press release:
Star chef and author Greg Atkinson is the featured speaker at the 8th Annual Eat Local Now! dinner, a fundraiser for groups working to encourage our local food systems: Seattle Good Business Network, CoolMom and Sustainable West Seattle. Themed “Eat Good Food,” the dinner will be held at Herban Feast’s Sodo Park historic location on October 24th.

Greg Atkinson served as executive chef at Canlis Restaurant and earned national acclaim that placed it among the "Fifty Best Restaurants" in Gourmet magazine. As chef at IslandWood, an environmental learning center on Bainbridge Island, Atkinson was instrumental in establishing the sustainable cuisine program that helps school age children understand the impact of their food choices on the natural world. Author of many books on Northwest cuisine, Atkinson won the James Beard Foundation's M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. He will be signing his new book “At the Kitchen Table: The Craft of Cooking at Home” at the event.

The evening includes a delicious local feast, silent auction, exhibitors and music. Eat Local Now! encourages the community to eat healthy, affordable, local food produced in a sustainable and humane way.

Local food from Puget Sound will be prepared by Herban Feast’s award winning chef Dalis Chea. Locally and sustainably produced beer, wine and fresh cider will be available at a cash bar. Other organizations involved in our preparing healthy, local food will have information at the event.

Local business and non-profit exhibitors will display information on many local food related organizations and a silent auction will feature a wide variety of locally donated items ranging from restaurant gift certificates to CSA subscriptions.

The 8th Annual Eat Local Now! event encourages healthy food for everyone and supports organizations creating the change in our region to make that possible. Tickets for 8th Annual Eat Local Now! and information are available at http://EatLocalNow.org or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

The event benefits Seattle Good Business Network, CoolMom, Sustainable West Seattle and is co-sponsored by Herban Feast.