Home » Archive by Category

Articles in green tables initiative

Kudo’s Galore
03.22.13 – 12:35 pm | No Comment
Kudo’s Galore

On Wednesday, March 20, our chapter participated in a fundraiser for the McCormick Boys & Girls Club and our organic garden and food education community service program there. The venue, Worlds of Whirlpool, with its …

Call for Proposals & Ideas
02.27.13 – 5:13 pm | 3 Comments
Call for Proposals & Ideas

The Chicago Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier’s mission encourages all members to participate in community service through active participation or donation. Our chapter is accepting applications and ideas for a new community service initiative for …

Early Thanksgiving at McCormick Boys & Girls Club
11.19.12 – 6:58 pm | No Comment
Early Thanksgiving at McCormick Boys & Girls Club

The Chicago Dames provided a wonderful dessert buffet for the kids, staff and major volunteers at the McCormick Club  on November 13th as the finale of the Club’s Thanksgiving Dinner. Our Thanksgiving Angels were Debbie …

Chicago Youth Whip Up More Nutritious Junk Food
06.11.12 – 4:20 pm | No Comment
Chicago Youth Whip Up More Nutritious Junk Food

Students cook in culinary kitchens for Science Club’s year-end event
Reprinted from Northwestern University Newscenter Bulletin
EVANSTON, Ill. — Teams of unlikely chefs bustled about the immaculate kitchens of the Institute of Culinary Arts at Robert Morris …

Going Green for Red, White and Blue
06.01.12 – 6:41 am | No Comment
Going Green for Red, White and Blue

Judith Dunbar Hines
Chicago Sun Times
July 1, 2012
Fourth of July celebrations are always colorful. Foods and decorations in the red-white-and-blue colors of the flag dominate tables all over the country on this date.
My pre-holiday celebration, however, …

Nutrition Literacy Program Making a Difference
02.08.12 – 7:18 pm | No Comment
Nutrition Literacy Program Making a Difference

Mitch Day, Program Director at the McCormick Boys & Girls Club shared a thank you note from the children at the club to members of Les Dames d’Escoffier Chicago. He told the board that in …