Re: food forum
Theodore Latham (tedrico@hotmail.com)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:34:03 PDT
Bonnie,
Glad you enjoyed yourself and equally gald that the term "guests" was
used instead of "clients"! Terminology does make a difference in public
speaking effectiveness! All that talk about sampling foods reminds me of
being in Chicago on a couple of occasions at their anually summer held
"Taste of Chicago" festival! :)
Regards,
Tedrico Latham
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Bonnie Briggs <s248_1132@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi gang,
> I went to a really interesting forum today. it was called Cooking For
>Comfort and Health: a Forum For Agencies Providing Food Programs for
the
>Homeless and Under-Housed. It was held in a cold warehouse at Field To
>Table, a project by Foodshare Metro Toronto. They work with communities
>to improve access to affordable, nutritious food. I'm not a food
>provider, but one of the organizers is a friend of mine from school. We
>took the Community Worker Course together. She invited me to go to this
>forum. It was really interesting. the main speaker, Stevie Cameron,
>works with St. Andrew's, a church in the Out Of The Cold Program. (This
>is a program that runs in the winter here in Toronto. Several churches
>around Toronto, on a nightly rotating basis, offer hot meals and
>overnight shelter from the cold.) Anyway, Stevie spoke first and then
>they had a panel of speakers from other food programs talk about the
>work involved in serving food to their homeless "guests".(Isn't that
>term so much better than "Client"?) They also offered suggestions on
how
>to make their programs better. There was also time for questions. After
>the panel, we had group discussions around topics that had come up
while
>we had been listening to the speakers. I joined the group that talked
>about food; quality, safety, and health concerns. We had a rather large
>group, probably about 10 or 11 people. I think I was the only person
>there who actually used the food programs as opposed to being someone
>who serves the food. I was glad to be able to share my experiences of
>going to these programs. Then, we had lunch, an all-vegetarian affair.
>it was different types of cold salads, very filling. Then, the best
part
>of the day, the Cooking Challenge! We went downstairs to a warm kitchen
>for this part. One chef was an instructor at George Brown College's
>Hospitality School and at the YMCA and the other was a Kitchen Manager
>and Instructor at Field To Table. Each chef was given a Good Food Box
>which is filled with fruits and vegetables. They were also given
>assorted spices and a few other things that can be found in a kitchen.
>They were restricted to only these items. They were given a short time
>limit and were asked to create a tasty, nutritious dish. One chef
>created a vegetable and tofu soup with a fruit salad and the other chef
>created a entree salad with tuna and potato slices added to it. He
asked
>one of the women watching to create a vinegarette dressing. As they
were
>working, the chefs gave a running dialogue of what they were doing as
>well as giving us tips that we could use in our kitchens. At the end,
>each chef had to give a summary of how they made their dishes and took
>questions from us. We got to try each dish. The salads were both great!
>That was the end of the forum. Everybody went away with new ideas and
>recipies to try in their own programs. We all filled out an evaluation
>sheet and went our seperate ways. The minutes and the recipies used
>today will be mailed out to everyone who came. I'm glad I went. I look
>forward to better things from Toronto's food programs. Talk to you
>later.
>Bonnie
>
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