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<DIV>JOIN FRIENDS OLD AND NEW FOR MOSCOW FOOD CO-OP’S FIRST EVER COMMUNITY
DINNER<BR><BR>Talking with friends and eating delicious food are two of life’s
greatest pleasures. Beginning July 20th, the Co-op is providing a special venue
to enjoy them, with its first ever Community Dinner.<BR>Fourteen places will be
set at one big table decorated with candles and local flowers, and a four-course
gourmet meal served family-style.<BR>Anyone can attend, but attendance is
limited to 14, reservations are required, and the meal must be paid for in
advance. The cost is $24 per person, with wine sold separately by the glass.
Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. The chef for July’s dinner is Co-op deli supervisor
Nikki Woodland.<BR>The July menu includes: <BR>Grilled Flatbread with Organic
Tomatoes, Fresh Organic Basil, and Fresh Whole Milk Mozzarella; Caesar Salad
with House-Made Dressing, Fresh Parmesan Cheese, Croutons, Organic Roma Tomatoes
and Pancetta; Herb Coated Tuna Fillet served over Caponata and drizzled with
Lemon Crème Fraiche; Roasted Organic Potatoes with Fresh Rosemary and Garlic;
and Rustic Strawberry Rhubarb Tart with Chambord Whipped Cream.<BR>“These
dinners are a chance for people to meet others in the community or just have
more time to sit and chat with people that you see in passing but don’t know
that well,” said Amy Richard, Co-op kitchen manager. “And it’s also an
opportunity for our cooks to really show off.”<BR>The Co-op plans to have two
community dinners each month. August dinners are scheduled for Thursday, August
10, and Thursday, August 24. Menus will be posted at the store, and Richard
plans to start an email list for people who would like to receive the menus as
they are announced.<BR>July’s dinner theme is simply “community.” But Richard
has lots of ideas for future community dinner themes.<BR>“I am hoping to feature
a local farmer’s harvest at a dinner and hopefully the grower can join us for
the meal. I also think it would be great to try out different food themes, or
different guest groups, such as people who are interested in gardening, or
knitting, or writing, or whatever,” Richard said. “Anyone can participate, and
that’s the beauty, excitement, and fun of it.”<BR>For more information, contact
Amy Richard or Mariah Hey at the Co-op at 882-8537. To make reservations, see a
cashier at the store, located at 121 E. Fifth Street in Moscow.<BR></DIV><?/fontfamily></BODY></HTML>