Eat Well, Do Justice!

Monday night, we headed to the newly constructed University of the District of Columbia Student Center Ballroom for Tzedek DC's 2017 Celebrity Chef Kugel Cook-Off. We snapped UDC President Ronald Mason with Brailsford & Dunlavey's Brian Hanlon, D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman and the Dean of UDC Law, Shelley Broderick. Attendees tried four different kugel dishes prepared by four famous D.C. chefs, then voted on their favorite recipe. 

Each chef presented their unique takes on kugel, a Jewish dessert consisting of baked pudding or casserole, most commonly made from egg noodles or potato. Here, All Purpose, Red Hen, and Boundary Stone Chef Mike Friedman and Alysa Turner serve their kugel recipe. 

In addition to the kugel tastings, guests enjoyed an array of appetizers and an open bar. Here, one of the evening's co-chairs and consultant, June Kress, joins The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation's Debbi Lindenberg. 

Tzedek D.C. hosted the event to support their efforts in closing the justice gap for low-income D.C. residents facing debt-related legal crises. Here, the federal government's Maha Jweied and Allie Yang-Green join Tzedek D.C. President and Director-Counsel Ariel Levinson-Waldman. 

Here, host committee member and WGL Washington Gas' Katherine Mineka joins higher ed's Lauralyn Lee and her husband, Catalyte's Peter Lee.