Posts Tagged ‘Rutland’

• One Big Block Party

  Date: 02.25.2010 | Category: Coming Up | Response: 0

  Move over Crescent City. It’s Burlington’s turn to let les bons temps rouler. The Magic Hat Mardi Gras Celebration in downtown Burlington, Vermont, opens with music at Higher Ground on Friday night. On Saturday, live bands on Church Street will fill the air with Cajun/Creole sounds as pubs and cafes will serve up tasty New Orleans fare.

  The King & Queen of Mardi Gras Costume Contest begins at noon outside City Hall. Winners are each awarded $500 and will help lead the Grand Parade with Magic Hat’s Alan Newman and Mayor Bob Kiss. The event, now in its fifteenth year, will benefit the Women’s Rape Crisis Center.

  • If you go, keep in mind: Smart revelers park their cars at Magic Hat HQ on Bartlett Bay Road in South Burlington or Burlington High School and take the free Mardi Gras shuttle into town.

  • Buy your beads to throw at the Magic Hat Mardi Gras Headquarters located in the old Maplehurst Florist shop on Church Street in Burlington. Sales benefit the WRCC.

  • It’s going to be chilly! Fingerless gloves are best for catching the beads, authentic Louisiana moon pies and Lake Champlain chocolates as they fly from the floats!

  • Families with children under 7 years old are welcome to catch the parade from the Little Jambalaya Viewing Zone, on the corner of Main Street and South Winooski.

  More Regional Events

  (All events take place in Vermont unless otherwise noted.)

  Thursday, February 25
  Ron Krupp, local author of Lifting the Yoke: Local Solutions to America’s Farm and Food Crisis offers up practical actions for Vermonters.  7 to 9 pm at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Free.

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• Localvore Dinner Series Comes to Penny Cluse Cafe

  Date: 01.28.2010 | Category: Coming Up | Response: 0

  Fundraisers at the Vermont Commons School have found a delicious way to help promote sustainable communities through their popular Localvore Dinner Series. Billed as a friend-raising event, each winter/spring dinner includes a four-course meal at a well-known Vermont restaurant with a guest speaker who’s a leader in sustainability.

  This coming Wednesday’s dinner will be at Penny Cluse Café in Burlington. Chef/owner Charles Reeves intends to put a typically Penny Cluseian flavor-powerd spin on seasonal, local ingredients. Look for parsley root fries with house-made ketchup, braised Vermont lamb with plenty of garlic, cinnamon-stout ice cream and much more. Saleem H. Ali, associate professor of environmental studies at UVM’s Rubenstein School and author of the new book Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future (Yale University Press, 2009) will speak.

  The final two stops on the VCS Localvore express will be at The Kitchen Table Bistro in Richmond on March 11 and American Flatbread at Lareau Farm in Waitsfield on April 6.

  More Regional Events

  (All events take place in Vermont unless otherwise noted.)

  Thursday, January 28
  Three Penny Taproom in Montpelier welcomes the owner and brewers from Smuttynose, New Hampshire’s leading craft brewery, who will be tapping a fresh cask of their barrel-aged Imperial Stout. 100% of sales from the cask will be donated to HELP (Haitian Education & Leadership Program).

  Friday, January 29
  ‘The End of the Line’, Rupert Murray’s 2009 documentary, presents hard-to-ignore footage and scientific evidence of the state of our oceans, arguing that overfishing will cause a “world without fish” by 2048. 7:30 pm at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. $5 to $8.
  

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• Consumer Reports Finds BPA in Food

  Date: 11.10.2009 | Category: News Feed | Response: 0

  Need one more reason to purchase local, fresh food whenever possible?

  A new report by Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, shows an alarming presence of the chemical bisphenol A, a synthetic estrogen, in many canned foods manufactured in America.

  Bisphenol A, known as BPA, has been used for years in the manufacture of clear plastic bottles and in the lining in tin cans. BPA is more likely to infiltrate foods stored in plastic containers if the container is cleaned in a dishwasher or used in a microwave.

  The Consumer Reports’s tests found various levels of BPA in the 19 name brand food products tested, including canned soups, tuna, juices and green beans. Canned goods generally had the highest levels of BPA, including Del Monte green beans, Campbell’s Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup and Progresso Vegetable Soup.

  The chemical was also found in products labeled “BPA-free” as well as in canned food labeled organic.

  In the wake of the study, food manufacturers have countered that the BPA levels found in their products meet federal regulations, reports ABC News. The Grocery Manufacturing Association said in a statement, “The public should not be alarmed.”

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• First Annual Culinary Tourism Food Summit

  Date: 11.05.2009 | Category: Coming Up | Response: 0

  For a hundred years tourists have come to Vermont to hike, ski or snap photos of the changing seasons. Many have gone home with maple products in tow. Today’s tourists are likely to be hungry for more.

  Southern Vermont business leaders and food professionals will be gathering this coming Tuesday, November 10, to discuss culinary tourism and the benefits and challenges it offers. Their goal is to help define Southern Vermont’s culinary tourism potential and to develop successful initiatives based on best practices in the industry. Roger Allbee, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, will be the keynote speaker.

  Tourism professionals, educators, town leaders, farmers, food artisans, specialty food retailers and the community at large are all encouraged to attend.

  The Culinary Tourism Food Summit will take place in West Dover at the historic Hermitage Inn, an environmentally efficient establishment. The cost is $25, which includes lunch and a limitless opportunity to network with like-minded food lovers and entrepreneurs. Contact the Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce 802-464-8092 to register.

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• Savor Burlington

  Date: 10.29.2009 | Category: Coming Up | Response: 0

  “After all, you are where you eat.” -Chris Howell, owner Vermont Farm Tours

  Vermont Farm Tours heads to the city on Saturday for its popular Savor Burlington tour. You’ll feel like royalty as you trek and taste your way through the Queen City’s farmers’ market and artisan food shops. There’s lunch at American Flatbread too. Lead by farmer/localvore/raconteur Chris Howell, you’ll learn why Burlington was rated the healthiest city in the country by the Centers for Disease Control in 2008, and why some consider it the tastiest as well.

  The tour includes 6 tastings, lunch, a tote bag and tour photos, and is limited to 12 individuals. Call 802.922.7346 for details and to reserve.

  Don’t forget your sweater and umbrella- AccuWeather predicts “mid 50s, breezy with rain possible” for Saturday.

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