To be honest, when I walked in, I was a bit skeptical. I had no expirence before, my friend Jane was actually the one who persuaded me to join. So I did it – only for the food. (Cut me some slack, I’m being honest here.) I was shocked – there were a bunch of veggies ready to be cut & right when we got there, there was something to do, hands on. I washed various colourful veggies & started cutting. Roberto actually taught all of us how to cut, the rules was simple; make sure your knuckles are protecting your actual fingers, and your hand is in a “claw.” We got in a circle and started jotting down our ideas for dishes on the whiteboard as a group – the ideas were endless. Eventually, we came up with 5 main dishes. I was assigned to group 5. Our dish was vegetable soup. My first thought was ‘gross’. I didn’t want to make veggie soup, it sounded too plain. Water with vegetables? Who’d eat that. But Roberto helped my two group mates & I come to a conclusion. Our main ingredients would be tomatoes/onions. We sauteed them it smelled sooo good. It was a great combo. The stalk was made with three core ingredients of celery/onions/carrots (which I’ve learned from Roberto as well.) In the end, my group mates & I cut carrots, celery, tomatoes, zuccini, and onions. We literally threw all of it in the pot, along with a few spices. We all didn’t know it’d be so easy to come up with a recipe! It was so good & hearty when we actually ate it, along with the other dishes. Everyone was so nice. Overall, my experience at feest was wonderful. I loved it, and I’ll continue to go to FEEST as much as I am able to.
