Veg Dinner & Live Talk in Owings Mills - "Tempting & Tasty Tofu Tips" by Dietitian Mark Rifkin

Oct 30 2010 - 6:00pm
Oct 30 2010 - 9:00pm
Etc/GMT-5

BALTIMORE VEG DINNER SERIES will host a vegetarian potluck dinner featuring the presentation "Tempting and Tasty Tofu Tips" by Registered Dietitian Mark Rifkin. From mayonnaise and ranch salad dressing to orange custard and BBQ tofu, Mark will take us through the range of tofu textures and uses. He will also update us on the controversy about the healthfulness of various soy products, and give us his recommendations. Come prepared to have your taste buds tingled!

Mark Rifkin, MS, RD, LDN, of Preventive Nutrition Services, has been vegetarian for over twenty five years and has earned an MS in Health Education. Through his private practice in Baltimore, MD, Mark provides group and individual sessions to help vegetarians and vegans improve the quality of their diet. He also focuses on plant-based nutrition for lifestyle enhancement, green living, and prevention/therapyof diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and bone/joint conditions. See Mark's webpage at http://preventivenutritionservices.com/. Contact Mark at preventive_nutrition@verizon.net, or call 410-764-8343.

DINNER GUESTS are asked to bring a dish that’s made without animal products to serve 6-8 people, along with a donation of $5 ($2 for members). Guest may attend without bringing a dish for a $12 fee ($10 for members). Please give 1 day notice if paying for dinner. The fee to atttend the presentation only is $5. Monthly Dinner Ed Series events are held on the last Saturday at the Learning Center/Yoga Studio of Your Prescription for Health, 10210 S. Dolfield Rd. in Owings Mills. Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Email Baltimore@Earthsave.org, or call 410-252-3043.

DIRECTIONS From Beltway 695: take exit 19 onto I-795 (Northwest Expressway). Get off at Exit 4 (Owings Mills Blvd). Bear right when exit splits. Take right at first traffic light (South Dolfield Road). Travel approximately l/2 mile. Flying Avocado Café and "Your Prescription for Health" pharmacy is on the right after Gold’s Gym (which is on left). The Learning Center/Yoga Studio entrance is at the opposite end of the building.

DIRECTIONS From Reisterstown Road: Travel West on Painters Mill Road. Turn right at 2nd traffic light onto S. Dolfield Road. Go left at the second driveway into the parking lot of Your Prescription for Health.