Food From New York: Creating a tasty local economy.
The Geoffrey Roberts Award: Supporting individuals with culinary vision. (CulinaryCorps was honored to be one of this year’s “small grant” recipients.)
Small Axe Farms: “Deepening grass roots in New Orleans.”
Friday, September 14th: Tour of impact area led by Share Our Strength, Welcome Dinner at opening night of the iconic Dooky Chase
Saturday, September 15th: Cooking Demonstrations and Cake Decorating Cook-Off at the First Annual Mississippi Slow Food Festival, BBQ Heaven at The Shed
Sunday, September 16th: Brunch and Dinner Creation at Emergency Communities in the Lower 9th Ward
Monday, September 17th: Kitchen Mentoring and Meal Creation at Habitat for Humanity’s Camp Hope
Tuesday, September 18th: Visit to Crescent City Farmers Market, Lunch at Bayona, Food Tour of the French Quarter, Dinner, music and bowling at Rock n’ Bowl
Wednesday, September 19th: Cooking and student mentoring at Café Reconcile event – “Bistrot Reconciler: A Thank You to Our Sponsors”
Thursday, September 20th: Volunteer Day with Edible Schoolyard New Orleans, Farewell Dinner with Chef Chris Debarr of Delachaise
Three slots are still available so submit your September/December Application today!
Although they hail from California, Blue Bottle Coffee has created a useful gift package to benefit the New Orleans Edible Schoolyard project. For $22.50, you can be that master of your own iced coffee destiny as Blue Bottle has put together a handy “do-it-yourself” kit that includes coffee, a separate chicory packet and instructions on the cheap oakley sunglasses cold brew process. 10% of the proceeds will be donated so drink up for New Orleans!
Sometimes it’s nice to know that tasty innovation is happening all around us.
We would certainly love to see the community bread ovens at Dufferin Grove Park in action…
Or peek into a kitchen classroom at Koto Hanoi…
Or sample a sweet and sweetly decorated treat from the Sweet Things Bake Shop powered by the Lower Eastside Girls Club.
To everyone involved in these projects…keep up the amazing and inspiring work!
CulinaryCorps invites eligible culinary students and professionals to join our volunteer outreach trips to New Orleans. We are now recruiting for two fall trips:
September 14-21, 2007
…and…
November 30 – December 7, 2007
Each trip will be composed of fifteen culinary students/professionals from around the nation that are committed to volunteering their time and kitchen skills to food-related community projects within New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. They will also have the cheap oakley sunglasses opportunity to immerse themselves in the vital culinary culture of the region during tastings, lectures and tours.
This is a great way to transform your passion for food into an opportunity to provide support and solidarity to New Orleans rebuilding efforts. We promise it’ll be the hardest week you’ll ever savor. Click “continue” for details…
…Sazeracs are for locals.
A friendly reminder to book your tickets today for the Tales of the Cocktail Festival in New Orleans from July 18-22.
New Orleans has the unique habit of being a city that not only welcomes new cuisines but coddles them. Case in point, Creole cooking: that deliciously mysterious http://www.oakleyonorder.com/ amalgamation of national food traditions that finds its unique roots in the many generations of culinary-rich immigrant waves.
The International Herlad Tribune reminds us that the advent of the Taco Truck post-Katrina paints the newest layer of complexity onto the city’s cuisine. How long before chiles make their way into the NOLA mainstream? If history is our guide, not too long at all.
…blue “berries” that is.
Wandering the stalls of The Crescent City Farmers Market during the June CulinaryCorps trip, we had the pleasure of being introduced to Amy Phelps of Pearl River Blues Berry Farm. Their story is what great romantic flicks are made of but their berries are truly mind-blowing: tiny globes of magical sweet/tart alchemy.
We are excited to holding a http://www.oakleyonorder.com/ joint fundraising picnic during our September CulinaryCorps trip at Pearl River Blues Farm with the help of the recently-formed http://www.oakleyonorder.com/ Mississippi Slow Food Convivium.
CulinaryCorps will provide the kitchen cheap oakley sunglasses muscle in a joint effort to to celebrate the Gulf Coast journey from field to fork (and raise some funds for the local farmers markets while we’re at it).
While we plan for the upcoming event, click here for some seasonal blueberry inspiration.
We couldn’t have asked for a better overview from CHOW or a more heartfelt post from Jessica of SuGoodSweets. Both pieces have been wonderful ways to spread the word about CulinaryCorps (in fact, Jessica’s post was picked up by Serious Eats), and more importantly, the work that is left to be done in NOLA.
We found these funky bottles of CoolBrew at the local NOLA Whole Foods off of Magazine Street during our June trip. After some in-store deliberation about how the http://www.oakleyonorder.com/ thing actually worked, we swept it into our cart and christened it as the morning caffeine of choice throughout the week.
One bottle contains 32 oz. of chicory coffee concentrate. Brewed without heat, this sometimes bitter blend transforms into a slighty syrupy and flavorfully complex liquid. Combine one “shot” from the unique contraption built into the bottle with 6 oz. of milk, a healthy dose of sugar syrup cheap oakley sunglasses and a few ice cubes…and well, you’ve got yourself one tasty iced beverage.
Yes, buying 32oz. bottles by the 6-pack from the CoolBrew on-line shop may be considered the cheaters version of the NYT’s do-it-yourself recipe but summer is all about letting go of the hassle in the heat, right? We’re thinking a shot or two in our next batch of dark-chocolate brownies may really lead to some crazy alchemy.
CulinaryCorps appreciates all of its generous supporters, inspirational partners, and steadfast volunteers who have contributed to the success of our program. Learn more about our supporters