Taste Some Greek Treats
Has it really been a whole year since the last Greek food festival at Spokane’s Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church?
Must be, because they’re doing it again next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - for the 61st straight year, no less - at the church at 1703 N. Washington.
The new dinner menu introduced last year will again be available, including kapama (ragout of beef), pasta with browned butter and myzithra cheese, green beans with garlic and herbs, Greek salad, dessert and coffee. It will be served from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. each day, to eat there or to take out; cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under.
Marinated meats and Greek sausages will be grilled at an outdoor taverna, which also will feature beer and wine and performances by the church dance troupe. A bazaar selling homemade Greek pastry and deli and import items opens each day at 10 a.m.
Tickets can be purchased at the church, in advance or at the door, or at City Ramp Garage, 430 W. First, and G. Arger Co. Real Estate, 300 N. Mullan. For information, call 328-9310.
Wines and whinnies
Want to try grabbing a golden ring while sipping some of your favorite reds and whites?
The second annual Carrousels & Corks wine festival, to raise money for continued preservation of Riverfront Park’s 87-year-old carrousel, is Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the carrousel.
Admission is $15 (adults only), which includes wine and microbrewery beer tasting, a complimentary souvenir wine glass, appetizers and free carrousel rides. Raffle tickets will be available for $1 for a limited edition miniature carrousel horse. Proceeds will be used to restore the carrousel band organ to operating condition.
Tickets are available at the Vino! wine shop, 1319 W. First, at selected Rosauers supermarkets or by calling 625-6632.
What, no waffles?
Poor President Clinton is taking it from all sides on the cyberfood front these days.
When Dole foods (do we smell a rat here?) asked kids over the Internet how Clinton could promote eating more fruits and vegetables, one youngster from Tifton, Ga., replied: “He can talk about healthy foods that are his favorites rather than fast food.”
And when Baskin-Robbins solicited suggestions through America Online for names for a Democratic ice cream flavor this fall, ideas included “Whitewater Swirl,” “I Feel Your Plain” vanilla and “So Good, I Inhaled It!” (The winner: “Sax-y Candydate,” which is up against “G.O.Peanut Butter.”)
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