's Feast
The third Kosher Food Fair provides healthy
is and treats for hundreds.
RUTH UTTMANN STAFF WRITER
Setting Tables
For A Simchah
RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WR TER
anet Levine recommends
using powdered sugar,
milk and food coloring to
"paint" holiday cookies at
a table decorated with
Chanukah delights.
Ms. Levine was among sev-
The JFA event touted a
Sukkot table, bursting with
colorful floral arrangements,
as well as a Lag B'Omer table,
sponsored by the National
Council of Jewish Women.
NCJW, which helps run the
People wait in line fora taste of kosher cooking.
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eral volunteers who used
imagination and Jewish flair
to garnish 'rabies of the Fes-
; tivals" at Jewish Federation
Apartments.
The exhibit, which featured
eight tables set for different
holidays, intended to give on-
lookers ideas about how to
spice up their simchot. Tables
of the Festivals was held at the
Harriet and Ben Teitel Build-
ing on Sunday in conjunction
with the Kosher Food Fair
next door at the Jimmmy
Prentis Morris Jewish Com-
munity Center.
Meals On Wheels program,
decorated the table in hopes of
attracting more volunteers.
With the holidays quickly ap-
proaching, said NCJW's Gail
Budin, the Meals On Wheels
program needs more people to
deliver food to the homebound
in metro Detroit.
Pat Milner of JFA said she
hopes Tables of the Festivals
also served to educate visitors
about the Teitel Building and
affiliated residences, which
provide assisted living quar-
ters to hundreds of people. LI
ore than 2,000
nomadic nib-
blers wandered
from table to
table in,the Jim-
my Prentis Mor-
ris Jewish
Community
Center, but the
long lines they
formed were no indication of
shortages.
On the contrary.
Jelly beans and fish, pickles
and dried pineapple, wine and
pizza bedecked tables set for the
third Kosher Food Fair.
Sunday's scrumptious gala
— sponsored by Neighborhood
Project, the JCC and Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan De-
troit — attracted eaters of all
ages.
The young headed for the
sweets. Balancing a cup of
frozen yogurt, brownies and
soda, Ahuvah Weingarten, 11,
said:
"My parents told me I
shouldn't stuff on nosh and to
save room for dinner."
Wishful thinking on behalf
of the elders, to be sure. Ahu-
vah, her sister Shifra and friend
Leah Mondroe were scarfing
the delectables as fast as they
could.
In spite of the sugary smor-
gasbord of treats, this year's
Kosher Food Fair emphasized
health. Beverly Price, a nutri-
tionist for Sinai Hospital,
demonstrated how to prepare
a killer kosher "tofu loaf'
(that's vegetarian for "meat
loaf'). Mimi Markofsky of
Sperber's Kosher Catering fixed
up Fast-n-Easy Stir Fried
Chicken.
"Kosher cooking
also can be
healthful."
Beverly Price
"We want to show how
kosher cooking also can be
healthful," Ms. Price said.
Neighborhood Project's Rho-
da Raderman remembers a
time when the word "kosher"
meant schmaltz and potatoes...
"But kosher food can be deli-
cious and good for you," she
said.
Twenty local caterers, food
manufacturers and distributors
showcased their specialties at
JPM. The event also showcased
JPM's new recreational wing,
dedicated in August.
"The focus of the Food Fair is
to draw people to the Oak Park
and Southfield areas and to at-
tract people to the JCC. Many
haven't seen the renovations,"
Ms. Raderman said.
In a humid corner of the new
pool atrium, the"World's
Largest Matzo Ball" sat
slumped and soggy. Lest any-
one venture to take a bite, Food
Fair staff advised attendees
that the sphere was not for
sampling, but rather for an af-
ternoon contest: Guess its
weight.
Several people won the game
by judging that the orb of in-
flatable vinyl weighed about
150 pounds.
"It was really just a joke," Ms.
Raderman said.
Kosher? But of course.
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