African Road Elementary School students and their families circled the globe for the school’s third annual “Taste of ARE” cultural celebration on Wednesday, January 16, 2019.
The African Road Elementary community came together for the “Taste of ARE” as families represented different countries for this event celebrating our global culture and traditions through the sharing of cuisines from around the world. Gathering together in the Vestal Middle School cafeteria, students and their families represented a country of their choice and brought traditional cuisine to share. They also dressed in traditional garb and displayed cultural artifacts or posters with facts about the country for which they acted as ambassadors.
Altogether 20 countries were represented, and they were Aruba, Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kurdistan, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. Many families provided several dishes from their country. Kurdish food included Eprakh, Shevid Polo, Baklava and Borek. There were pierogies from Poland, mac and cheese from America, Caldo Verde from Portugal, Cambosa from Ethiopia, Spanakopita from Greece, Mango Lassi from India, Gungjung Tteokbokki from South Korea and more!