ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, April 16, 1997 TAG: 9704160023
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 10 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: DUJOUR
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
Global grub is on this weekend's menu. Between the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke's second annual flapjack fund-raiser and the Local Colors diversity festival, tasters will be able to test the cuisines of at least 15 countries.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, in front of the Kroger supermarket at Tanglewood Mall, nine stalwart Kiwanians per shift will mass produce pancakes to help fund the organization's numerous civic projects. A $5 ticket for adults ($2 for children ages 3-10) will entitle bearers to all of the pancakes, sausage, orange juice, coffee, soda and milk they can consume, plus special savings within the mall.
Between helpings, magicians, clowns and face painters will keep you entertained, or you can bid on items ranging from food to furniture at auctions at 9:30 a.m. and noon.
Tickets are available through Kiwanis club members, at the mall's information center or by calling 366-0834.
Local Colors on Sunday
Local Colors coordinator Pearl Fu recently earned honorary Australian citizenship for having the temerity to taste-test the continent's infamous Vegemite spread. Jeff Boyes, who bestowed the unofficial honor, said he thinks the blackish goo is made from yeast extract, anchovies, soy sauce, and salt to taste - or maybe beer-brewing dregs. It will be among the foods available between 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday on the Roanoke City Market.
More than 40 countries are expected to participate in the annual event, which aims to celebrate the Roanoke Valley's often unnoticed ethnic diversity. Among countries contributing cuisine, Fu listed China, Korea, Cuba, Turkey, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Germany, Malaysia, Norway and the Cherokee Nation.
The festival also will include continuous entertainment, a cultural fashion show and Roanoke Symphony Orchestra conductor David Wiley leading a multi-cultural choral group.
Festival admission is free, but most foods will be sold as fund-raisers for various organizations.
Festival passports, at $2 each, will buy bearers a chance to win a trip for two to Cancun, Mexico. Or you can take a chance at becoming an honorary Aussie. But you know what that means. For more information, call 342-7739.
Afternoon tea in Forest
Before you final-stitch those new, expanded seams, make note that on April 26, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Women will serve Afternoon Tea in the Parish House on Perrowville Road in Forest.
The church, built in 1844, is a National Historic Landmark, which guests can tour at their leisure. The $5 fee will pay for assorted tea sandwiches, cookies, cakes and tea, with profits going to a nonprofit child care center, scheduled to open in Lynchburg in June.
For tickets or information, call Joan Hubbard (804) 525-8813; Shelby Apffel (804) 525-1729 or Sue Griggs (540) 297-7431.
History of winemaking
The first-ever Valley of Virginia Bread and Wine Festival will start at 11 a.m. April 26 and at noon April 27 and end at 5 p.m. both days, at Rockbridge Vineyard and Wade's Mill in Raphine (between Lexington and Staunton).
Tickets, at $12 per day in advance or $15 at the gate, will include wines, foods, crafts, music and seminars on the history of winemaking in the Shenandoah Valley, breadmaking, and about Cyrus McCormick, who invented the reaper about a mile from the festival site. An elegant five-course luncheon package, with matching wines, will be available for $46 per person. Reservations are required. Call (800) 290-1400.
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