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Tomorrow: Philly-4-NOLA Shrimp Boil at Greensgrow Farms
posted by Drew Lazor
In this week’s What’s Cooking, Lauren Fleming has word on a shrimp boil for a good cause. It’ll be at Greensgrow Farms tomorrow from 4 to 8 p.m. (rain or shine), and tix are $30:
Chef Corbin Evans is hosting the first-ever Shrimp Boil event to support Ray Brandhurst, a seventh-generation shrimper, in his fight against cancer. A Louisiana resident for part of his life, Evans planned this event to benefit the Brandhursts as well as to celebrate the reinvention of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. Local favorites MĂ©mĂ©, Standard Tap, London Grill, Philadelphia Brewing Co. and others are donating food/drink in the form of fried chicken, bread pudding, cole slaw and beer, while Evans will prepare the main entrĂ©e: shrimp. Tickets are $30, but they’re hoping to raise a total of $5,000 for the family by selling T-shirts and raffle tickets and accepting additional donations. Greensgrow Farm, 2501 E. Cumberland St., 215-427-2702, greensgrow.org.
Quick word on the shrimp themselves: Chef Evans is shipping 100 pounds of red shrimp — not so easy to find around here — straight from Louisiana. He’ll serve up the boil with the traditional red beans and rice.
Delicious food and a good cause? Count me in!
Thank you all for coming out to support a great cause and share a great meal. Oh, and get drenched see a rinbow hear great tunes and meet some people under the tents while waiting out the storm. Kind of appropriate to remind us all…
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