baba ghanoushA platter featuring the eggplant dip baba ghanoush is one of the options on the Marketplace’s lunch menu today.

Mediterranean flavours on sample in Marketplace today

The CAW Student Centre Marketplace is joining in the Celebration of Nations today—Thursday, February 13—offering a tour of the Mediterranean from its Homestyle station.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the lunch selections will include these middle eastern specialties: chicken shawarma; beef kabobs; meat or spinach pies; and a sampler platter of baba ghanoush, hummous, stuffed grape leaves and olives served with pita bread.

Dinner, served from 4 to 7 p.m., will feature the street foods of Italy, including fried cheese ravioli with spicy arrabiata sauce; sausage panini with peppers, onions and rapini; pollo con zucca and gorgonzola; or braciole with gravy.

The Celebration of Nations promises cultural displays and performances in the CAW Student Centre Commons, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.