CNYFood Speaker & Film Series

The second event in the CNYFood Speaker & Film series, presented by Slow

Food CNY and Small Potatoes, is only a week away. Our speaker, Jennifer

Baskerville-Burrows is the author of the food blog Cookin' in the Cuse, the

Syracuse Contributing Editor for Edible Finger Lakes magazine, and has been

published in the Post Standard as well as the anthology Bread, Body,

Spirit. She currently serves as Rector (head pastor) of Grace Episcopal

Church and Episcopal chaplain at Syracuse University, and will be joining

the Diocese of Chicago as Director of Networking. She is also a mother and

a triathlete.

Following Jennifer we will be showing the documentary Food Stamped, an

informative and humorous film that follows a couple as they attempt to eat

a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget.

The newly opened Redhouse Cafe will be having a soup and salad special

before the event begins, and will be debuting their new wine and dessert

menu after the film. The Sweet Praxis will also be in the house sampling up

some locally sourced,delectable macarons and baked goodies

And if that's not enough to bring you out into the cold Syracuse evening,

then how 'bout Syracuse's HOT potato rapper, Tots? He'll be mashing up the

stage that night too.

And no one attend the event need go hungry. The newly opened Redhouse Cafe

will have a Slow Food soup and salad special before the event from 5-7.

After the movie they will also be debuting their new wine and dessert menus

after the screening of the film. The Sweet Praxis will be in the house

dishing out samples, as well as selling their delctable macarons and

treats.

This event is December 14, begins at 7, is FREE and open to the public,. It

will held at the Redhouse Arts Center, located at 201 South West

Street Syracuse, NY.

It is sponsored by Wellness from Within, who offer Holistic Health and

Nutrition Coaching, and Recess Coffeehouse and Roastery, who specialize in

fair trade and organic coffee, and are located at 110 Harvard Place.

Without the generous support of our sponsors events like this wouldn't

possible.

This series is the result of a community effort to strengthen the local

food system through networking, collaboration, and education. In February

2011, Slow Food CNY, Small Potatoes, Syracuse Community Test Kitchen and

the South Side Innovation Center hosted a simulcast of TEDxManhattan:

Changing the Way We Eat conference. Following the event members of the

CNYFood System have been hosting meetings and networking events to discuss

how to improve the economy, environment, health, and culture of Central New

York by improving and celebrating our food.

The speakers were chosen by a jury of food system advocates from Edible

Finger Lakes Magazine, B.C. Restaurant, and Syracuse University from

candidates nominated by the public.