Dinner will benefit Ferry Beach Ecology School

Portland’s Cinque Terre to Host Second Annual “Eco Appetito” Benefit for Ferry Beach

Ecology School

Restaurant’s “Maine sustainable food celebration” to benefit

Scarborough school’s innovative “Food for Thought” program

Portland, ME – An afternoon of mingling and sampling delicious food and drink at

Cinque Terre (www.cinqueterremaine; 36 Wharf Street, Portland) will raise money for

Ferry Beach Ecology School when the acclaimed restaurant hosts the Second Annual Eco

Appetito on Sunday, March 8th from 1 – 4pm to celebrate sustainable local foods and

first-rate Maine beverages.

All proceeds will benefit the Ecology School’s Food for Thought Program, which

teaches healthy and sustainable food choices to children and adults throughout New

England.

Cinque Terre, named one of the “Top Ten Farm-to-Table Restaurants in the U.S.A” in

2008 by Epicurious.com, will welcome up to 150 attendees for this festive open

house-style event. More than a dozen local farms and Maine producers have donated

seasonal ingredients for the festive menu.

Executive Chef Lee Skawinski and his staff will create delicious samplings of

premium meats, hand-made pastas, artisan cheeses, breads, and fresh seafood. Event

guests will also enjoy hand-crafted beer selections from Portland’s Allagash Brewing

Company, local wine selections and coffee.

Tickets are $35 per person and can be purchased online at www.ecoappetito.com.

Eco Appetito is sponsored this year by The Maine Switch and Slow Food Portland, as

well as local businesses which have generously donated Maine products and services

for a silent auction and door prizes.

Auction items include round trip tickets on Amtrak’s Downeaster Train, a gift basket

featuring Cold River Blueberry Flavored Vodka, a Portland Schooner cruise,

craft-made mead from Maine Mead Works, a Soothing Touch Massage, nutrition

consultation with Alison LePage, Skillins Greenhouse gift certificate, bread from

Rosemont Bakery & Market, tickets on Casco Bay Lines, artwork by Elizabeth Fraser, a

private dinner cruise on Casco Bay, a signed Portland Pirates Jersey, and a

Starbucks gift basket loaded with select coffees and teas. Other items include

vermicomposting worms from the Ecology School and a session at the School’s Summer

Day Camp.

“Eat, drink and mingle for a good cause, it’s as simple an enjoyable as that,” said

Drew Dumsch, executive director of Ferry Beach Ecology School. “We are so very

grateful to Chef Lee Skawinski and all the folks at Cinque Terre and all the support

from the local farm community for making Eco Appetito possible,” added Dumsch.

Ferry Beach Ecology School is a nonprofit science school which has educated more

than 65,000 students during its ten years of operation. The program has been widely

credited for raising awareness among youth of everything from healthy gardening and

harvesting techniques, to sustainability workshops and ecology field trips to

Maine’s coastal ecosystems.

DETAILS

Eco Appetito Good Eating for a Good Earth

Cinque Terre, 36 Wharf Street, Portland

Sunday, March 8 from 1 – 4pm

$35 per person. All proceeds will benefit the Ferry Beach Ecology School and its

“Food for Thought” program.

Local street, lot and garage parking is available.

To purchase tickets or locate additional event information, visit

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