Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Highland Park Artisan Holiday Market
Introducing the Artisan Holiday Market in Highland Park!
Every Friday from now until December 23rd, from 11am-5pm in the Farmers' Market lot (on Raritan Ave. between 2nd and 3rd). There will be crafts, breads, handmade raviolis, and much, much more!
Come explore the market and then join us for lunch at Better World Cafe!
(A collaboration between Main Street Highland Park and the Intersect Fund)
Every Friday from now until December 23rd, from 11am-5pm in the Farmers' Market lot (on Raritan Ave. between 2nd and 3rd). There will be crafts, breads, handmade raviolis, and much, much more!
Come explore the market and then join us for lunch at Better World Cafe!
(A collaboration between Main Street Highland Park and the Intersect Fund)
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Who wouldn't want a four course gourmet meal?
There are still plenty of seats left for Elijah's Promise Holiday Fundraiser this coming Thursday evening at the Culinary School in New Brunswick! Check out our previous post here for menu and other details.
Dec 6 Week's Menu
The weather is turning cold and gloomy so come into Better World Cafe for lunch to warm your tummy and your heart!
Lunch
Specials:
~ Potato pakora (Indian pankakes) with cilantro-jalapeno chutney
~ Vegetarian lasagna
Soups:
~ 3 Sisters (with pumpkin, peppers, beans and onions)
Salads:
~ Better World Salad (v)
~ Apple waldorf
Sandwiches:
~ Black bean burrito with portabella mushrooms, onion, garlic, brown rice and cheddar
~ Turkey with Rachel's cranberry-ginger chutney
Desserts:
~ Pecan caramel bar (v)
~ Sticky buns
~ Pear and almond frangipane tart
Drinks:
~ Hot and iced coffee and tea
Selections can vary by availability so ask about any additions/changes if you're calling to place a take out order at 732-510-1572. Thanks!
Lunch
Specials:
~ Potato pakora (Indian pankakes) with cilantro-jalapeno chutney
~ Vegetarian lasagna
Soups:
~ 3 Sisters (with pumpkin, peppers, beans and onions)
Salads:
~ Better World Salad (v)
~ Apple waldorf
Sandwiches:
~ Black bean burrito with portabella mushrooms, onion, garlic, brown rice and cheddar
~ Turkey with Rachel's cranberry-ginger chutney
Desserts:
~ Pecan caramel bar (v)
~ Sticky buns
~ Pear and almond frangipane tart
Drinks:
~ Hot and iced coffee and tea
Selections can vary by availability so ask about any additions/changes if you're calling to place a take out order at 732-510-1572. Thanks!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Get involved with the New Brunswick Food Alliance
The New Brunswick Community Food meeting this Saturday, December 3rd from 9:30am to 12:30pm at the Lord Stirling School in New Brunswick
Join us to...
* Learn about what the Food Alliance has been doing!
* Learn how you can get involved!
* Learn about resources and projects in our community like community gardens, food pantries, nutrition education and more!
If you'd like to set up a table to share information about your organizations food related activities, please email to paul@elijahspromise.net
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Holiday Dinner Fundraiser
Show your support for A Better World
Café by attending our Holiday Dinner Fundraiser! On Thursday,
December 8th, enjoy a cocktail hour, a four-course dinner
and red and white wine. The menu will include dishes like mushrooms
stuffed with turkey sausage in a parmigiana cream sauce, sautéed
duck breast with African berbere
sauce, and gnocchi in stewed tomatoes with pickled okra.
Seating
is limited, so RSVP today at (732)545-9002. Cocktail hour begins at
6PM with sit-down dinner from 6:30PM-8:30PM. The dinner will take
place at the Promise Culinary School at 211 Livingston Avenue in New
Brunswick (NOT our usual location at the Reformed Church of Highland
Park).
Full
menu:
APPETIZERS
Stuffed Mushrooms
Stuffed
with homemade Turkey Sausage blended with herbs and served with a
Parmesan Cream Sauce
African Pâté
A Blend of Avocado, Boiled Egg,
Halibut, Lemon and Red Peppers
Veggie Pâté
Seasonal Veggies
and Herbs layered in a Terrine and served with Homemade Garlic Chips
SALAD COURSE
Arugula tossed with
Gorgonzola and Toasted Hazelnuts and lightly dressed with a Champagne
Vinegar
MAIN COURSE
SELECTIONS
Sautéed Duck Breast
With an African
Berbere Sauce and Pickled Okra
Gnocchi
In
Stewed Tomatoes and Pickled Okra
DESSERTS
Butternut
Squash and Ginger Spice Cake with Candied Pecans and Chantilly Cream
Sweet
Potato Tart with Sesame Crunch and Candied Ginger
Walnut
Cake with an Arborio Pumpkin Rice Pudding
Friday, November 25, 2011
December Community Events
December is a time to be festive. We'd like to share some special local events that are sure to put you in a holly, jolly mood. It's also a time to eat lots and lots of nice things. We've got you covered.
Friday, December 2, 2011
#OccupyYourImagination
An Idea Party and Fundraiser hosted by Who Is My Neighbor? Inc.
7:30 - 9:30 pm
IM Gallery, 233 Raritan Avenue, Highland Park (enter from the alley next to Jerusalem Pizza)
Brainstorming, community building, socializing, and live music
Hors d'eourves will be served; BYO alcohol to share!
Suggested contribution: $25 (College students with ID: $15)
Friday, December 2, 2011
Tree Lighting and 4th Annual Chili Cook-Off
5:00 pm
Monument Square, New Brunswick (corner of George St. and Livingston Ave.)
Fundraiser for Elijah's Promise
A $1 donation allows you to sample chili from four New Brunswick restaurants and vote for your favorite
Live music, family fun, and a special visitor all the way from the North Pole!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Holly Day Festival at Rutgers Gardens.
12:30 - 4:30 pm
Celebrate the season with holiday decorating workshops, hot cocoa, hot cider, and cookie decorating. Available for purchase: Poinsettias plants, Christmas trees, holiday wreaths, fresh cut holly and greens.
Philomusica presents In Excelsis Gloria, a Christmas Concert
8:00 pm
Our Lady of Peace Church, North Brunswick
1740 Route 130 North (at Washington Place)
Advance tickets: $16 general, $14 students/seniors, $7 children.
Call 1.888.744.5668 or visit www.philomusica.org
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Philomusica presents In Excelsis Gloria, a Christmas Concert
4:00 pm
Our Lady of Peace Church, North Brunswick
1740 Route 130 North (at Washington Place)
Advance tickets: $16 general, $14 students/seniors, $7 children.
Call 1.888.744.5668 or visit www.philomusica.org
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Fire & Ice, a fundraiser dinner benefit for A Better World Cafe
Elijah's Promise Culinary School, 211 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick
more details..
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Community Seed Exchange hosted by the Highland Park Parents Network
12:00 - 2:00 pm at Better World Cafe
Saturday, December 17 & Sunday 18, 2011 1pm and 4:30 pm
American Repertory Ballet's The Nutcracker
The State Theatre
American Repertory Ballet presents its 49th annual Nutcracker this holiday season. The lush Victorian-era production features Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, performed with a live orchestra, and a cast of over 100 performers. American Repertory Ballet’s critically acclaimed dancers will be joined by students from Princeton Ballet School to tell the classic tale of a girl’s magical holiday journey. This year, the company unveils some exciting new sets on which to feast your imagination.
Tickets: P $57.00; A $52.00; B $42.00; C $32.00 Buy tickets online here.
Monday, December 26, 2011 (A Better World Cafe closed.)
Every Monday
Monday Morning Meditation
10:00 - 11:15 am
Rutgers Graduate Student Lounge (in the Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Ave., New Brunswick)
No registration required. Email vpmoc@gsa.rutgers.edu for more information.
Friday, December 2, 2011
#OccupyYourImagination
An Idea Party and Fundraiser hosted by Who Is My Neighbor? Inc.
7:30 - 9:30 pm
IM Gallery, 233 Raritan Avenue, Highland Park (enter from the alley next to Jerusalem Pizza)
Brainstorming, community building, socializing, and live music
Hors d'eourves will be served; BYO alcohol to share!
Suggested contribution: $25 (College students with ID: $15)
Friday, December 2, 2011
Tree Lighting and 4th Annual Chili Cook-Off
5:00 pm
Monument Square, New Brunswick (corner of George St. and Livingston Ave.)
Fundraiser for Elijah's Promise
A $1 donation allows you to sample chili from four New Brunswick restaurants and vote for your favorite
Live music, family fun, and a special visitor all the way from the North Pole!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Holly Day Festival at Rutgers Gardens.
12:30 - 4:30 pm
Celebrate the season with holiday decorating workshops, hot cocoa, hot cider, and cookie decorating. Available for purchase: Poinsettias plants, Christmas trees, holiday wreaths, fresh cut holly and greens.
Philomusica presents In Excelsis Gloria, a Christmas Concert
8:00 pm
Our Lady of Peace Church, North Brunswick
1740 Route 130 North (at Washington Place)
Advance tickets: $16 general, $14 students/seniors, $7 children.
Call 1.888.744.5668 or visit www.philomusica.org
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Philomusica presents In Excelsis Gloria, a Christmas Concert
4:00 pm
Our Lady of Peace Church, North Brunswick
1740 Route 130 North (at Washington Place)
Advance tickets: $16 general, $14 students/seniors, $7 children.
Call 1.888.744.5668 or visit www.philomusica.org
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Fire & Ice, a fundraiser dinner benefit for A Better World Cafe
Elijah's Promise Culinary School, 211 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick
more details..
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Community Seed Exchange hosted by the Highland Park Parents Network
12:00 - 2:00 pm at Better World Cafe
Featuring local garden experts Ellen Rosner and Barbara Howard
Bring vegetable and flower seeds to swap with your neighbors!
Saturday, December 17 & Sunday 18, 2011 1pm and 4:30 pm
American Repertory Ballet's The Nutcracker
The State Theatre
American Repertory Ballet presents its 49th annual Nutcracker this holiday season. The lush Victorian-era production features Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, performed with a live orchestra, and a cast of over 100 performers. American Repertory Ballet’s critically acclaimed dancers will be joined by students from Princeton Ballet School to tell the classic tale of a girl’s magical holiday journey. This year, the company unveils some exciting new sets on which to feast your imagination.
Tickets: P $57.00; A $52.00; B $42.00; C $32.00 Buy tickets online here.
Monday, December 26, 2011 (A Better World Cafe closed.)
Every Monday
Monday Morning Meditation
10:00 - 11:15 am
Rutgers Graduate Student Lounge (in the Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Ave., New Brunswick)
No registration required. Email vpmoc@gsa.rutgers.edu for more information.
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