Dining
Slow Food and Film
Tonight, up-Islanders can enjoy dinner and a movie without crossing the West Tisbury town line, as Slow Food Martha’s Vineyard is hosting a special event at the Chilmark Community Center at 6 p.m. Chefs Robert Lionette and Jan Burhman will prepare the meal; and after diners are sated, they can relax and watch a film about food. FRESH is a new documentary that uses personal stories of change to examine sustainable agriculture, and the individuals working toward reinventing the food system.
Island Grown Dinner
L’étoile restaurant chef Michael Brisson will work with Jack O’Malley from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School culinary arts program and his students to present dinner on Monday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. The Island Grown Initiative event will be held at the culinary arts dining room at the high school.
Washington Workshop
Jan Buhrman of Kitchen Porch catering will host a workshop in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22 and 23 as part of Martha’s Vineyard Culinary and Agricultural Experiences.
When Science Hits the Pan: Cooking For the Heart and Soul will cover how to prepare meals using whole foods and fresh vegetables, understand the power of so-called superfoods in your diet, how to decode food labels, and the importance of sustainable agriculture.
You can tell a meal is almost ready when you begin to catch the full scent wafting from the oven, instructor Carol McManus told 10 chefs-in-the-making as they sat to enjoy a bread and cheese plate in a home economics classroom at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Tuesday night.
This is about the time when people in other areas of the building start to wander in, joked Lynn Ditchfield, beckoned by the smell of peppers, sweet onions and herbs that made up the casserole baking in the oven.
It almost seems like one word; inthese difficulteconomictimes. But there’s an upside to this winter of financial discontent, this season of eating cheaply: Island restaurants have created such good deals that after a night of rice and beans, already leftover, you can splurge without a guilty conscience or a fat wallet. Make it social, split the check, and get an even better deal plus the psychic bonus of a good gossip.
So, you promised to make Christmas cookies with the kids, but you’re feeling rather Scrooge-like.