7th Annual "A Spoonful of Ginger" Event

I recently received an email about the 7th Annual "A Spoonful of Ginger" event and was also offered a complimentary ticket for the evening.  This event involves part food tasting and part art appreciation all in the name of a good cause - to raise funds and awareness for the Joslin Diabetes Center's Asian American Diabetes Initiative.

"A Spoonful of Ginger" is a fabulous evening of fine food and exquisite art – held in the new Art of the Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts – will bring together Boston's finest chefs to raise funding and increase awareness of the growing incidence of diabetes among Asian Americans.

This year’s event will honor Dick &; Deb Carlson, Eugene & Lai Wong, and Boston Chef Joanne Chang for their long-standing commitment to the Joslin Diabetes Center and the Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI).

Participating chefs and restaurants include Ming Tsai of Blue Ginger, Jasper White of Summer Shack, Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery and Myers + Chang, Wesley Chen of Changsho, Jose Duarte of Taranta, Cafénation, Chinatown Café and many others.

All proceeds from A Spoonful of Ginger support Joslin’s AADI which enhances the quality of life and health outcomes for Asian Americans living with diabetes through research, education, outreach and culturally appropriate treatments.

Date:                Monday, March 28, 2011

Time:               6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. 

Location:         The Museum of Fine Arts – Art of the Americas Wing
                         465 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA

Cost:    A Spoonful of Ginger tickets: $250 each. All proceeds benefit Joslin’s AADI

To purchase tickets:  Please visit www.events.joslin.org/ginger, or contact Joslin’s Development Office at 617-309-2531. 

About the Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI): Approximately 24 million people (8 percent of the population) have diabetes in the United States. Asian Americans are nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes as the general population—approximately 10 percent of all Asian Americans have diabetes and even more remain undiagnosed. This issue requires immediate attention because Asian Americans are one of the nation’s fastest-growing minority populations. Recognizing this need, Joslin Diabetes Center founded the AADI in 2000. The mission of the AADI is to enhance the quality of life and health outcomes for Asian Americans living with diabetes through research, education, outreach and culturally appropriate treatments. For more information, please visit http://aadi.joslin.org/

I'm really looking forward to this event and I hope to see some familiar faces there!  


Full disclosure: Bishoff Communications has provided me with a complimentary ticket to this event but I'm passing along the information because I think it is a great cause!