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Have you purchased your Taste the World ticket yet? If not, you don’t want to miss out.

Taste the World, Kids and Culture’s fourth annual fundraising event, takes place in downtown Lancaster on September 10, 2010 from 5-8pm. Each participant will receive a “passport” and travel to nine different restaurants, all of different cultures, to have a “taste” of their culture. The restaurants include: Annie Bailey’s Irish Pub, Coffee Shop Colombian Bakery, Island Caribbean Restaurant, La Cocina Restaurant, La Dolce Vita Italian Courthouse Bakery, Rachel’s Cafe & Creperie, Sakura Asian Fusion & Sushi Bar, Cocina Mexicana, and Spyro Gyros. There will also be an open house of Kids and Cultures new office space at The Candy Factory (with free candy!).

For more information and to purchase tickets, check out the Kids and Culture’s website.

Classic Italian-American – Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and meat or vegetable toppings such as pepperoni, mushrooms, peppers and onions
Flavors of Greece – Artichokes, red peppers, kalamata olives and feta cheese over mozzarella
Mexicana Favorita – Chorizo sausage, jalapeno peppers, tomatoes, onions, queso fresco or Mexican blend shredded cheese
Asian Inspired – Peanut sauce, mozzarella, chicken, bean sprouts, shredded carrots, chopping onions, cilantro
French Fusion – Bacon, onion and fresh cream or “crème freche”)

(Gather the ingredients from your local supermarket. If you can’t find exactly what a recipe calls for, omit the ingredient or add something else that you like. Follow the directions from the crust recipe or package for baking in the oven and then enjoy your meal knowing you’re sharing in the tradition of people around the world.

As the Italians say, Bon Giorno! Or, Good Eats!)

Basic Pizza Dough
Courtesy of AllRecipes.com

Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

Directions
Combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl. Mix in oil and warm water. Spread out on a large pizza pan (or cookie sheet). Top as desired.
Bake at 375 degrees C (190 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.