Join us for Dish: Cuisine for Change! The annual gala benefiting Second Harvest Heartland is an elegant opportunity to recognize the growing need in our community, reflect on stories of hope and help enact true change for our hungry neighbors.

This year’s event will take place on Thursday, April 21 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. The evening will offer a touch of glamour with gourmet samplings by local restaurants, wine tasting, live and silent auctions, and will culminate with a live performance by nationally acclaimed comedian, Tom Papa—best known as the host of The Marriage Ref on NBC.

Check out photos from last year’s event here, or head over to dishcuisineforchange.org to purchase your tickets or table!

Every year, restaurants from around the Twin Cities donate their time, talents and product to make Dish: Cuisine for Change possible. This year, 18 restaurants participated, and took the time to share their recipes from the samples they prepared at the event!

Download the recipe book here >>

Big thanks to this year’s restaurants:

al Vento • Bar Abilene • Chino Latino • Cosmos • Firefly Bistro & Coffeehouse • French Meadow Bakery & Cafe • Hell’s Kitchen • Ike’s Food & Cocktails • Jensen’s Supper Club • Le Cordon Bleu, Minnesota Room • Manitou Station • The Melting Pot • Muffuletta Cafe • Red Stag Supper Club • Rinata • The St. Paul Grill • The Strip Club Meat & Fish • Tryg’s

At Dish: Cuisine for Change on April 30th, we auctioned off four backstage, “meet and greet” passes for Bruce Springsteen’s concert at the Xcel Energy Center last week. Pictured below are the winning bidders with Bruce himself!

From left to right: Pat Geraghty, the CEO of Blue Cross, Blue Shield; Pat’s wife Heather Geraghty; Bruce Springsteen; Shirley Hughes, secretary of Second Harvest’s Board of Directors and a retired Vice President of Ceridian Corporation; Shirley’s niece Roxanne Allen

Thanks to all the volunteers, attendees and other participants who helped make this year’s Dish: Cuisine for Change and Stamp Out Hunger both a huge success.

Head over to Flickr or view the slideshows below to see pictures from the events. (Credit to Kim A. Taylor Photography and Fly By Night Graphics, Ltd.)