Sim Nation Food Association has chosen Greymount to host this year's SimCity Food Expo. This event will open Sunday, August 1st, and will be ongoing for the entire month! The main location will be at The Farmer’s Market of Greymount, which was built for this purpose. Like last year, the goal of the expo will be to focus on different kinds of food and kitchen appliances, introduce new meals and appliances, and learn information on Simmish culture and traditions regarding food related subjects.
The many ways to participate
There is only a month to pack in the three themes of the Annual Food Expo, but it can be done with help from everyone in SimNation.
· Build a Food Expo Market in your local neighborhood
· Submit recipes or food related items for display at the Food Expo by July 15th
· Sign up to be a judge by July 15th
· Write or give lectures about the Simmish kitchen and food traditions, new food, farming, appliances or any related subject
· Sign up for Mr & Ms Food Expo 2004 by July 15th
The Themes
Food in the Garden
Focus on farming, growing vegetables, outdoors appliances with lectures on farming traditions.
Contest: The judges will select the best-submitted item for outdoors use that goes with the farming theme.
Food in the Kitchen
Focus on kitchen appliances, kitchen interior, and cooking routine.
Contest: The judges will select the best-submitted item or appliance for kitchen use
Food on the Table
Focus on various meals and vending for various occasions with lectures on subjects such as decorating the dining room, having a romantic meal, and the all over attitude to dining in general.
Contest: The judges will select the best-submitted food item or recipe.
Matt [Sweeny] Grayson
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Betty Newbie
For your neighborhood to participate, you should have an Old Town, because many of the facilities and themes at the Food Expo 2004 will be based on farming and items that requires Old Town, however, the market can be downtown or on a residential.
The market should include booths where the contributing items will be displayed and an area for the lectures otherwise the market can be modified further by your local management, depending on local interests. At the beginning of the expo, you can get the actual items for displaying them in the market booths. Some objects will require access to Old Town (UL), be displayed on a residential lot and some might need to be tested in the homes. Each neighborhood must find their way to display the items, of course you can choose to participate in just some of parts of the Expo.
Start creating food and appliances!
The categories are indicated above and you can send in max one item per category, but if your item exists in several variations/colors you should attach a picture or the items, because it might be of interest to the judges. The items will be controlled by the hosts here in Greymount (categorized for Old Town and Downtown, cost will be set according to the PTS system), and will then be available to all neighborhoods with a proper market place for displaying them. Deadlines for participating will be July 15th and the certificated items will be sent out within 10 days.
The events
This year's Food Expo will be awe-inspiring! In addition to the many local events, which I suggest should last for about a week in order to let as many of your local households as possible attend, there will be the Sim Nation Food Association’s Mr & Ms Food Expo 2004. Two candidates from each hood can be submitted and the winners will receive a year’s supply of Farmer’s Bob’s Tonic as well as $500. Eligible candidates are those who exhibit the spirit of the Food Expo and are chosen based on food knowledge, cooking skills and community commitment to food. For example, last year’s local winner: Matt Grayson is a founding officer of the Greymount Food Club, the president of the Greymount Gardening Association and has a Masters in Cooking as well as an incredible interest in food and the origins of many meals. To submit your hood’s candidates simply complete the registration form.
There will also be many lectures both published on Greymount’s website as well as local community sites, which will be linked at the beginning of the Food Expo, so that other hoods are able to give the lectures at their Food Expo market.
I can't wait for things to start happening and that all food loving Sims will contribute in one way or another! Hopefully, the Food Expo will enrich both minds and stomachs!