Japan Earthquake Relief Dinner

Thursday March 31st, 2011

Screaming Avocado Cafe

Stratford Northwestern Secondary School

428 Forman Avenue, Stratford ON 

SIT DOWN FOUR COURSE MENU

Cured Salmon Roll

with micro greens served with Japanese Tea

Simple Fish & Chips
Tea Leaves

Fresh Ramen Noodle Soup

Pazzo Restaurant

Grilled Beef Yakitori

roasted miso potatoes and baby bok choy

Down the Street Bar and Restaurant

Fromage Blanc Dumpling

with elderberry compote

Bryan Steele

Old Prune Restaurant / Stratford Chef School

Mint Smoothie
Rheo Thompson Candies

Wine generously donated by

$40

with a glass of wine

Seating available between 5:00 and 7:30 

Reservations: 519-271-9740 e. 307

avocado@fc.amdsb.ca

No credit cards - cash or cheque only

100% of proceeds to Canadian Red Cross

James Beard House and NYC!

The Screaming Avocado Gang and friends from Mitchell District High School and a couple of lucky Chef School students from George Brown College will head to New York City on May 10th.  While there the first couple of days they'll be touring the city in search of great food - shouldn't be difficult.  Then the real work begins.  The Canadian gang of young foodies will hook up with high school students from the Food and Finance High School in Manhattan in the preparation of the Canadian Arctic Menu that will be served at James Beard House on May 14th.  It's so exciting we need to mention it again - James Beard House on May 14th!

To make this incredible culinary trip a reality, we'll be holding an incredible raffle beginning this week.  Check back to "I Love New York" Raffle on the Screaming Avocado Site.  We'll keep you updated throughout the trip with many words and photos.

The Screaming Gang

Blyth International Summers Programs

Each summer, hundreds of students travel to countless countries around the world. From studying French in France, philosophy in Greece, Biology in the Galapagos, Culinary in France and Italy (to name a few) the programs combine education, culture, and fun to produce transformative educational experiences that last a lifetime.

Check out the what's available at Blyth International Summer Programs


If you're in the Stratford area, there will be an information session on Monday March 7th at 7:00 pm in the Screaming Avocado Cafe - see address below.

Stratford Northwestern Secondary School

(follow the signs to the Screaming Avocado)

428 Forman Avenue

Stratford, ON  

519-271-9740 e. 307

Slow Food Canadian Youth Terra Madre

Greetings Canada’s Slow Food Convivia!

The Screaming Avocado Café and Slow Food Perth County are reaching out to encourage Canadian Slow Food convivia to recruit groups of youth participants from their communities to bring to the Slow Food Canadian Youth Terra Madre. This inaugural meeting of young food enthusiasts will be taking place on May 3rd and 4th, 2011. The event will take place at McCully’s Hill Farm (located between St. Mary’s and Stratford, Ontario), and will entail one evening of camping and two days of programming. Groups can attend on individual days.  The age range for participation is 14 to 17 years old.

Event programming includes cooking and gardening demonstrations, discussion forums, and taste education workshops. Participants can include school groups and/or community-based youth groups. Total youth participants will be capped at 200.

For more details, printable info & application form please visit Slow Food Canadian Youth Terra Madre Page

David Suzuki to the Screaming Avocado

On April 12th The Screaming Avocado's along with the the rest of Stratford Northwestern Secondary school will be hosting the incredible David Suzuki as he visits our school for the day.  This experience will include students from all schools in our board as David's message should be shared with as many as possible.  The itinerary is below.  Exciting stuff!

April 11th - courtesy of the National Film Board, elementary students will view David's movie, Force of Nature to ready them for his arrival.

April 12th - selected secondary students from across the Avon Maitland District School Board will meet at Stratford Northwestern to view Force of Nature.  David will arrive at 10:15 to field questions post the movie.  Barbara Budd (former CBC As it Happens) will introduce David and moderate the question period.  Once that chat finishes we'll shift the secondary students out and bring the elementary ones in for another question and answer period targeted to their age group.  David will then join a small group of students for a chat session on the environment, personal health and food.  We'll of course be feeding him yummy local, seasonal and fair food.  Check out the School Board details on the day:  David Suzuki visit

The excitement is obviously building in the school as the day approaches!  Check out David's energy saving tips in the video below.

The Screaming Avocados

What's New 2 ...........

The second semester has begun and a new crew of students have made the Screaming Avocado their home for the morning for the next ninety odd days of school.  Energy, enthusiasm and a spirit to learn beams from this collective.  Can't wait to see what incredible dishes they'll come up with

Come Skype with me

Following on the success of our daily Skype connections to elementary school classes during our trip to Nunavut, we've begun a new initiative called Come Skype with Me.  These 'chats' will involve professionals in different fields connecting to classes for a question and answer session using Skype.  One minute will be for the host to introduce themselves the other to field questions from the students.
Savvy community members with techno wizard skills have volunteered to help bring this from an idea to a working model. 

We've being using the 'six degrees of separation' approach to line up our speakers if you know anyone you think would be of interest to any classroom elementary to secondary and is keen to participate, please let us know and we'll search out a class to host.  Our guest speakers to date include:

Chef Michael Smith - Chef at Large, Chef at Home
Evan Solomon - CBC News
Al Rae - Comic, Writer/ Little Mosque on the Prairies, Director CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival

March 2011

The Screaming Gang is off to Toronto to spend the morning at George Brown College exploring the new kitchen classrooms and checking out the school as a possible home for post secondary studies.  Post the tour we'll all be dining at the GB's incredible The Chefs House

April 12, 2011

The Screaming Avocado's will be hosting the incredible David Suzuki as he visits Stratford Northwestern for the day.  Not everything is planned as of yet, but thanks to the National Film Board the students will begin the day with a viewing of David's film, Force of Nature.  The rest of the day will be fantastic, we know that.


May 14th, 2011

The Screaming Avocado are to to New York City to cook at James Beard House.  We'll bringing the incredible Arctic menu that followed our trip to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.  While there we'll be connecting with students from the Food and Finance High School in Manhattan.  Great food, incredible experience for all students involved.  Of course the experience wouldn't be possible without our incredible friends Twyla Campbell http://weirdwildandwonderful.blogspot.com/  ..... Steve Cooper and of course Louis.


May 3-4, 2011

The Screaming Avocado's will host the inaugural Slow Food Canadian Youth Terra Madre.  Check out the page for monthly updates.  http://screamingavocado.blogspot.com/p/youth-terra-madre.html

June 2011

The Screaming Avocado's will be returning to Ottawa to learn from Chef Louis Charet and his incredible team at Rideau Hall.  It was so great last year, we have no choice but to go back.


That's what we have for now, but don't worry we have more to come.

The Screaming Avocados

Slow Food Canadian Youth Terra Madre

The Screaming Avocado is hosting the inaugural

Slow Food Canadian Youth Terra Madre

May 3-4 / 2011 

 

Check out the

Slow Food Canadian Youth Terra Madre  

page on this site for details and the link to the application.