Food News: August 15, 2007

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

By Melanie Stein

Hoback FD to feed masses at annual BBQ
For 31 years, the Hoback Volunteer Fire Department has been throwing a barbeque rib fundraiser to help support firefighting efforts. This year’s ’que will start at noon on Saturday at the Snake River Sporting Club, formerly Astoria campground.

“Thousands of people come,” said Mary Cernicek, a volunteer firefighter. “What we enjoy the most is being out there, hobnobbing with the community, seeing friends and neighbors. It’s makes you feel good when you get recognition and support.”
The funds raised at the event go toward purchasing equipment, gear and other needed items.

A feast of corn, beans, coleslaw, homemade desserts and the famous ribs made with a secret recipe awaits those who come. Adults pay $10, kids 6-12 $5 and kids under 6 eat for free.

There also will be a live auction of donated items, including fly fishing rods, rifles, shotguns, handmade quilts, clothing, jewelry and gift certificates. Call 690-1576 for additional details.

Think globally, gorge locally
Her electric chatter over the phone can only mean one thing: Diane Hatz is on tour.
Come Friday, Hatz, founder of the nonprofit Sustainable Table, an organization that is dedicated to the sustainable food movement, will descend upon the Tetons, visiting the Teton Valley Community School, at 55 Birch St. in Victor, Idaho, for a fundraiser hosted by Slow Food in the Tetons and benefiting the Teton Farm and Garden.

Starting at 5:30 p.m., children enrolled in the summer adventure program at the community school will serve food they prepared with ingredients harvested from their garden, the Cosmic Apple Farm and other local farms. An African drumming troupe, Djembe Fo, will play as well as Ben Winship, Thomas Sneed and Friends. Entry is $25 for adults, $15 for children, and free for kids under 5.

Also, 8-11 a.m. on Saturday, Sustainable Table will be at Jackson Hole Farmers Market on the Town Square, in the Chefs on the Square booth. Slow Food in the Tetons, the nonprofit of the day, will hold a pie-baking contest. Bring your best homemade pie, along with the recipe, and see if it deserves the title of “best of the Tetons.” Extra points will be awarded to those using local ingredients.

Hatz’s visit is part of a 29-stop cross-country, rock star sized bus tour. But instead of the bus being powered by testosterone and hairspray, it runs on biodiesel, and the only greens on board might be the fresh local organic produce she’s gathered along the way. The tour will wrap up at the Farm Aid concert on Sept. 9 in the group’s home town, New York City.

Keep in touch with the Sustainable Table tour bus at www.SustainableTable.org.  Or contact Muncaster at 690-1385.
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