Saturday, June 18. Today was a pretty good day - Juneteenth! I spent the day at Williams Land Park in Sacramento with my girls, Princess and Katie, and with Chef Pannell. Chef signed on to do a few cooking demonstrations for the Health and Wellness tent at the event, and I agreed to support him as his assistant. While there was no true cooking involved (hot foods), he prepared about 4 heart healthy salads -- a blackeyed peas and mango salad, black bean and corn salsa, fruit salad, watermelon salsa and cold slaw. All of them turned out pretty damn good and the feedback we received was overwhelming positive.
The turn out at this year's event was surprisingly high. Last years' experience was disappointing. I was actually the first public event I attended after moving back from Portland. Boy, did I want to hit I-5 and go back! I remember leaving after only about 30 minutes there. There were no vendors - food or craft - to speak of. But this year I was amazed to see so many more offerings and two stages of entertainment. The weather was nice and there was something to do for all ages.
Next year I will definitely have a mobile food truck at this event. They need me.
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