Chefs for the Marcellus Benefit: Spring Fling and Pesto Competiton!
Please join us at Ger-Nis Culinary and Herb Center for herbal appetizers & nibbles, herbal cocktails and other libations by Wolf and Deer and Ger-Nis, cooking demonstrations, music by Evan Swamm Trio, and information about how people who love our local food and water can fight fracking. Pesto judges: Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez, Jimmy Carbone, Mary Cleaver, Matt Timms, and Tamar Adler. Competing chefs: Maneet Chauhan, Nissa Pierson, Cathy Erway, Rafael Hasid, Pierre Thiam, and Louisa Shafia. And more! 12 noon – 4 pm Ger-Nis Culinary and Herb Center, 540 President St, Suite 2E, Brooklyn 11215 map $25 minimum donation.
Chefs for the Marcellus, a campaign that Baum Forum helped launch, is a group of chefs, restauranteurs, and other food professionals who have come together to protect our regional foodshed from the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for natural gas.
To learn more about our campaign and why fracking should be banned please visit us at chefsformarcellus.org.