Flavors of the Garden 6/28/08
Saturday June 28 we held our first (of three) “Flavors of the Garden” Tasting Event at the 55th St. Garden. This event is a big thank you to all our many supporters, volunteers, donors, and friends (old and new). Loose Change Collective played jazz while guests tasted a beautiful array of different vegetables grown in our gardens and farm: zucchini, cucumber, carrots, snap peas, kale crisps, and jicama served with a choice of delicious dips: basil pesto, yam miso, yogurt dill (from Drea & Paco), salsa (from Arjuna Sayyed), and hummus. Thanks to Charlie Matthey for the lovely presentation of treats.
Special guest Chef Marc Swan of Local Flavors Catering created a lovely carrot soup with basil oil dripped on top and a vegetable frittata. Cook Jenny Pao of Nectar Essences inspired everyone to eat more beets and be healthier with her colorful red and golden beet salads. Back to Earth made three special appetizers: zucchini crostini with creme fraiche, mini corncakes with pickled cucumber, and a collard green wrapped dolma filled with rice and Bing cherries to go with a carrot dip. A “Flavors” favorite drink was a fresh mint and lime mojito mixed by bartender Brandon Solem along with other drinks like mint ice tea with ginger syrup, organic lemonade, goji mango juice and iced coffee from Adina Beverages.
Brahm gave an overview of People’s Grocery programs and Max Kurtz-Cadji, our Greenhouse Coordinator, paired everyone up for an interactive game about food and ecology and we learned that an inch of topsoil takes 102 years to be replaced after it’s been eroded away. Hubert McCabe, Farm Manager, gave a presentation about the new Grub Box Program and 6 people signed up to be Grub Box Sponsors on the spot.
If you’d like to come to the next “Flavors of the Garden” on Saturday, July 26 from 11am - 1pm at the 55th St. Garden, please email Victoria at “Victoria@peoplesgrocery.org” and let us know you are coming. Please bring your friends and family. We’d love to see you at the next one!
