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Charles City Arts Center to host Breakfast on the Veranda

By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com

If you’re not sure what to get Dad for Father’s Day next weekend, the Charles City Arts Center (CCAC) is offering one possible solution.

“If someone wants to get their father a nice breakfast treat, we’ll do it for you,” said CCAC Director Emily Kiewel.

On Saturday, June 18, the day before Father’s Day, the CCAC will host Breakfast on the Veranda. The event will feature a southern-style breakfast menu served outside the center, with items prepared by volunteers Stewart Dalton and Julie Morton. Tickets can be purchased at the Arts Center or online at charlescityarts.org/events. The cost is $20 for breakfast for a party of two.

Kiewel said there will be two seatings, an “Early Bird” seating at 9 a.m. and a “Sleepy Head” seating at 10:30 a.m.

In the case of rain, the date will be moved to the following Saturday, June 25. Kiewel said that she’s looking into having some live music to play in the background and possibly some other surprises.

The menu will include biscuits and gravy, grits, scrambled eggs, fruit, coffee and mimosas, among other tasty treats. Wendy Johnson from Joia Food Farm will be providing eggs and some other essential foods for the breakfast.

“There will be a few surprises on the menu,” Morton said. “I think we’re going to throw a few different fun sides in, along with everything.”

Morton, who is originally from Georgia, said she was looking forward to sharing some southern breakfast recipes with local arts patrons.

“I’m real excited to introduce our attendees to some of my favorite things,” Morton said. “I really hope we get a good turnout.”

Morton frequently works as a volunteer hostess for events at the CCAC and prepared a few different soups for the CCAC’s Empty Bowls fundraiser in March.

“Stewart is helping me, and he’s got everything down to the ounces for each person,” she said.

Dalton, who is the CCAC’s resident culinary artist, once worked in a number of upscale supper clubs in Wisconsin and Illinois. He studied the culinary arts in Madison, Wisconsin, and learned the finer details of gourmet cooking.

Morton said that she and Dalton make a good team. She said she learned southern-style cooking by watching her grandmother.

“My maw-maw made homemade buttermilk biscuits every morning,” Morton said. “I chose sausage, gravy and biscuits and grits to bring a little bit of flavor from home.”

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