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Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Public information officer: Joan Aschim, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
For interview: Joe McCully, hospitality management instructor, 463-3516
For tickets: Suzi Dahlstedt, student reservationist, 463-3516
for release February 4, 2005
Classical cuisine dinner celebrates the travels of Marco Polo
EUGENE - Culinary arts and hospitality management students at Lane Community College present the winter classical cuisine dinner on Thursday, March 3, at 6 p.m. at the Center for Meeting and Learning, Building 19, on main campus at 4000 E. 30th Avenue in Eugene.
The students chose the travels of Marco Polo as inspiration for the dinner. Cuisine will feature countries visited by Marco Polo including India, China, Turkey, and Italy.
Dinner begins with an appetizer of Portabella mushroom Biryani from India, followed by lamb and hot pot and bean curd soup from Mongolia. A fish course prepared Hunan style from China precedes the main course of chicken stuffed with tomatoes and feta cheese. Dessert featuring a panna cotta with poached pears from Polo's home country of Italy completes the eclectic menu.
The evening's entertainment is as exotic and varied as the menu. Lane theater students will perform a skit of Marco Polo's adventures; Ziola, a local dancer, will perform a traditional Indian dance; and the Damaka Bhangra dancers, a local troupe, will perform a Northern Indian folk dance.
Second-year student Don Doolin is the dining room manager for the event and is excited about 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 international menu for our guests," he says.
Tickets are $35 each and can be ordered from the Culinary and Hospitality office. Call Joe McCully or Suzy Dahlstedt at 463-3516; or leave a message; or e-mail mccullyj@lanecc.edu. Seating is limited. Tickets must be purchased in advance, by February 28. See additional information and the menu at: 2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/culinary/cuisine.htm
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