Another cause worthy of our support is the Organic Lunch with Margarita Fores and Chef Richard Ynayan of the Culinary Institute De Lasalle – Bacolod on November 26, 2009. Proceeds from this event will go to the Suntown Camp Cancer Foundation. This event is still a part of the 4th Negros Organic Farmers Festival.
Manila-based Ilongga restaurateur Margarita Fores traces her roots from the Araneta clan of Bago City. Ms. Fores owns Cibo, Pepato, Cafe Bola in Manila. The benefit lunch will be at the Provincial Social Hall where Ms. Fores will be cooking her specially prepared menu using locally produced certified organic ingredients.
Among the dishes are organic salad of palm heart and guava jelly vinaigrette,pate raviolini with sage butter, roast Bacolod style lechon with duetto sauces of liver and mostarda di frutta, roast goat capretto rosmarino with English mint, lemon and pepper roast chicken, and fried organic boneless bangus with mango wansuy salsa.
Tickets for this activity will be available at Fresh Start Organic Foods Stores in Sweet Greens and Robinsons Place and at NISARD Office. For reservations, call 4332174 and 7071434.
The 4th Organic Farmers Festival is a project of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental in cooperation with the Organic na Negros! Organic Producers and Retailers Association and Negros Island Sustainable Agriculture Research and Development.