Cook With Chef Chris Brown at Second "Food for Change" Dinner

Chef Chris Brown of The Stop Community Food Centre has announced plans for the second Food for Change dinner, set to take place on Thursday, August 20 "under the stars in the sheltered garden of The Stop’s Green Barn". Local food aficionados can buy tickets for the dinner only; true devotees can join the kitchen crew and help prepare the meal under the direction of Brown himself, who previously helmed the kitchen at Perigée.

The meal alone is $75, or $120 with wine pairing. Kitchen crew pay $100. All proceeds go to The Stop's programs to fight hunger, build hope and inspire change. To reserve for either cooking or eating, email Danielle or call 416-652-7867, extenion 250.

Here's the August 20 menu:

• Smoked ricotta-stuffed squash blossom over sautéed mushrooms and in-house sprouts
• Local speckled trout poached in a bagna cauda with scrambled eggs and crisp guanciale
• Sweet pea tortellini in an heirloom-tomato consommé with sparkling cider jelly
• Melon and mint intermezzo
• Roasted duck breast with beet root, roasted apricot and balsamic
• Peach cobbler: Peach and honey ice cream over a vanilla tapioca cream and topped with a buttermilk biscuit