Local Celebration
To celebrate my week of ”going local,” I attended the 100 Mile Diet Celebration Dinner at the Albany Pump Station Monday night and it was fabulous!
I took Rhaya’s advice on beer and kicked off the evening with a locally brewed Hefeweizen and then made my way to a table of fellow locavores to settle in for some good conversation and fresh local food. The dinner started out with some congratulatory remarks from one of the organizers of the Capital District’s 100 Mile Diet Challenge, Cheryl Nechaman, who announced 76 people participated in the challenge; and comments by Karissa Centanni, from Honest Weight Food Co-op, who recognized a few of the area’s pioneers in sustainable living and one of the local farmers who provided a great amount of the food for the evening.
I admit that I wanted to try a little of everything for dinner as it all looked so good but some of the highlights include the Curried Butternut Squash Soup, the Roast Loin of Pork with Apple Chutney and Cracked Pepper-Cider Glaze, and the Apple Crisp topped with Brown Cow Ice Cream. Everything tasted incredible, but the best part was meeting and chatting with some of the like-minded individuals in the area who share the same passion for making the right choices when it comes to food.
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