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Food for Thought Festival 2007
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., just off the Capitol Square
Madison, Wisconsin
Parking info from the city of Madison

(The Food for Thought Forum is the night before)   

Main Tent 

9:00 am Presentation of the Food for Thought Recipe Contest winners.  Demonstration of winning recipe.
10:00 am Keynote and cooking demonstration by special guest, Dan Barber 

"Cooking with the Stars!"

Featuring local non-chef "stars" paired with local chefs in a competition to shop the Farmers' Market and create a dish on the spot.  This year's stars will are...Mayor Dave, Alice in Dairyland, Jean Ferraca and Catfish Stephenson. Come cheer them on!
11:00 am Cooking with the Stars - Round One
Mayor Dave with Chef Barbara Wright of Dardanelles
against
Alice in Dairyland with Huma Siddiqui of White Jasmine
12:00 pm Cooking with the Stars - Round Two
Jean Ferraca
with Chef Joel Chesebro 
against
Catfish Stephenson
with Chef Joey Dunscombe of Weary Traveler
1:00 pm Food for Thought Raffle Drawings

 


On the Plaza  - Ongoing from 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

- Taste, feel, experience and learn from 60 organizations and businesses that promote a sustainable food system.  Plenty of delicious local foods to sample or buy.  And we promise, you'll learn something new.  Exhibitor list.
 
Kids' Activity Tent
- Making 24-carrot necklaces, grinding grains, face painting, pickle making and the Madison Childrens' Museum with a special food activity.  This area allows a shaded tent filled with  lots of ways to keep the young ones entertained and engaged in food play.


10:30 am:  "The Garden of Eatin: The Landscape of Wisconsin Food." - 
a participatory performance art presentation by Rafe Montello of We're Cooking Now.  (on the west sidewalk stage.) 

Food for Thought Raffle Booth - tickets for sale from 8 am - 1 pm

- Don't miss this opportunity to win wonderfully delicious prizes -- including the phenomenal grand prize: a Sub-Zero Wine Storage Refrigeration Unit (Can be used free standing or as an undercounter installation.)  All proceeds help fund REAP's programs throughout the year.


The Food for Thought Festival is  brought to you by

with major financial support from
       


and additional funding from:

                     

and in-kind support from

The 
Dane County Farmers' Market


Roden Creative

 

 

For more information on how to exhibit at, sponsor, or volunteer for Food For Thought, contact info@reapfoodgroup.org