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Margaret had an Eve Arden quality(anyone remember
OUR MISS BROOKS?) |
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| Another way to celebrate St Pats |
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| And a live broadcast |
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| The crowds at the rail watching the race |
Can't decide which i liked more : the middle school students and the High Schoolers competing or my fellow judges who love good food,children, and good food for children. This event encouraged new kitchen skills for healthier lives, seasonal and local foods and foods adaptable to improved school menus using USDA and other products. The joy of cooking isn't a book it is the faces of these kids...and us judges. Local radio covered it and crowds of friends and families gave it community and celebrity. JUdges included Margaret McGlone-Gurlides Asst director of nutrition at Plainview Hospital and Arlene Leggio Head Cook Manager at Islip Schools(and Chopped tv star)Dianne Houlihan(also Chopped),cook manager Oswegatchie Elementary School, Rhonda DeLoatch Head Chef Common Ground HS(Chopped as well)...Vito Minei ED Cornell Extension Suffolk and Jim Fogarty Culinary Ed,Suffolk Community College.
Student teams arrived with a sister chef leader or a 4H group or a culinary HS link. But they all worked and team worked and pleased the judges with Parmesan Zucchini, Mole Burgers..fajitas and a largely vegetarian option array designed to be absorbed with applause into school lunches. Not an easy mission but accomplished by every participant to some degree at least. Some of the entries are strong candidates for field testing. Bravo, future chefs...and a toast to healthier school lunches.
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