A Spoonful of Ginger

"A Spoonful of Ginger" Food Tasting will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Joslin's Asian American Diabetes Initiative. This fabulous evening of food tasting, held for the first time at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, will bring together many of Boston's finest chefs to raise money and increase awareness of the growing incidence of diabetes among Asian Americans.

This year's event will honor Lily Apteker, Sally and Larry Ho, and the Wing Family, and also will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Joslin Diabetes Center's Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI).

Participating chefs include Ming Tsai of Blue Ginger in Wellesley, Jasper White of Summer Shack in Back Bay and Cambridge, and Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery and Myers + Chang in Boston's South End and South Boston Waterfront, plus many others.

To celebrate the event's new home at the Museum of Fine Arts, guests who purchase special "Art Lover" tickets may enjoy an exclusive tour from 5pm - 6:00pm with an MFA curator of either The Secrets of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC or The Silk Road and Chinese Art prior to the Ginger event program.

Date: Monday, April 5, 2010

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Location: The Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA

Cost: A Spoonful of Ginger tickets: $250 each
Special "Art Lover" Tour Tickets: $500 each (includes ticket to Ginger and special MFA Curator Tour)

All proceeds benefit Joslin's AADI

To purchase tickets: Please contact Joslin's Development Office at 617-732-2531 or ginger@joslin.harvard.edu For more information visit http://www.joslin.org/giving/spoonful_of_ginger.html

About the Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI): Approximately 24 million people (8% of the population) have diabetes in the United States.

Asian Americans are nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes as the general population. Approximately 10% of all Asian Americans have diabetes and even more remain undiagnosed. This issue requires immediate attention because Asian Americans are one of the nation's fastest-growing minority populations.

Recognizing this need, Joslin Diabetes Center founded the AADI in 2000. The AADI's mission is to enhance the quality of life and health outcomes for Asian Americans living with diabetes through research, education, outreach, and culturally appropriate treatments.

For more information, please visit http://aadi.joslin.harvard.edu/