“Cooking is the doorway to caring about where our food comes from, taking care of our families, and taking care of our health. It connects our hands to our senses and to everyone’s hearts.” Meeru Dhalwala

Celebrate and enjoy comfort foods created and cooked from the heart. Sixteen home cooks of different ethnic backgrounds offer you tastes of their family comfort foods at this 2nd annual international food fair and UBC Farm
fundraiser. This family-friendly event features children’s activities and special music by Tarun ‘Tspoon’ Nayar (Delhi 2 Dublin), Rup Sidhu (Banyen Roots), Ndidi Cascade, and friends. The countries and ethnicities represented at this year’s event are: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Hakka Chinese, Chile, Mexico, Maya (Guatemala), Pakistan, Goa (India), Egypt, Syria,
Tsimshian First Nations, Canada (Vancouver), Vietnam, Southern Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Date & location: Sunday, June 10th, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm at the UBC Farm Tickets: Tickets are $50 and include a recipe book with each cook’s story and family recipe. Children 13 and under are free with their parent or guardian’s ticket purchase. Tickets are available at Lower Mainland Choices Markets or online at joyoffeeding.com .

Special Vancity member offer: We are pleased to offer a 2-for-1 ticket deal to Vancity members – purchase two tickets for the price of one. Full member offer details at joyoffeeding.com .

Want to know more? Visit joyoffeeding.com for full event details, and visit the UBC Farm website for an interview with Meeru Dhalwala about the vision behind Joy of Feeding.

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