who’s the topsustainable cheF? emily Ostrove ’15 (left), Bon Appétit Chef Crystal Dagget andRebecca Ansolabehere ’15 compete in Whitman’s first-ever Sustainable Iron Chef competition. Inspired by the popular Food Network show, the Whitman version featured teams of students and chefs tasked with transforming a selection of sustainably grown food items – including a mystery ingredient, asparagus – into a meal in 30 minutes for a panel of volunteer judges, including Associate Professor of AnthropologyJason Pribilsky ’93, Bon Appétit chef Greg Perez andHannah Joseph ’12. The winning team was Bon Appétit chef Julie Zumwalt,Molly Johnson ’12 andLydia Bailey ’14. They prepared grilled prosciutto with Gruyère cheese and local locati Farms asparagus pesto on Walla Walla Bread Company bread. They served the dish with locati Farms asparagus spears fried in tempura batter and a micro-green salad featuring shaved locati Farms asparagus with local octopus Garden star thistle honey vinaigrette. can be really helpful. Writing the letter made me clarify what I ac- tually believe in more concrete terms,” he said. senior Lecturer of Environmental Humanities Donsnow said members of the Whitman community could have a valuable role to play in local discussions about global issues. “The question for us in environmental studies becomes, to what extent could our program and any of the people involved in it con- tribute to a fuller, more thorough and more robust public debate on the pages of the local paper?” Walla Walla Mayor Barbara Clark agreed. “Climate change affects all of us, and its impacts are going to increase … It’s been very encouraging to see increasing numbers of U-B letter-writers taking up the challenge,” she said in an email. Evensingleton appreciated the back-and-forth. “I’ve been writ- ing letters on this subject for over a decade and no one’s ever challenged them, so I appreciate that there are people who are in- terested enough to write back,” he said. — Emily Lin Jones ’15 Illustration: Emily Johnson ’12 29
Whitman Magazine July 2012
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