Doing our part for flood relief

We're going to be dealing with the aftermath of this flood for a long, long time. So there really can't be too many fundraisers or too many ways to help. Two of the most important ways to help everyone right now is to donate cash and to conserve water.

Over at Allium, they're doing their part by "importing" drinking water (from what I overheard), doing away with table linens, and using disposable plates and cups. I generally don't love generating so much waste, but it may be quite some time before we have all of our water facilities running. We went for dinner last night and discovered that the food was just as delicious on paper plates! And the new green plate is fantastic--two generous and hearty feta-leek-potato cakes, sauteed Swiss chard and a wonderful suprise--a roasted baby artichoke. I also had their housemade chips for an appetizer. Delicious.

Additionally, local flood bloggers [oops! I meant "food bloggers"!] and writers (the professional ones) are getting together a group of restaurants to participate in Eat Out for Nashville on May 17. Restaurants will donate 50% of proceeds to the Emergency Response Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. You can keep up with the list of restaurants easily by following Eat Out for Nashville on Twitter or "liking" the Eat Out for Nashville Fan Page on Facebook.  What a great excuse to go out on a Monday!