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UPCOMING EVENTS • RECURRING EVENTS
Upcoming Events
Recurring Events
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Past Events
Sunday, March 9th
The Brewer's Plate
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Independence Visitor Center
6th & Market Streets, Philadelphia
Click here for
tickets
Sunday, Nov 11
Film: Good Food
White Dog Cafe
5pm
Arts Engine brings you a collection of short films on food and sustainability. From singing peanuts to teenage tomato growers, these films will make you laugh, make you think, and inspire you to take action for a healthy, sustainable and delicious future.
Ann Karlen, Director of the Philadelphia Fair Food Project,
will lead discussion of issues and opportunities for local food.
Sunday, Nov. 18
Native America Thanksgiving Dinner
White Dog Cafe
6pm
Enjoy a dinner celebrating the many important and delicious foods in our
diet that were originally cultivated by Native Americans. After dinner,
we’ll hear from members of the Lenape Nation, the indigenous peoples
of our region.
A donation to the Lenape Nation to help with the purchase of former homelands of Lenape ancestors will be made from proceeds of the dinner.
$45 plus tax & gratuity. Includes dinner, program and a donation to the Lenape Nation. Reservations are required, please call 215-386-9224.
November 9th - December 8th
2nd Annual Down to Earth Exhibit
The second Down to Earth exhibit will be held at The Arts Scene in West Chester, PA, from November 9 - December 8, 2007 during regular gallery hours. The exhibit will display juried potters who work with the earth to make objects to be used with food, and furniture makers who create surfaces intended to be used with food, creating a sort of "triptych" of food, vessel and foundation. Artists are "local," living within approximately 100 miles of Chester County.
For tickets, email tickets@downtoearthexhibit.org, or call 610-228-4224
www.downtoearthexhibit.org
Friday, Nov 9, 7pm – 10pm
Down to Earth Exhibit
Opening Reception
* Local light fare catered by Café Menta, wine, beer & music
by jazz harpist Gillian Grassie
* Special presentations by Jane Herold, studio potter who focuses on the
importance of pots in daily living, and Bill Kreider, fine furniture maker
who salvages I beams and vintage wood
* $25 in advance or $30 at the door (kids under 12 are free)
Saturday, Nov 17, 6pm – 10pm
“Mugs, Microbrews, Music & Movies” (BYOB)
* Featuring musical performance by Hoots and Hellmouth, WXPN’s
artist to watch, and a special screening of
“Seeds of Spring” by up-and-coming local filmmaker Rich Hoffman
* Guests can purchase a mug or cup in order to sample Victory Brewery’s
beers
* Arrive early to get your mug of choice!
* $15 in advance or $18 at the door (kids under 12 are free)
Monday, Nov 26, 7pm – 9pm
“Slow Burn” Chef’s Tasting (BYOB)
* Featuring presentations by Slow Food Philadelphia, Restaurant Alba’s
premier chef, Sean Weinburg, who cooks with local ingredients, flame and
embers, and woodfire potter, Willi Singleton, who digs Hawk Mountain clay,
and uses local materials for glazes
* Guests can purchase a plates of various participants to sample the chef’s
concoctions
* $12 in advance or $15 at the door (kids under 12 are free)
Saturday, Dec 8, 6pm – 10pm
“Empty Bowls” (BYOB)
* The basic idea for “Empty Bowls” is simple: artists donate
ceramic bowls, guests choose their bowls to eat a meal together and to
take home as a reminder that there are always Empty Bowls in the world.
100% of the donations for the bowls go to a local organization that fights
hunger. Our Empty Bowls recipient is Community Gardens of Chester County,
a local non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of
life of the county’s low-income residents through community gardening
and greening. Meals will be donated by local restaurants/caterers. Suggested
donations are $20 for one bowl, $30 for two. (More info at emptybowls.net)
* Silent auction bidding ends at 8pm
* Featuring music by the Llama Dalis, (formerly Neopseudo), and includes
furniture maker, Michael Biddeson
Sunday, Dec. 9
Benefit Party for the Mill Creek Farm
The Ethical Society Building
1906 South Rittenhouse Sq, Philadelphia, PA 19103
3-7pm
Celebrate the end of our second season. Learn about Mill Creek Farm's
work growing and distributing fresh food and educating the community about
urban agriculture and sustainability. Activities include: light food and
drinks, silent auction, live music featuring the West Philadelphia Orchestra
and Fan of Friends.
The Mill Creek Farm makes fresh, locally grown food more widely available
in West Philadelphia and helps to increase food security for the community.
Supporting urban agriculture improves city environments, builds the local
economy, saves energy resources, and facilitates community education about
food, health, and sustainability.
Childcare will be available.
Tickets available on our website www.millcreekurbanfarm.org and at the
door
$20 in advance, $25 at the door
BUY FRESH BUY LOCAL WEEK:
CELEBRATING LOCALLY GROWN FOOD!
July 14th - July 22nd
Saturday, July 14th
Fair Food Farm Tour: U-Pick Berries & Flowers for Buy Fresh Buy
Local Week
Willow Creek Orchards & Overbrook Herb Farm, 9:30am - 2:30pm
Collegeville & Lansdale, PA
Take home some of Southeastern PA's bounty fresh from the farm to your table. After visiting Paul Tsakos' specialty herb and produce farm, stock up on pick-your-own Willow Creek berries while picking a bouquet of farm-fresh flowers. Farmer Drew Smith will show you around their orchards and fields, and we'll teach you about freezing and preserving.
Tickets include a deliciously fresh and local picnic lunch. This tour
is the second in a six-part series.
Purchase tickets online or call 215-386-5211 x104
Sunday, July 15th
Buy Fresh Buy Local Week Kick-Off Event at Yards Brewing Company
2439 Amber Street, Philadelphia, PA
2:00pm - 6:30pm
All Local Ingredient Cheese Steaks (Pastured Beef and Veg. Options) • Hand Crafted Ales • Live Music • Dunk Local Food Leaders in Dunk Tank!
This 5th annual celebration will kick off an incredible week of events and feature ALL LOCAL Grass-Fed Organic Beef Philly Cheese Steaks with local onions, shrooms and the finest local cheese (sorry no whiz), There will also be a Seitan "Steak" option for herbivores. Feast Your Eyes Catering will be grilling up these farm-fresh ingredients on premise. Cheese steaks will be served on fresh-baked bread from Baker Street Bread Company.
As always, tickets include all the Yards Ale you care to imbibe and live, local music. Plus, stay hydrated with Bucks County's own Steaz Organic Soda and keep cool with the sweet creaminess of Capogiro Gelato
New this year: A DUNKING TANK for Judy Wicks and other local food leaders. You can buy balls to throw at the target and sink your favorite local food advocate.
If you love local food and support sustainable agriculture in our region, come eat and drink like you mean it!
Purchase tickets online or call 215-386-5211 x106
Monday, July 16th
Fair Food Chefs' and Buyers' Farm Tour
Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-Operative, Lancaster County
Time TBA
Join us for a private tour of some of the farms that supply Lancaster Farm Fresh, a cooperative of over 20 Amish growers and producers. We'll visit several produce farms, as well as a bison farm and an organic pasture operation raising hogs, turkeys, and calves.
Open to Chefs and Buyers only.
To Reserve: fairfoodfarmtours@gmail.com or 215-386-5211 x101
The Book and The Cook: Summer Cookbook Author Event
Reading Terminal Market • Lunchtime
Andrew Schloss and David Joachim bring their secrets for great outdoor cooking when they present recipes from their new work, Mastering the Grill.
Info: call 215-545-4543
Tuesday July 17th
Fresh Food, Cool Drinks, Clean Lines at James:
Delicacies from Nearby Farms, Crisp Local Beer and a Chill Atmosphere
5:00pm - 7:00pm at James • 824 S. 8th St.
Local thirst-quenching beers half off as well as summer cocktails made with farm fresh fruits! Light bites as well as full bar menu available!
Info: 215-629-4980
Wednesday, July 18th
Fresh & Local Happy Hour at Southwark:
Farm Fraîche Hors d'Oeuvres, Local Ales and Classic Cocktails
5:00pm - 7:00pm at Southwark Restaurant * 701 S. 4th St
Drink specials will feature Sly Fox microbrews and Bluecoat Gin. More details to come!
Info: 215-238-1888
Friday, July 20th
Second Annual PA Preferred® Best Chef of Pennsylvania Competition:
Philadelphia and Countryside Regional
Reading Terminal Market, Center Court • Free Event
Competition starts at 12 noon on Friday and continues through Saturday.
Eight chefs from Philadelphia's best kitchens go whisk to whisk until the winner of the Philadelphia regional emerges Saturday afternoon. Competition starts at 12 noon, Friday concluding with final round at 3:30 pm, Saturday. The winner will go on to State Finals at the PA Farm Show in January. Sponsored by SYSCO Foods and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Free.
Info: www.thebookandthecook.com/views/summer/summer.php
Saturday, July 21st
Annual PA Preferred® Best Chef of Pennsylvania Competition:
Philadelphia and Countryside Regional Final Round
Info: www.thebookandthecook.com/views/summer/summer.php
Good Food, Good Beer, and The Rest Is History
The Shambles at Headhouse Square
2nd and Lombard Streets
5:30PM-8:30PM
The Philadelphia Convivium of Slow Food and its local partner Farm to City are co-sponsoring the event Good Food, Good Beer, and the Rest Is History. This event rounds out Philadelphia's Buy Fresh Buy Local Week in the Shambles at Headhouse Square, the colonial marketplace at 2nd and Lombard in historic Society Hill. The event features fantastic chefs matched with our great local microbreweries. The event is a fundraiser for Slow Food. Join us for this third annual event.
For tickets: call Slow Food at 718-260-8000
White Dog Café Urban Agriculture Tour & Lunch
Greensgrow Farm • Weaver's Way Farm • Mill Creek Farm
Tour leaves Café at 8:30 am * Rain or shine
Explore three of Philadelphia's unique and innovative urban farms with Roxanne Christensen, President of the Institute for Innovative Farming. $54 includes muffins, coffee, transportation, discussion, 3-course lunch, tax and gratuity. Rain or shine.
For reservations, call 215-386-9224.
Sunday, July 22nd
Headhouse Farmers' Market Grand Opening Celebration with special guest Michael Nutter and The Chef Cook-Off sponsored by PhillyCarShare and The Food Trust
The Shambles at Headhouse Square
12 noon - 2pm
Join Philadelphia chefs and Mayoral candidate Michael Nutter as we celebrate Headhouse Farmers' Market's first season with a Cook Off featuring fresh ingredients from the market. Pick up tips from your favorite chefs as they shop and cook with the best ingredients our region has to offer! Come, watch, eat, and vote for your favorite dish! FREE! Sponsored by PhillyCarShare and The Food Trust.
Contact The Food Trust at 215-568-0830 for more details.
2 Short Local Food Films at the White Dog Café
3420 Sansom Street
5 pm Dinner/7 pm screening
Two films that focus on local food: "What Will We Eat" and "Fridays at the Farm".
Come early to the White Dog Café for an a la carte dinner at 5 pm- reservations recommended. Standing room available for those viewing the films only. Discussion with filmmakers will follow showing. Dinner, dessert, and bar & grill and beverage service is available before and after the film showing.
For reservations, please call 215-386-9224.
Thursday, July 26th
Summer Wines, Local Produce & Di Bruno Cheeses
6 8pm / $40. per person
Di Bruno Brothers is pleased to present this elegant selection of white and rose wines from Winebow's illustrious portfolio with an array of local tree fruits, berries, and vegetables supplied by the Fair Food Project. This informative and educational classroom session will feature nine wines accompanied with fresh dishes from our kitchen. There will also be a variety of summer chevres and pecorinos.
A Di Bruno Bros. cheese specialist and expert from Winebow, along with Director of Fair Food, Ann Karlen, will be discussing these wonderful products and the advantage of buying locally.
Call 215-665-9220 x 237 to make reservations.
Click here to visit
Winebow's informative web site.
Thursday, July 26th
Summer Wines, Local Produce & Di Bruno Cheeses
6 8pm / $40. per person
Di Bruno Brothers is pleased to present this elegant selection of white and rose wines from Winebow's illustrious portfolio with an array of local tree fruits, berries, and vegetables supplied by the Fair Food Project. This informative and educational classroom session will feature nine wines accompanied with fresh dishes from our kitchen. There will also be a variety of summer chevres and pecorinos.
A Di Bruno Bros. cheese specialist and expert from Winebow, along with Director of Fair Food, Ann Karlen, will be discussing these wonderful products and the advantage of buying locally.
Call 215-665-9220 x 237 to make reservations.
Click here to visit Winebow's informative web site.
July 22nd thru July 27th
South Jersey Hot Chef's Present:
"Farm to Fork Week"
A Week-Long Celebration of Local Farming
with Special $30 Dinners in Many Local Restaurants
The South Jersey Independent Restaurant Association (commonly known as SJ Hot Chefs) presents "Farm to Fork Week", a week long tribute to local farming, Sunday, July 22 through Friday, July 27. Each restaurant will present a four course dinner at $30 per person featuring products from local New Jersey farmers. Participating restaurants will present a unique four course menu, with each individual dish highlighting a specific local product.
See: www.sjhotchefs.com for a schedule and participating restaurants.
July 26th-29th, 2007
The Annual New Jersey Peach Festival
4-H Fairgrounds, Route 77 South, Mullica Hill, NJ (in the heart of peach country).
Some highlights include peach pack competition from the state's top peach
growers, Peach Queen competition, displays of all types of yellow and white-fleshed
peach and nectarines, educational displays of peach pest management and variety
development, annual peach bake off competition, Little Mister and Miss Peach
Blossom Parade, peach products and peach cider drinks along with New Jersey
peach ice cream, Jersey Fresh peaches, peach breads, peach pastries, Jersey grown
plants and Jersey Fresh fruits and vegetables.
The New Jersey Peach Festival is held concurrently with the Gloucester County
4-H Fair. For a listing of events and directions to the festival and fair go to:
http://gloucester.rce.rutgers.edu/fairfest.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Celebrate The Taste of Summer:
Local Corn Dinner at White Dog Cafe
6:00 pm
Taste the best local, organic corn that our region has to offer in delicious innovative dishes by White Dog Executive Chef Andrew Brown. Sample items include: corn and herb gnocchi with blue crab and corn broth, corn crusted local fish, and corn pudding with chocolate-hazelnut topping.
After dinner, learn about the challenges facing small family farmers and how citizens can help change the US Farm Bill with Deborah M. Burd, Executive Director of the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture. Deb is a founding member of the Maine Women's Agricultural Network, the Sustainable Development Working Group and serves on an advisory committee to Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture.
$45/person includes 4-course meal discussion, tax & gratuity.
Reservations are required. Please call 215-386-9224
Friday, August 10, 2007
Rum & Reggae Block Party
At White Dog Cafe
8pm-2am
Sansom Street, between 34th & 36th
White Dog Cafe's 21st annual Caribbean themed event! This block party includes a Caribbean buffet from White Dog Executive Chef, Andy Brown, exotic rum drinks, and dancing in the streets to live Reggae music from New York's, Tribal Legacy! Rum & Reggae is a University City tradition that you don't want to miss!
For reservations call 215.386.9224. Dancing is only $5 after 10pm (21+).
Rain or shine - under tent top.
Other Book and The Cook Summer Events Taking Place During Buy Fresh, Buy Local Week
Monday, July 16 through Friday, July 20
Various times and locations TBA
Please call (215) 545 4543 for information
The Book and The Cook: Summer welcomes cookbook authors writing to the foods and dining that help make summer such a special time of the year. The Book and The Cook: Summer events will feature cookbook authors teamed with area restaurants to create special meals. This year's authors include:
• Stephanie Anderson is the author of Killer Pies. She brings her pastries to life with peak summer fruits from Pennsylvania.
• Nancy Harmon Jenkins writings frequently grace the pages of The New York Times, Food and Wine, and many other national publications. Cucina del Sole, her collection of recipes from the sun-drenched climes of southern Italy and Sicily, is the perfect platform to showcase Pennsylvania's abundance of fresh produce - and fresh seafood!
• Local hero and nationally respected Aliza Green continues her seminal "Field Guide" series with a perfect book for summer dining: Field Guide to Seafood.
Sunday, Sept. 30
Local Books and Local Food Under One 18th Century Roof
10am-2pm
Headhouse Farmers' Market
2nd & Lombard Streets
Join The Food Trust and local bookshops at the Headhouse Farmers’ Market (2nd and Lombard Sts.) on September 30th from 10am-2pm for a celebration of books. In addition to all the fresh, delicious food at the farmers’ market, local booksellers will be setting up shop at the market to offer customers the chance to purchases books from one of Philadelphia’s independent booksellers. Confirmed booksellers include: Bindlestiff Books, Big Jar Books, Book Corner, and Molly’s Café & Bookstore.
As a special treat The Food Trust will also be organizing a cookbook swap. Drop off your old cookbooks and pick up some new ones.
Friday, October 5
Expanding Food Access: A Fresh Food Agenda for Philadelphia
Commemorating World Food Day 2007
12:30-4:30pm
Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania
3417 Spruce Street
Join community-based feeding program volunteers, retailers, institutional food purchasers, farmers, students, city and state officials, service organizations, nutrition educators, urban gardeners, policy makers, funders, and others committed to building sustainable local food connections.
Sponsored by Philadelphia Greater Philadelphia Coalition against Hunger & the University of Pennsylvania Fox Leadership Program, Civic House & Project on Civic Engagement
To register or for more information,
visit www.foxleadership.org or email
foxleader@sas.upenn.edu
Saturday, Oct. 6
Youth and School Gardens Tour
8:30am-2:30pm
White Dog Cafe
We will visit four exceptional youth-run garden programs; Teens 4 Good, University City High School Garden, Longstreth Elementary School Campus Park, and St Francis Xavier Green City Program.
During this tour experience the breadth of what is possible through youth centered gardening programs including job training and business development, habitat restoration and environmental education, social service projects and curriculum development.
$45 includes muffins and coffee, transportation, lunch, tax and tip. Advance payment required. Cancellations can be made up to 24 hours before event. Rain or Shine.
Reservations required 215.386.9224
Monday, Oct. 8
Table Talk: Post Petroleum Survival Guide and Cook Book
6:00pm
White Dog Cafe
3420 Sansom Street
Albert Bates, long-time resident of The Farm in Summertown Tennessee and founder of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas, comes to White Dog for an evening of conversation and humor. Albert’s latest book, The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook, is a narrative of where we stand at this moment in history and the stark choices that lie ahead. Chef Andy Brown will include dishes inspired by the cookbook. Join Albert at the White Dog as he discusses peak oil, good food and environmental stewardship.
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Table Talk Reservations
Table Talks at 6pm include a three course dinner, followed by speaker and discussion from 7:30-9pm. $36 per person, includes tax and gratuity. Cash bar. Senior citizens (over 65) and full-time students $30
with advance notification.
Student Stand By Policy: Students can call (215) 386-9224 between 4 - 5:30pm on event days for available seating at 6pm for dinner ($25) or to attend the discussion only at 7:30 (free).
Please call (215) 386-9224 for reservations before sending payment. Advance payment required by giving a credit card over the phone or sending a check. Single reservations are welcome at Table Talks where you'll be seated at a group table. Vegetarian dishes are always offered.
October 13th and 14th
Beast Feastival at the Philadelphia Zoo from open to close
Visit the Philadelphia Zoo and celebrate
local foods awareness campaigns in the Philadelphia area! Watch as the Zoo's animals are fed fruits and vegetables grown at farms in central and eastern Pennsylvania, meet representatives from Philadelphia-based non-profit organizations supporting local food campaigns to learn how you can be involved, sample delicious foods made from locally-grown produce, and learn about what the Zoo does to support local foods.
Free with Zoo admission.
Sunday, Oct. 14
Farmers Sunday Supper
White Dog Cafe
6:00pm
Enjoy a dinner harvested from family farms, served with specially paired wines. Each course will feature one of the farmers who supply White Dog Cafe. Farmers Glenn Brendle of Green Meadow Farms, Bill Elkins of Buck Run Farm, and Joe and Angela Evans of Oley Valley Mushrooms will speak as each course is served.
For more than 25 years Chaddsford Winery, the region’s premier winemakers, have been producing world class wines exclusively with locally grown grapes. In celebration of their 25th anniversay, the winery’s founder and winemaker Eric Miller, recognized as a top producer of American regional wine, will introduce his wines with each course.
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$65 includes four-course dinner, wines, tax & tip. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations required. 215-386-9224.
Monday, Oct. 15
Urban Sustainability Forum
The Next Mayor's Vision for a Sustainable Philadelphia
Moderated by: Flaivia Monteiro Colgan, Daily News editorial board member & MSNBC Commentator
Reception: 7:00pm- 7:30pm
Program: 7:30pm-9:00pm
Location: The Academy of Natural Sciences Auditorium
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia , PA 19103
Monday, Oct. 15
Farmers Dinner
Cocktail Reception: 6:30pm
Dinner: 7:30pm
James Restaurant
824 S. 8th Street Philadelphia, PA 19147
Four-course family style dinner honoring Greens Meadow Farms.
Come out and meet Glenn & Ian Brendell of Green Meadow Farms, meet your neighbors and enjoy farm fresh food carefully prepared by Chef Jim Burke
Seating is limited, please contact Kristina @ 215.629.4980 to reserve your space at the table!
Check out the events page on our website to be up to date on all the current happenings @ JAMES
$60 a guest, wine included (tax & gratuity not included, Meal TBA shortly
Oct. 18 - 28
4-Part Series: Urban Sustainability & the Environmental Potential of Cities
Jewish Farm School
Thursday, Oct. 18
7pm
Calvary Center (48th St. & Baltimore Ave.)
Part 1: Engage in texts that address the intersection of Judaism and Sustainability. Hear about the various efforts currently underway in Philadelphia to address issues such as transportation, building and green space.
Thursday, Oct. 25
7pm
Calvary Center (48th St. & Baltimore Ave.)
Part 2: Learn about Judaism’s tradition of using food as a vehicle for social justice. Hear from local farmers and organizers about their work in creating just and sustainable food systems in Philadelphia.
Friday, Oct. 26
7pm
Calvary Center
Part 3: Join Kol Tzedek for Friday Night Services and Urban Edge dinner as we discuss where environmental sustainability and social justice overlap. This free event is a vegetarian potluck. Please bring a dish that shows your support of local and sustainable agriculture.
Sunday, Oct. 28
Jewish Farm School
10am
Meet at 4905 Cedar
Part 4: Participate in hands-on workshops to learn how to compost, grow food in your own backyard and fix your bike. Visit a local urban farm, learn about bio-diesel and green building techniques.
Oct. 22 - 28
The Book and the Cook
Cookbook authors will again pair with Philadelphia's world-class restaurants to create the annual culinary party, The Book and The Cook. Traveling from near and far, from America's Pacific Rim to Japan, from New Orleans to Beijing, these authors will team with their host chefs for meals that are sure to delight.
Below is a list of events scheduled for this year's The Book and The Cook. But a new one can be added at any time. For the up-to-the-minute schedule please visit www.thebookandthecook.com .
Monday, October 22
London Grill
2301 Fairmount Ave.
Philadelphia
(215) 978-4545
Michael Ginor
Foie Gras... A Passion
Tuesday, October 23
Yangming
1051 Conestoga Rd.
Bryn Mawr
(610) 527-3200
Ellen Yin
Forklore: Recipes & Tales from an American Bistro
Wednesday, October 24
Azalea at the Omni Hotel
401 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia
(215) 925-0000
Dominique Macquet
Dominique's Tropical Latitudes
Fork
306 Market St.
Philadelphia
(215) 625-9425
Max McCalman
Cheese: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Best
Citygrange
The Westin Philadelphia
99 S. 17th St.
Philadelphia
(215) 563-1600, ext 6930
Peter Reinhart
Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads
Bar Ferdinand
1030 N. 2nd St.
Philadelphia
(215) 923-1313
David Rosengarten
David Rosengarten Entertains: Fabulous Parties for Food Lovers
Thursday, October 25
Twenty21
2005 Market St.
Philadelphia
(215) 851-6262
Tom Douglas
Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen
Mission Grill
1835 Arch St.
Philadelphia
(215) 636-9550
David Joachim and Andy Schloss
Mastering The Grill
Fork
306 Market St.
Philadelphia
(215) 625-9425
Hiroko Shimbo
The Japanese Kitchen
Friday, October 26
Joseph Ambler Inn
1005 Horsham Rd.
North Wales
(215) 362-7500
James Peterson
Cooking
Susanna Foo
1512 Walnut St.
Philadelphia
(215) 545-2666
Jonathan Waxman
A Great American Cook
Saturday, October 27
Funky Lil' Kitchen
232 King St.
Pottstown
(610) 326-7400
Laura Giannatempo
Ligurian Kitchen: Recipes and Tales from The Italian Riviera
Sunday, October 28
Margaret Kuo's
175 E. Lancaster Ave.
Wayne
(610) 688-7200
Cecilia Chiang
The Seventh Daughter: My Culinary Journey from Beijing to San Francisco
Moonstruck
7955 Oxford Ave.
Philadelphia
(215) 725-6000
John Mariani
The Italian-American Cookbook
Alison at Blue Bell
721 Skippack Pike
Blue Bell
(215) 641-2660
Joan Nathan
The New American Cooking
Friday, Oct. 26
Cheese: Blind Tasting: Which Cheddar is Beddar?
6:30-8pm
Instructed by: Jeff Roberts, cheese guru & author of the Atlas of American Artisan Cheese
Tria Fermentation School
Price: $50 per attendee
Register at http://www.triacafe.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=103
Monday, Oct. 29
American Artisan Cheese Dinner
6:00pm
White Dog Cafe
3420 Sansom St.
Enjoy outstanding American Aritisan cheeses used in a special four-course dinner prepared by Executive Chef Andy Brown. Discussion will be led by Jeffrey Roberts, whose Atlas of American Artisan Cheese, the first reference book of its kind, highlights more than 350 of the best small-scale cheese makers in the country, capturing America's local genius for artisan cheese: a capacity for adaptation, experimentation, and innovation, while following old-world artisanship. Jeff helped establish the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese at the University of Vermont. He is a national director of Slow Food USA. Signed copies of his book will be available following dinner.
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Amuse:
Hendricks Farm Blue Bell (goat; soft-ripened, exterior blue mold) grilled
cheese with caramelized onions and apples
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Local pear, walnut, endive and micro green salad with cider-thyme vinaigrette
and Shellbark Hollow Farm's Aged sharp cheese
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Risotto with Keswick Creamery Vermeer (washed rind cow's milk),
guanciale, pumpkin and fresh parsley
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Rosemary Grilled Grass-Fed Sirloin of Beef from Buck Run Farm with
Ely Pork Products Washington's Crossing (washed curd cow) -Cauliflower Gratin
with a Dijon Burgundy Glaze
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Organic Heirloom Apple Pie with Green Valley Dairy Pennsylvania Noble
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Other options:
Otterbein Acres: bandage-wrapped cheddar (cow) or Romano (sheep)
$45 plus tax & gratuity. Includes 4-course meal and presentation.
Reservation are required. Please call 215-386-9224
Saturday, October 27, 10:30-2:30pm
Paradise Hill Farm [Reserve Tour Now]
Heirloom Cranberry Bogs and Blueberry Bushes
Vincentown, Burlington County, NJ
Paradise Hill Farm is committed to the environmental and historic conservation of New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Specializing in cranberries and blueberries, they are dedicated to preserving heirloom varieties. The blueberries that we got from them this year were just spectacular (we also now have them available frozen), and now we're offering the white and red cranberries, fresh, at the Farmstand. The farm has been in Mary Ann Thompson¹s family since 1890. Mary Ann's Grandmother won the Silver medal for quality at the Buffalo exposition in the early 1900s, and she is continuing that tradition today. The farm spans over 800 acres in the Pine Barrens, with 200 acres in cranberry production. Walk out to the bogs, see their antique machinery, and hear the colorful stories.
Tickets are $25 adults, $12 children (6-13) free for children under 6. Price includes tour and deliciously fresh and local picnic on the farm. Farmers Market Nutrition Program (Senior an WIC) participants receive a 50% discount. Discounts may be available for groups of 5 or more people.
Fair Food is a project of White Dog Community Enterprises dedicated to bringing locally grown food into the Philadelphia marketplace and promoting a humane, sustainable agriculture for the Greater Philadelphia region.
Tuesday, Oct 30
"Faces of Fair Trade" Farmers Tour [Event Website]
Location: United Tabernacle Church, 3700 Chestnut St.
Time:
6:00 pm - Local food tasting provided by the Fair Food Project
6:30 pm - Panel Discussion with farmers and Ann Karlen, founding director of the Fair Food Project
Farmers from Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Georgia, along with local farmers from New England are coming to Philadelphia on Oct 30th to tell their stories.
Other Farmers Tour events in Philadelphia:
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On Mon., Oct. 29th at 7:00 pm, the farmers will speak at Bryn Mawr University (Gateway Conference Room, Gateway Building, off of Morris Ave.).
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On Tues., Oct. 30th, from 2:00 – 4:00, the farmers will speak at Joe Coffee Bar, 1100 Walnut St., #110, Philadelphia.
This event is free and open to the public.
