This Saturday, I will gain 15 pounds eating the best food in the world.
Instead of traveling halfway across the globe to satisfy your grape leaf craving, you can enjoy homemade Lebanese food right here in Richmond at St. Anthony’s Maronite Catholic Church in Glen Allen this weekend.
The Lebanese Food Festival, which attracts between 15,000 and 18,000 people each year, is an event that takes place the weekend after Mother’s Day, rain or shine. In contrast to number of attendees, there are only about 200 families in the parish and 1,500 Richmonders of Lebanese descent.
How cool is that? What’s better is that I get to meet many of my fellow expatriated Lebanese Maronite Catholics, of which I am unfortunately not one (my grandmother was Maronite, but my grandfather was Latin Rite) but would leap at the chance to become one.
It’s a cultural thing I suppose, not to mention an opportunity outside of Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter to eat good food!