Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Pizza in the Park

In the Age today, there’s a lovely, feel–good story about a council building a wood-fire pizza oven in the local park. Originally the idea of Narelle Vogel, the Albury City Council’s Cultural Development Officer, the oven opened last October, and appears to have been a great success.

So far, the wood-fired oven has been used at a number of community events. Money raised from selling the food at an outdoor screening of Kenny on Australia Day has been put towards food education classes where kids learned to cook their own pizzas and bread.

Feasting on food in the great outdoors has, not only had benefits for the stomach, but, has brought people together where 'Neighbours and strangers sit together and talk about the food they are cooking, their family and other community matters'.

Sure beats the humble BBQ in the park.

Posted by Lisa at 4:52 PM