Many Nations Break Bread at International Food Festival

Sampling ethnic cuisine at the International Food Festival
Sampling ethnic cuisine at the International Food Festival

International students and faculty members joined dozens of guests from Michigan Tech and the community for an evening of ethnic food and music at the Memorial Union Ballroom on Saturday night, Nov. 14.

The International Club’s third annual International Food Festival featured dishes from around the world, including Bangladesh chicken, Moroccan chicken with lemon and green olives, Native American butternut squash, Indian vegetable rice, Bengali fried chicken and potatoes, Jamaican jerk chicken, Mexican chipotle chicken, spaetzle or German dumplings, and nisu, a Finnish sweet bread.

Entertainment featured Raymond Mao, singer/songwriter; Alexandra Hand, flute; Carly Charlier ,violin; Mollie Ruth, cello; Uzi Mendez, cello; Eric Tangko, piano;  Abhimanyu Sinha , bass guitar; Camilo Uzquiano, guitar.

Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, Michigan, and is home to more than 7,000 students from 55 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.