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Media contact: Joan Aschim, 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Source: Joe McCully, hospitality management instructor, 463-3516
For tickets: Annie Caredio, administrative support specialist, 463-3503
for release May 5, 2004
Culinary students offer Evening in Italy for last dinner of the season
EUGENE - Culinary arts and hospitality students at Lane Community College present the spring term Classical Cuisine Dinner, an Evening in Italy, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, at 6 p.m. in the Center for Meeting and Learning, Building 19, on main campus in Eugene.
An extensive buffet including foods from all regions of Italy will be featured.
Dinner begins with an antipasto plate served tableside. Diners will be greeted with three pasta selections including penne with vodka tomato cream sauce, orecchiette with broccoli and timballo.
A roast loin of beef with juniper berries carved to order and fresh swordfish with orange sauce highlight the entrée selections. For dessert, Italian delicacies like stuffed peaches, cannoli and strawberry crepes flambéed to order, finish off the evening.
Second year culinary student Morgan Wilson is the executive chef for the event and is looking forward to the dinner. "We have collected a number of delicious and interesting dishes for the dinner. I'm very excited about working with my classmates to present a spectacular Italian feast for our guests," he says.
Tickets are $35 each and can be ordered from the Culinary and Hospitality office at 463-3503 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Ticket orders must be received by May 20.
For further information contact Annie Caredio at 463-3503 or e-mail caredioa@lanecc.edu. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
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