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Rice University - The Boniuk Center presents Feast of Faiths: A Cross-Cultural Culinary Experience, Thursday, June 10, at 7pm at the Houston City Club, One City Club Dr., Houston, TX 77046-0903.

Experience and learn about foods from the different religious traditions of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism prepared by five local Houston chefs. Enjoy eclectic music of the United Nations Association Houston Choir. Feel empowered by the experience to help create a climate of respect and compassion.

Featured Chefs:
Five Local Houston Chefs come together to make a Feast of Faiths

Chef representing Islam: Ojan Bagher, Head Chef at the Houston City Club. Specialty - Seafood. Ojan.bagher@ourclub.com.

Chef representing Christianity: Patti Ramsey, Owner Epicurean Group, LLC and Epicurean Delight & Epicurean Lite. Specialties - ·Traditional American · Healthy Southern Cooking· Italian, Sicilian, Southern Mediterranean · Armenian and Middle Eastern. www.epicureangroup.net.

Chef representing Buddhism: Kay Soodjai, Owner Khun Kay Thai Café. Specialty - Thai cuisine. khunkay@khunkaythaicafe.com. www.khunkaythaicafe.com.

Chef representing Judaism: Jenny Tavor, Owner Jenny Tavor Custom Catering. Specialty  - Kosher and traditional catering,  Complete event planning, "from soup to nuts." jennytavor@aol.com. www.jennytavorcustomcatering.com.  

Chef representing Hinduism: Suneeta Vaswani. Specialty  - Indian, Suneeta's cookbooks, Easy Indian Cooking, The Complete Book of Indian Cooking. Suneeta@suneetavaswani.com. http://www.suneetavaswani.com.  

The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University is dedicated to nurturing tolerance among people of all or no faiths, especially youth, and to studying the conditions in which tolerance and intolerance flourish. Proceeds from this dinner will benefit the Center's outreach initiatives to foster religious tolerance among Houston youth.