We are planning to throw a dinner (the first of many, we're sure) for all those who wish to make good food, eat good food, and support the burgeoning food co-op.
The date: Monday, February 15th (President's day)
The Time: 5:30 - 6:30 food preparation (optional), 6:30 dinner.
The Location: TBA - somewhere close to or on campus
The Goal: Come up with a working name for our co-op! We want to be able to call it something other than "student food cooperative".... we need all your creative minds working together!
The theme: The theme of this party will be RAW FOOD - if you don't know what I'm talking about, check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_foodism. It gives a decent overview, and I can probably argue with you a bit about the "criticisms and controversies" section if you have doubts.* :) Also try: http://www.living-foods.com/faq.html. This type of lifestyle (lifestyle - because don't your food choices shape your life?) dramatically improved my quality of life, and I would love to talk with anyone about that, skeptics or not. We all eat some amount of raw food - why not learn new ways to make it taste great?
The menu is still being planned, but I attached some photos that were taken at a recent unrelated raw food party. We'll make almond "mylk" and smoothies (ever put kale in a smoothie before? I promise we'll make it taste like fruit), some fancy salad (lemon-tahini dressing. 'nuff said.), an entree item (zucchini noodles with tomato sauce and nut cheese anyone?) and a dessert. It will be organic, vegan**, and delicious. Some people have expressed interested in going raw for a week, and we can develop that idea more with anyone who wants to try it out.
And how much is this going to cost you? Good question.
The goal is to give you guys a lot of food. Like, a lot. We'll be eating organic, vegan food**, And since we are going to buy the food in bulk, this shouldn't be too expensive. We're asking for $10 a head. Not too bad for a dinner with friends and organic food! And hey, the more people we get....the price could go even lower!
The catch: we need the $10 upfront, and an RSVP. Please let me know by Thursday, Feb. 11th if you're interested, and get money to me by Friday, Feb. 12th (we need to shop at the farmers market the next day). I'll be at the Dirty Dozen Meeting on Monday, in Tuesday farm lunch (12:30-1:30!), at the all farm meeting on Wednesday (5 pm!), and tabling on Thursday (12:30-2, come make flower bouquets!), so find me!....and if you don't know me, just shoot me an email! Please also let me know if you have any food allergies, restrictions, or extreme dislikes.
If you're committed, interested, unsure, or have questions, send me an email.
-Michelle
Farm Outreach, Co-op hopeful, and raw foodist
(p.s. check out the UW's new food related social networking site: http://uw-food.ning.com/, which has a section for the co-op and the farm!)
*Raw food is not going to be exclusively what the co-op serves, but there has been some interest amongst people in learning more about this type of food preparation.
**there might be raw honey used, but this is negotiable :)
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