Maine Central Institute students Kristyna Markova, 18, left, and Charlotte Lostitcka , 19, work together Sunday while cooking potato pancakes, a traditional dish from the Czech Republic, during the annual International Food Festival at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield. The pair from the Czech Republic say they were making the pancakes in a sample size, when normally they are much larger and served with meat as a meal.
Maine Central Institute students from Vietnam prepare and serve spring rolls Sunday during the annual International Food Festival at MCI in Pittsfield. From left: Claire Nguyen, 18, Mi Nguyen, 18, and Peter Truong, 18. The three, along with Alex Nguyen, 17, worked together and made 100 spring rolls in pork, shrimp and vegetable varieties during the event.
Maine Central Institute student Madison Knight, 17, of Liberia, right, holds warm rice bread while Sandra Janiec of Poland grabs bowls while serving samples Sunday during the annual International Food Festival at MCI in Pittsfield. Janiec says she assisted Knight, after serving all her samples of Polish food at a nearby table.
Emily Andrews of Lewiston samples warm rice bread Sunday from the Liberia as she carries her 3-month-old daughter, Piper, through the annual International Food Festival at MCI in Pittsfield. Andrews says she and her husband, Nathan, tried all 22 of the international foods offered at the event.
Artur Fass serves samples at the Ukrainian table Sunday during the annual International Food Festival at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield.
Students, faculty, staff members and others circulate through the food sampling area Sunday during the annual International Food Festival at MCI in Pittsfield.
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