Local Foods Summer Dinner 2009
Local food is delicious!
On August 8th, 2009, FIG hosted its second annual Local Foods Dinner fundraiser at Taylor Hall on the Macomb Square. Coordinated by FIG Board of Directors member Vajo Necak, the dinner raised over $1,700.00 to support FIG projects. Chef Dan Murphy led the FIG cooking team in providing a delicious meal to over 95 guests. A tomato and cheese bruschett appetizer was followed by a choice of three entres: braised chicken topped by corn salsa, braised beef tenderloin with carmalized shallots and red wine jus, and a Shitake mushroom polenta tart. A wheat berry salad with french bread baguettes and a desert of lemon pound cake topped with blueberry jam and creme fraiche rounded out the menu designed by FIG memeber Heather McIlvaine-Newsad. The event was covered by local radio station WIUM 91.3 FM. Heather McIlvaine-Newsad’s radio commentary on the dinner asked listeners to “vote with their fork.”
