Cocktails and Castoffs

MetroFresh’s 2020 DIG Garden ~ Ziguinchor, Senegal

June 30, 2020

In 2019 at a DIG Cocktails and Castoffs event, MetroFresh, a local Atlanta restaurant, encouraged their community to help sponsor a DIG garden in Senegal. They have previously sponsored a garden in Kenya and Uganda and this year they wanted to spread the seeds of transformation in Senegal. Their support has sustainably equipped 13 uniquely vulnerable families in the city of Ziguinchor, Senegal to become food secure, nutritionally rich, climate resilient, and economically secure. Here are some of the stories

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Terry Koval’s Deconstructed Carrot Salad

February 13, 2019

Chef Terry Koval has contributed to some of Atlanta’s most recognized kitchens and received the prestigious recognition as 2012 StarChefs.com Atlanta Rising Star Sustainable Chef. See his recipe for a delicious deconstructed carrot salad below.

Cocktails and Castoffs

December 6, 2018

Get a taste of DIG’s annual Cocktails and Castoffs event featuring innovative chefs who link the story of our food waste in the US to DIG’s work in Africa

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Chef Daniel Peach – Cocktails and Castoffs

June 7, 2018

Chef Daniel Peach explains the inspiration behind his no-waste dish for DIG’s 2018 Cocktails & Castoffs in Atlanta, GA.

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Vizethann’s Banana Peel Cupcakes

February 13, 2018

Suzanne Vizethann, a native Atlantan, is Executive Chef and Owner of Buttermilk Kitchen, the North Buckhead restaurant she opened in 2012. The beloved neighborhood restaurant serves brunch and lunch. See her recipe for Banana Peel Cupcakes below.