JEN: IT’S TIME FOR SUNDAY BRUNCH, AND JOINING US THIS MORNING IS CHEF JOSH HERSHKOVITZ FROM HERSH’S.
GOOD MORNING YOU GUYS HAVE A BIG EVENT COMING UP.
IT IS SIX DAYS AWAY ON SATURDAY.
THE FESTIVAL AT THE SANDLOT.
YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS AT FEAST FOR BALTIMORE.COM.
IT IS NOT YOUR USUAL EVENT FOR CHARITY.
NOT YOUR WHITE TABLECLOTH.
IT IS AN EVENT WE BRING ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
EAT FROM THE BEST FOOD MARKETS.
DRINK SOME GOOD COCKTAILS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A GAMING SECTION.
WHILE YOU ARE EATING AND DRINKING YOU CAN PLAY OVERSIZED JANGO AND DOMINOES.
IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME.
THIS SATURDAY FROM 12:00 TO 4:00 AT THE SANDLOT.
JEN: WHAT ARE YOU MAKING OVER THERE?
>> WE ARE DOING A CRUSTINI.
IT IS A GREAT TIME.
YOU FEEL IT YOU ARE ON THE BEACH.
THIS ONE IS STUFFED WITH TURISO THERE IS A SAUCE ON TOP.
A FIERY ROASTED RED PEPPER AND ALMOND SAUCE.
YOU CAN TASTE IT IN A SECOND.
TOPPED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SPRING ONIONS, ALMONDS, PARMESAN.
IT WILL BE A NICE LIGHT BITE OUT THERE.
EVERYBODY’S TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT IS BRIGHT AND NOT WEIGHING YOU DOWN.
RIGHT BY THE WATER.
OUT ON THE SAND.
IT IS A GREAT TIME.
JEN: THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL BE SERVING THAT DAY.
>> WE WILL BE SERVING THIS, THIS COMING SUMMER -- SATURDAY.
WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT IT IS RESTAURANTS ARE SO POPULAR.
FOOD IS SO POPULAR.
EVERYONE KNOWS MORE ABOUT INGREDIENTS THAN THEY EVER HAVE.
TO USE WHAT WE DO THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO CYSTIC FIBROSIS, HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON FINDING A CURE, IT IS GREAT TO DO WHAT WE DO AND PEOPLE LOVE AND DRAW
ATTENTION TO A CAUSE BASED ON DOING WHAT WE LOVE.
JEN: TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MONEY THAT IS GOING TO BE RAISED AND WHAT YOU WILL USE IT FOR.
>> CYSTIC FIBROSIS IS A GENETIC DISEASE.
IT ONLY AFFECTS 30,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE ARE SO CLOSE TO A CURE.
THE MONEY GOES TO THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION.
WHAT IS SO GREAT IS THEY FUND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THINGS THAT BIG DRUG COMPANIES DON’T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT THEIR MONEY BEHIND YET.
THEY ARE FUNDING THE BEGINNINGS OF THESE TREATMENTS WHICH ARE CHANGING OUR LIVES.
JEN: YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THIS EVENT.
>> YES.
WE ARE SO CLOSE TO A CURE.
WE NEED ABOUT 90 BILLION MORE DOLLARS.
TO BRING US TO WHERE WE CAN START TO SAY WE HAVE A CURE.
IT IS VERY COMPLICATED.
WE ARE CLOSER THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN.
COMING TO EVENTS LIKE THIS SATURDAY AT THE SANDLOT, IT REALLY AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
WE ARE PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY THE RESEARCH.
JE IT GETS YOU ONE STEP CLOSER.
IT WILL BE JUNE 9 FROM 12:00 UNTIL 4:00.
JEN: -- >> THE SANDLOT IS DOWN AT HARBOR POINT.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF EXELON TOWER.
IT IS A BEACH.
RIGHT THERE ON THE WATERFRONT IN BALTIMORE.
YOU ARE -- NOT GOING SWIMMING, BUT YOU HAVE THAT HEMISPHERE.
JEN: THIS IS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO SOME OF THE FOOD THAT YOU HAVE.
WHAT ELSE YOU SPECIALIZE?
WOOD-BURNING PIES.
800 DEGREE OVEN.
THE SAME WAY YOU GET IT IN NAPELS.
WE MAKE ALL OUR OWN PASTA IN-HOUSE.
JE YOU ARE JUST MAKING ME SO HUNGRY RIGHT NOW.
>> JUST COME IN AND EAT.
JE LOWELL IS COMING IN RIGHT NOW.
HE IS FEELING HAPPY TODAY.
A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FOOD.
GO FOR IT.
LOWELL: GIVE IT A WHIRL.
JEN: DON’T BE OFFENDED.