition activities * Cheese samples with the Dairy Princess * Storytelling with the Family Reading Partnership * Activities and displays by CCE, the Ithaca Children’s Garden, and many other organizations * Lunch & dinner plates featuring local foods and ethnic recipes sold at a suggested donation by the First Baptized Church (dinner plates will be sold until 6pm-ish) Cornell Cooperative Extension sponsors this event to celebrate the harvest with our neighbors in the Northside, Fall Creek and Southside neighborhoods. This event is free and all are welcome to participate. CCE-Tompkins thanks participating groups and organizations including the Multicultural Resource Center, the Ithaca Children’s Garden, the First Baptized Church of Jesus Christ, GreenStar Community Projects, the Dairy Princess Program, and local farms including Sabol's, Cayuga Pure Organics, Early Morning, Stick & Stone and BWW for helping to make this event a success. For more information, please call CCE at 272-2292 or visit www.ccetompkins.org. --- Elizabeth Viviana Karabinakis Community Food Educator Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County [EMAIL PROTECTED] (607) 272-2292 x190 Eat Local- Taste the difference!!! Enjoy baby turnips, beets, carrots, celeriac, daikon, delicata squash, leeks, mustard greens, parsnips, rutabagas, tat soi and more! _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
