St. Symeon Orthodox Church to Welcome Community at Its 6th Annual Food and Culture Fair on October 12
Summary
The fair, now in its 6th year, will continue to offer baked goods, gifts, and hot food items such as Greek donuts, homemade pierogi, Ukrainian borsch, and sausage roll sandwiches at its open air marketplace on the church grounds.Cultural Programs“The Food and Culture Fair is our annual open house,” explained Fr. Each year, church members work in teams to create market booths that loosely coincide with the different ethnic backgrounds of the congregation.This year, the always-popular Slavic booth has been renamed “Babushka’s Kitchen” in honor of the church’s beloved Ukrainian babushka, Lydia Landar, who makes the borsch for the event in addition to other foods. Guests at this year’s Food and Culture Fair will also find made-to-order loukoumades, or fried Greek honey puffs, in the Opa Kabana booth.The event will also feature sausage roll sandwiches, homemade pierogi and Ukrainian borsch as hot lunch options. Pierogi will be served hot accompanied by caramelized onions and sour cream and will also be available frozen by the dozen.Guests can enjoy their food purchases on site in the church fellowship hall and outdoors on the grounds and also stock up on baked goods to take home. There will be music in the fellowship hall for guests to enjoy, and the church’s gift shop will be open, offering books, choir CDs, icons, toys and other goods for sale.St.