“They wake up the palette.The menu choices, which reflect the richly diverse membership of the church, pack all the earmarks of a daily lunch line at the United Nations cafeteria. There will even be a cabaret act staged by Dolly Yukunis, wife of church choir director Stan Yukunis. “We’re using my mother’s recipes,” for favorites like cheese- aluminum alloy profile and onion-filled enchiladas. Passing out plastic red cups, she filled each one before unleasing a robust toast to a job well done. “We’re making everything with fresh ingredients,” said Allen, whose heritage is Russian and Mexican.m. The agenda includes dancers from the Ukraine and Greece, a mariachi band and flamenco dancers.m.The unique blend of nourishment will mirror the entertainment that's booked for the event. Ray Valencia, St. Matthew's senior pastor, himself of Serbian extraction, said he was pleased that the festival — eight painstaking months in the planning — has jelled with so many contributing to help the 20-year-old church.“This is one of the shortest sessions,” said Potts, a Romanian-born electrical engineer from Ellicott City. and finished at 6:45 p. Softly, confidently, she tapped into her treasury of wisdom and skill in the art of creating delectable desserts from her beloved homeland, Romania.As the members of Allen’s cooking team began to clean up shop, Allen’s mother, Maria Abrega, who hails from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, insists that people continue to be attracted — like a magnet — to spices.

Early on a Saturday morning, Potts was holding forth in the bowels of the Orthodox Church of St. “When we did Romanian nut bread, we started at 8:30 a. 4 and Oct.IF YOU GOMulticultural fall festivalOrthodox Church of St.Dana Potts was in full flour.4-million temple, which the parish dedicated in May. And butter, eggs and sour cream. Potts’ repertoire included nut horns, nut rolls and poppyseed rolls.  The Rev.”

The adrenaline was running at breakneck speed, as teams aluminum alloy profile of volunteers girded themselves for the first-ever multicultural fall festival at the church. Along with Romanian food, visitors can sample dorowat and injera from Ethiopia; tamales, soft tacos and enchiladas from Mexico; kibbe, the national dish of Lebanon; moussaka from Greece; and kolbasi, pirogis and borsch, the sturdy soup that has fueled Slavic appetites for centuries. Matthew in Columbia’s Kings Contrivance. MatthewColumbia’s Kings ContrivanceOct. 5. She was surveying the loyal volunteers seated cozily around the long table in the sparkling, commercial-grade kitchen.”   When the last aluminum pan was tucked away in one of the many freezers being used for the festival, Abrega broke open a bottle of Sangria. Her Mexican food unit took a mound of lifeless dough and rose to the occasion, fashioning a crowd-pleasing cuisine half a world removed from Romania.