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October Schedule of Events
October Schedule of Events
Monday, 10/1 – Operation Backpack – Noon – 12:50 – AB 203/205
Hunger doesn’t take a break on the weekends. Learn about the innovative program that provides backpacks filled with foods to low income school children in the St. Louis area. Melissa Mobley, program coordinator will share with us the program’s needs and successes. Learn more at http://www.operationfoodsearch.org/services-and-programs/operation-backpack.php
Monday, 10/1 – RSVP Deadline for Dining Etiquette Workshop and Dinner on 10/8
Feel comfortable when dining, no matter how complicated the table setting! Etiquette expert, Maria Everding will help us work our way through a soup, salad, entrée and dessert with ease. Learn more at www.theetiquetteinstitute.com
There is a $25.00 charge for faculty, staff, students and alumni. RSVP online at www.fontbonne.edu/dedicated.
Workshop/Dinner will be at the Missouri Athletic Club, West on Monday, Oct. 8.
Tuesday, 10/2 – Olive Oil for Health – 4:30 – 5:30 in AB 109
Learn about the history of olives and appreciate the processing and health benefits from Marianne Prey the owner of Extra Virgin, An Olive Ovation. Tastings along the spectrum of buttery to spicy olive oils will be conducted. Learn more at: http://www.extravirginoo.com
This session will be repeated at the same time on Wednesday, 10/4.
Wednesday 10/3 – Missouri Botanical Gardens Class: Get to know your Favorite Food - Coffee – Early dinner at 4:30, Leave campus 5:00, return 7:30
Enjoy a free box dinner at 4:30 in the DSAC compliments of Stratton’s Café (www.strattonscafe.com). The Coffee class will feature Frank McGinty of Kaldi’s Coffee. Current practices of coffee growing and processing, especially focused on Costa Rico and Colombia. Plenty of samples will be available! Transportation to and from the Botanical Gardens will be provided. Space is limited to 25 attendees.
Cost is $15 for faculty, staff, and alumni. Students are required to submit a $10 deposit that will be returned the evening of the class. RSVP deadline is Monday, Sept. 24, Contact Angie Dowell at adowell@fontbonne.edu for reservation details.
Thursday, 10/4 – Tasting – Eggplant samples available – 11:30 – 12:30 – Ryan Hall
Did you know that there are many varieties of Eggplant? Visit our tastings table and taste the difference.
Thursday, 10/4 – Olive Oil for Health – 4:30 – 5:30 in AB 109
Learn about the history of olives and appreciate the processing and health benefits from Marianne Prey the owner of Extra Virgin, An Olive Ovation. Tastings along the spectrum of buttery to spicy olive oils will be conducted. Learn more at: http://www.extravirginoo.com
This session is a repeat from the Tuesday, 10/2 session
Friday, 10/5 - RSVP Deadline for World Food Day on 10/12
Join FISH as they assemble life-saving food packages as part of World Food Day. A t-shirt and transportation will be provided. Learn more at www.stlwfd.org.
RSVP early as only 40 spots available. Contact Lizzie Tran at TranE@fontbonne.edu to reserve your spot.
Monday, 10/8 – RSVP and Payment Deadline for the Missouri Botanical Course, “Get to Know Your Favorite Food: Chocolate” on 10/17.
There is a $15.00 charge for faculty, staff, and alumni. Students will need a $10.00 deposit to hold a spot. Class size limited to 25. Contact Janelle Densberger at jdensberger@fontbonne.edu for reservation information.
Monday, 10/8 – Dining Etiquette Workshop and Dinner – 6:30 – 8:30 at the Missouri Athletic Club, West
Feel comfortable when dining, no matter how complicated the table setting! Etiquette expert, Maria Everding will help us work our way through a soup, salad, entrée and dessert with ease. Learn more at www.theetiquetteinstitute.com
There is a $25.00 charge for faculty, staff, students and alumni. RSVP online at www.fontbonne.edu/dedicated. RSVP deadline is Monday, Oct. 1.
Tuesday 10/9 – Healthy and Quick Family Meals –7:15 – 8:30 Lewis Room
Cheryl Houston, PhD, RD, LD, professor and director of the dietetics program at Fontbonne, will present ideas for healthy and quick meals for families of any size. Be sure to bring your questions.
Thursday, 10/11 – Tasting – Cactus Pear samples available – 11:30 – 12:30 – Ryan Hall
Sometimes called a prickly pear or Indian fig, this fruit is popular in Mexico, Central and South America.
Friday, 10/12 – World Food Day – 2:00 – 4:00 – John Burroughs High School
Join FISH as they assemble life-saving food packages as part of World Food Day. A t-shirt and transportation will be provided. Learn more at www.stlwfd.org.
RSVP deadline is Friday, 10/5. Contact Lizzie Tran at TranE@fontbonne.edu to reserve your spot.
Monday, 10/15 – Viewing “SuperSize Me”, part 1 – Noon, Lewis Room
“While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.” Learn more at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/
Due to the length of this documentary it will be shown in two parts, each lasting approximately 50 minutes.
Monday, 10/15 – Hunger Banquet – 6:00 – 8:00 - DSAC Caf’
Learn and Eat what the world eats! We live in a land of plenty, but this is not true for the majority of the world.
Thank you to the Community Nutrition course for hosting this event. More details will be available in the near future.
Learn and Eat what the world eats! We live in a land of plenty, but this is not true for the majority of the world. Help us impact world hunger with your $10 ticket purchase. Ticket sales October 1- 4 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday sales in Ryan Hall and Wednesday/Thursday sales in DSAC. 100% of the net proceeds will go to the Niger Hunger Relief Effort.
Tuesday, 10/16 - Helping Children to Eat Healthy – 6:30 – 8:00 – Lewis Room
Toddlers can be challenging at the dinner table! Kim Hessler, MS, RD, LD, part-time faculty member of Human Environmental Sciences and mother of two will provide tips to assist parents and teachers as they help children make and eat healthy food choices.
Wednesday, 10/17 – Viewing “SuperSize Me”, part 2 – Noon, Lewis Room
“While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.” Learn more at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/
Wednesday 10/17 – Missouri Botanical Gardens Class: Get to know your Favorite Food - Chocolate – Early dinner at 4:30, Leave campus 5:00, return 7:30
Enjoy a free box dinner at 4:30 in the DSAC compliments of Stratton’s Café (www.strattonscafe.com). At the Chocolate class you will discover flavors of chocolate you never knew existed, learn why some chocolate is better for the environment, and see why some chocolate shouldn’t be bought at all. Learn all this and more from Brian Pelletier of Kakao while sampling. Transportation to and from the Botanical Gardens will be provided. Space is limited to 20 attendees.
Cost is $15 for faculty, staff, and alumni. Students are required to submit a $10 deposit that will be returned the evening of the class. RSVP deadline is Monday, Oct. 8, Contact Janelle Densberger at jdensberger@fontbonne.edu for reservation details.
Thursday, 10/18 – Tasting – Asparagus samples available – 11:30 – 12:30 – Ryan Hall
Did you know that it takes three years to harvest the first crop off the asparagus plant? Stop by and taste the nutrient rich food.
Tuesday, 10/23 – Global Food Systems and Local Influences – 12:30 – 1:45- Lewis Room
Barbara Jennings, CSJ will address how our complicated global food system has local effects: too much food, too little food, not enough nutrition, not the right kind of nutrition, too much labeling, too little labeling. Are GMO's healthy? How is a person to know what to eat?! How are corporations responding or not responding to a food system that may be too big to fail?
Thursday, 10/25 – Tasting – Edible Flowers samples available – 11:30 – 12:30 – Ryan Hall
These are not just for garnish. These flowers can be eaten! Thank you to Sunfarm for their generous donation. Visit www.sunfarmfs.com
Thursday, 10/25 – Food is Your Medicine – 3:00 – 4:30 – Lewis Room
Food is our best medicine. What we eat today on a regular basis may have a bigger impact on our health decades in the future than even exercise, meditation, massage therapy, and other popular healthy habits. Traditional Chinese Medicine assigns medicinal benefits to each kind of grain, nut, seed, vegetable, fruit, and meat. This knowledge allows you to carefully choose the best foods to eat for your particular health goals. Many herbs are considered to be vegetables and some vegetables are powerful enough to be considered medicinal. Prevention can be the most effective use of herbs and one of the best ways to be preventive with them is to incorporate them into your daily food. Knowing the best foods to eat for your particular health goals and including medicinal quantities of herbs in your daily diet are illustrative of one of the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Herbalist and registered aromatherapist, Cheryl Hoard, owner of Cheryl's Herbs, located in St. Louis on Manchester Rd. in Maplewood, is internationally recognized as a national leader in elevating the standards of Aromatherapy use and education. She was a contributing author for Llewellyn’s 2009 Herbal Almanac. She has twice been president of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy. She has been the aromatherapy consultant for Time Life Books, lectures for Washington University Medical School, St. Louis University Medical School, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis University School of Social Work, St. Louis Community College, Meramec and Missouri Botanical Garden.
Friday, 10/26, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – 7:00 – 9:00 – Lewis Room
The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain. Learn more at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844471/
Family and Friends are Encouraged to Attend!!
Monday, 10/29 – RSVP Deadline for the Missouri Botanical Course, “Get to Know Your Favorite Food: Tea” on 11/7.
There is a $15.00 charge for faculty, staff, and alumni. Students will need a $10.00 deposit to hold a spot. Class size limited to 25. Contact Angie Dowell at adowell@fontbonne.edu for reservation information.
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