This past Sunday, my friend Jamie and I volunteered as chefs at Soil Born Farms for their monthly fundraising dinner, Sunday Supper.
We worked under the direction of Dominic Mogavero, the Kitchen & Demo Coordinator for Soil Born Farms, who created the AMAZING menu and organized much of the day. The menu consisted of herbed lentil and kale soup with rosemary, cheese crostini; marinated purple and green cabbage salad with a spicy citrus dressing, topped with matchstick watermelon Diakon radish; stuffed portabella mushrooms with almond scented quinoa, topped with a medallion of goat cheese and a dusting of Parmesan Reggiano; roasted winter vegetables with fennel; brined roasted chicken with a creamy green garlic and leek sauce and homemade carrot cake. All of this for $25!
This family style dinner was a great way to showcase the Farm’s fresh produce and the talent they employ. If you are interested in learning more about the Farm or would like to volunteer, please click here!
The Soil Born Farms Urban Agriculture & Education Project is a non-profit urban farm located in Sacramento, CA. They focus on promoting health and providing experiential learning opportunities for youth and adults, producing healthy food, improving access to healthy food for all and modeling land and environmental stewardship.
These monthly fundraisers are hosted at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Community Learning Center, where they also provide a cooking class program as well as health and well-being seminars to a variety of lectures and panel discussions with the overarching goal of educating the community about important food, family, health and environmental issues.
I am the Executive Chef @ Tormes Jazz Bar & Restaurant in Palm springs Ca.
I periodically read your blogs to see what is new.
Kudo’s to you both for finding such a creative and un-selfish way to give back to your community. You are an asset to the Food & Beverage Industry..Thank You Botg Vincenzo.