Night out

January 19th 2007 will be a night that I will remember for probably ever. I attended a special dinner with two great friends. This dinner was as the Green River Cafe here in East Lansing. The Green River is special to begin with because it is one of the few places around that support the student organic farm on campus, as well as other local and organic suppliers. Some groups collaborated to have a special meal featuring a young Chef recently coming out of the French Laundry and moving on to other things. When I heard about this I jumped on it and had to call some friends to support this and have a great night out.
The menu was all vegiterian and consisted of
Soup: Squash or Creamy potato Leek
Salad:Mixed greens with toasted walnuts, dried cranberries and homeade organic balsamic vinagrette
Entree: Witnter Vegetables over couscous or Roasted Vegetable Kabobs
Derrert; A very generous portion of Michigan apple crisp with organic oats, walnuts and vanilla icecream
(And it was only $14!)

This was a fantastic evening full of great food, great music and most importantly great company. It just reinforced in my mind the meaning of sharing a meal together. A meal is more than food it can be an experience. It was just heart warming and inspiring to eat an entire meal from food that was grown with care and prepared in a great way that used the flavors in their best way instead of overseasoning, and masking the natural beauty of the food. Being surrounded by people that care enough to come to a dinner devoted to thinking global but eating local was just amazing. I couldn't stop smiling and thanking my friends for coming out with me and making the night so special. It was great to feel that excited about something, I haven't felt that great and hopeful for the world in a long time.

The owner of the resturant liked this night so much that he wants to have more groups involved in a monthly evening like this. Meghan who is in the food science club with me jumped on the chance to host the next one. Hopefully it will be just as successful.