Travel and Taste: Gal pagos Islands, Land of Enchantment

This is our fifth Travel and Taste, and we are excited to be featuring the natural history and culinary highlights of the Gal pagos Islands of Ecuador. The Gal pagos Archipelago is home to an abundance of wildlife, and lives in the spirits and minds of those who love nature like nowhere else on earth. Due to its isolation from the mainland for millions of years, it is a rare wilderness where animals have no instinctive fear of humans. Come meet domed tortoises that have grown to dramatic proportions, cormorants that have lost their ability to fly, and iguanas that feed on algae. And, of course, there are the famous blue-footed boobies engaging in their courtship dance. We are delighted that Christopher DeStefano of Christopher's Table in Ipswich will be cooking up a culinary dinner for us again this year, highlighting dishes from this region from hors d'oeuvres to dessert. Christopher's Table was awarded "BEST Of The North SHORE" for prepared foods and takeout as well as "BEST Of IPSWICH" for its homemade bakery selection. Dinner will be followed by a PowerPoint presentation given by Carol Decker, who led a Mass Audubon natural history tour to this region last April. Sit back and enjoy the birds, animals, and plants of this beautiful area. Sign up for the dinner and the presentation, or just the presentation (though you'd be missing an amazing meal!) Dinner & Presentation: $30 member, $33 nonmember Presentation only: $8 member, $10 nonmember Registration is required. Call (978) 887-9264 for details. See http://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=1354-IP12SP1 for more information.