A Great Dinner for a Great Cause

On Thursday evening April 21, 2011 we attended the Guest Chef Night dinner at FareStart (http://www.farestart.org/).  It was our first time there and not only was the meal wonderful, but the reason for having it was even more spectacular.  In their brochure it is described that:

FareStart provides a community that transforms lives by empowering homeless and disadvantaged men, women, and families to achieve self-sufficiency through life skills, job training, and employment in the food service industry.

It was recently announced that FareStart received the 2011 James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year award which will be bestowed on May 9, 2011 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.  This seems absolutely fitting given the description that “For nearly 20 years, FareStart has provided opportunities for more than 5,000 people to transform their lives through culinary job training and placement.”

This Thursday’s Guest Chef was Robert Spaulding from Elliott’s Oyster House.  The dinner was three courses that included an appetizer of cured sablefish on a corn blini.  This was followed by “King Salmon and King Crab Medallions.”

Dessert was a “Wild Huckleberry-Walnut Crostata.”

Every course was plated beautifully and tasted as good as it looked.  Further, the graduation ceremony of three students during a pause in the meal was very touching.  All in all we are anxiously looking forward to returning for another Guest Chef Night at FareStart.  I would also encourage everyone to partake of the experience as well.