THE BIG CHEESE on Campus: The Cheesy Vegan Goes to College!!!

THE BIG CHEESE on Campus: The Cheesy Vegan Goes to College!!!

November 24, 2013
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THE BIG CHEESE… After a semester of planning and using The Cheesy Vegan as part of their curriculum, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Hospitality Management Program students hosted THE BIG CHEESE event on November 19, serving several of my Cheesy Vegan recipes to a packed room. The event served as a fundraiser for the Hospitality Management Program, and was the first major event hosted by the program.

The students created every aspect of this special event–logistics, room design, recipe selection, food prep, set-up, hosting, serving, etc.–from the ground up. They showed that they can run with the best of them in the Hospitality world.

As an educator, writer, and activist for a more compassionate world, watching these students work on this semester-long project made my heart SING! The world skipped ahead a little further in a positive direction thanks to all of them!!! +++++

Here are a few scenes from the evening…

 

Here I am with the three Hospitality Management classes, who planned The Big Cheese, just before the event started.

Here I am with the three Hospitality Management classes, who planned The Big Cheese, just before the event started.

 

Here I am enjoying the Cheesy Vegan buffet prepared by the Hospitality Management Program students with Professor Jennifer Forney and University of Pittsburgh at Bradford President, Dr. Livingston Alexander

Here I am with Hospitality Management Professor Jennifer Forney and University of Pittsburgh at Bradford President, Dr. Livingston Alexander, enjoying The Cheesy Vegan buffet prepared by the Hospitality Management students

 

Flying Buffalo Dip (page 144) from The Cheesy Vegan ~ being served last night at The Big Cheese fundraising event

Flying Buffalo Dip (page 144) from The Cheesy Vegan ~ being served at The Big Cheese fundraising event

 

The Sailor's Spinach Dip (page 141) from The Cheesy Vegan ~ being served at The Big Cheese fundraising event

The Sailor’s Spinach Dip (page 141) from The Cheesy Vegan ~ being served at The Big Cheese fundraising event

 

Cheddar Pub Dip (page 143) from The Cheesy Vegan ~ being served at The Big Cheese fundraising event

Cheddar Pub Dip (page 143) from The Cheesy Vegan ~ being served at The Big Cheese fundraising event

 

Sunrise Bruschetta with Ricotta, Powdered Sugar, & Lemon Zest (page 48) from The Cheesy Vegan ~ being served at The Big Cheese fundraising event

Sunrise Bruschetta with Ricotta, Powdered Sugar, & Lemon Zest (page 48) from The Cheesy Vegan ~ being served at The Big Cheese fundraising event

 

Here I am again with superCOOL Pitt-Bradford President Livingston Alexander enjoying more cheesy-licious dishes! (Photo by Francie Long)

Here I am again with superCOOL Pitt-Bradford President Livingston Alexander enjoying more cheesy-licious dishes! (Photo by Francie Long, www.longartphoto.com)

John Schlimm

John Schlimm is a Harvard-trained educator, advocate, artist, and the award-winning author of 19 books on dogs, memoir, entertaining/cooking, history, how-to, and essays.

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