Anne Garfield to be ‘Celebrity Chef’ at school

Where can you get home made calzone, fresh kale salad with dried fruits and cheeses and chocolate pudding cake for lunch for just $5?

Where can you get home made calzone, fresh kale salad with dried fruits and cheeses and chocolate pudding cake for lunch for just $5?

Try the public school cafeteria on Feb. 15 where Anne Garfield will be serving up this delicious lunch for kids and anyone else between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Garfield will also be visiting Paula Towne’s food class, about which her students are very excited.

“When a chef of Anne’s caliber takes time out of her busy schedule to spend one-on-one time with our kids who really love cooking and food, it’s a very special thing,” says Madie Murray, Chair of the Farm to Cafeteria Program.

The “Veggie of the Month” at school for February is kale, so the menu includes a kale salad. Towne’s food class project with Garfield will include lessons about the nourishing attributes of kale as well as the many ways it can be enjoyed outside of just salad.

“I’m happy to volunteer at the school to share my joy of food,” Garfield said.

Being raised in a big family and around older siblings who opened her eyes to more than buttered noodles and white bread, Anne’s keeping the tradition alive by passing along the gifts her older siblings gave to her when she was just 11.