B-I-N-G-O

For the Food Bingo Card, pick 16 of the following activities and complete by the end of the semester. Don't forget! Get a memento of some sort to prove you've completed the task. The first five are mandatory. Happy hunting!

Volunteer at Food Bank (1 hour)

Garden (1 hour)

Find a food with both a Kosher & a Halal certification

Go to an unfamiliar ethnic restaurant

Attend a Los Angeles area food event (non-HUC/URJ/CCAR related)

Try a radical (for you) new diet for 5 days (e.g., vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, fast food)

Go to an area U-Pick farm

Keep a food diary (1 week)—write EVERYTHING down (food and drink)

Cook a new ethnic (Jewish or otherwise) recipe

Go to a place with a Tav Hayosher hekscher

Visit a kosher vineyard or an organic farm

Eat alone (a la MFK Fisher)

Accompany a mashgiach

Pick a single Jewish food and get multiple recipes for it

Talk to a farmer (at a farmer's market is okay)

Pick a fallen fruit

Cook an entirely locavore meal (i.e., use ingredients available only within a 10 mile radius)

Bless your food with proper blessing before and after for every item for 5 days

Find a food from your hometown

Interview a Jewish food leader (chefs can be included)

Keep a diary of your food waste (1 week) (everything you throw away)

Eat a biblical meal (all foods must be named in the TaNaKh; make sure to find the sources)

Track your food expenses for 1 week (in categories, e.g., junk, produce, bread)

Interview a kosher butcher

Try an utterly new food you have never tried before (can be a fruit, vegetable, dish, whatever)