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There was no shortage of mouths to feed in Forsyth Park on Sunday afternoon during the 24th annual Shalom Y?all Jewish Food Festival.
The annual event draws thousands, and hungry festivalgoers on Sunday walked from booth to booth sampling meats, soups, desserts, drinks and other cultural delicacies.
?It seems to get a little bigger each year,? said Brian Markowitz, president of Savannah?s Congregation Mickve Israel, which hosts the festival each year. ?It?s such a great event. We get people from all walks of life to come and enjoy it.?
Admission was free, as was musical entertainment by members of the Savannah Philharmonic. Attendees did, however, have to buy tickets in order to get their hands on food and drink, and the event also served as a fundraiser for America?s Second Harvest.
Some popular foodstuffs included corned beef, pastrami and tongue on rye, potato latke, New York egg cream and ShaLoMein ? chicken, vegetables and lo mein noodles.
Gail Dinnerstein could barely take a break to talk while trying to provide hungry customer after hungry customer with cups full of the noodle dish.
?It?s been rapid ? it?s been great,? she said at the Southside Mahjongg Group tent where she served up the ShaLoMein. ?Everybody?s been enjoying the smell. That?s what draws them ? the wonderful aroma. But it tastes better than it smells.?
Some very popular dishes sold out in just a short time. That was the case at the booth manned by Teresa Victor. She and fellow volunteers sold barbecue brisket, stew and stuffed cabbage. The brisket, she said, was wiped out by 1:30 p.m., two and a half hours into the event.
?Business has been good all day long,? she said. ?Gorgeous weather, great people, happy people. ... We got so lucky that (Hurricane) Sandy is not visiting.?
Though sunny, the afternoon was cool enough for dogs to have a good time, too.
Savannah resident Ann Sosbe brought her 5-year-old giant schnauzer Deny to join her in perusing the booths. Sosbe was enjoying a homemade blintz, but Deny had yet to sample any food. ?I think he?s in olfactory overload,? Sosbe said.
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ON THE WEB
Go to savannahnow.com/news to watch video from the 24th annual Shalom Y?all Jewish Food Festival.
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