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An Arizona-based food, beverage and travel writer since 2008, I launched this website in 2015 to document my culinary adventures, beverage escapades, gardening endeavors, and travel in the Phoenix area and beyond. Also find a comprehensive calendar of Phoenix-area food and drink-related events on my Events page.

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Feeding the Future at The Farm at South Mountain

  • The Farm at South Mountain (map)
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For a third year, Feeding the Future unites top Phoenix chefs and high school students to create a new vision for school food. The event is hosted by the Blue Watermelon project, an initiative of Slow Food Phoenix. On January 11 at The Farm at South Mountain, attendees can taste these re-imagined cafeteria trays at a special event and competition. Students and their mentor chefs will serve samples of their school lunches, alongside bites, drinks and desserts from other Blue Watermelon chefs.During the tasting event diners will stroll through the Pecan Grove at The Farm at South Mountain enjoying these inspired visions for the future of school food. The teams include:

  • Students from Casteel High School mentored by James Beard Award nominated chef Charleen Badman of FnB.

  • Students from Perry High School mentored by Tamara Stanger, executive chef at Cotton & Copper in Tempe.

  • Students from Paradise Valley High School mentored by chefs Dina Altieri, Director of Culinary Enterprises, and Doug Robson of Otro Cafe and Gallo Blanco.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit EventBrite.

Earlier Event: January 11
WILLCOX: Whiskey and Wine at Kief-Joshua Vineyards
Later Event: January 13
Maple & Ash Wine Dinner with Maggie Harrison