Annual Zane State College Ethnic Food Fair set for Jan. 13

Special to the Zanesville Times Recorder
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ZANESVILLE − The annual Zane State College Ethnic Food Fair will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 13, in the Campus Center, 1555 Newark Road.

Culinary Program Director Marco Adornetto pours Ratatouille into trays at a previous Ethnic Food Fair at Zane State College while students Branson Umensetter, Anthony Pridgeon and Nickolas Snyder look on.
Culinary Program Director Marco Adornetto pours Ratatouille into trays at a previous Ethnic Food Fair at Zane State College while students Branson Umensetter, Anthony Pridgeon and Nickolas Snyder look on.

The menu celebrates diversity and includes German, Indian, Italian and soul food prepared by the college's culinary students under the direction of Chef Marco Adornetto. In-kind beverages will be provided by G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc.

The Energy Cooperative is sponsoring this year’s event and all proceeds benefit the Joyce A. Farmer Smith Memorial Scholarship.

As an advocate of minority issues Joyce Farmer Smith founded and organized the Ethnic Food Fair at Zane State College in 1992 in conjunction with the commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Following her passing in 2005, the Zane State College Foundation established the Joyce A. Farmer Smith Memorial Scholarship in honor of Smith's dedication to the advancement of minority students and her efforts to raise awareness of minority issues.

Scholarship recipients are selected based on academic achievement, estimated financial need and credit hours completed. The scholarship provides funds for students to purchase textbooks.

Tickets for the Food Fair are $15 and seating is limited. Tickets can be purchased in advance at give.zanestate.edu/eff23. Cash payment at the door will also accepted, but register beforehand online.

Information submitted by Zane State College.

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