Setting up Our Events

A lot of work goes into putting our events together, so it would be delightful to highlight some memorable moments from the prep work!

First Tasting Party

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    I know it’s a bit of a mess, but we had a lot of ingredients out and ready to be cooked and served to the Indwell tenants!

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    Chef Lucca is hard at work preparing the meals for the First Tasting Party! Just look at that veggie chili simmer!

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    Chef Lucca is hard at work preparing the meals for the First Tasting Party! Look at him stir that zucchini pasta up!

Second Tasting Party

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    Juicing an ungodly amount of lemons so that we can serve up some ice cold lemonade for the Tasting Party!

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    Can I just ask something really quick? Why were there so many chairs to set up?! I was sweating after moving them all!

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    What will Lucca do with the vegetable broth, you might ask? Enrich the food, duh!

Final Party Prep

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    Only a quarter of the delicious food Lucca had prepped and ready to go for the party is pictured here!

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    Making fries out of chickpea flour can get a little messy sometimes! 😅

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    Those pizzas are looking scrumptious, Lucca! The toppings are just calling to everyone!

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    Lisa’s got her hands full with filling up the pitchers with peach-grapefruit iced tea!! (Trust us, it tasted phenomenal!)

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    Some leftover salad from our pizza topping prep. I thought it looked cute enough for a photo :)

Cooking Class Prep

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    Some cookware that was donated to the program by Mary Ann! We will be distributing these supplies to tenants during our cooking classes!

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    Lucca brought over this cute little cart from I have no idea where, but it’s been coming in handy with our shopping!

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    A peak at the final cooked components of the Koshary dish from our Egyptian cuisine week, which we’d assemble very shortly to get some delicious bites in!

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    Packing the Koshary food kits for the tenants of our Tuesday class! Sometimes it can get a little messy but it all works out in the end!

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    Food kit prep for our Brazilian class!

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    Shot of Proudfoot Hall Kitchen; ambient lighting only.

  • Cutting up some paper for the recipe books!