Lehigh Valley Harvest: Sunday, Oct. 27th‏

Lehigh Valley Harvest: A Celebration of  Local Food and Farms   Event Participants:   Apple Ridge Farm Balasia Bechdolt Orchards Blair Vineyards Blue Mountain Vineyards Bolete Café Santosha Fegley's Brew Works Flint Hill Farm Franklin Hill Vineyards Frecon Farms Klein Farms Dairy Lafayette Dining Services Maxim's 22 Molinari's Pappy's Orchard & Lisa's Kitchen Primordia Mushroom Farm Pure Sprouts Organic Delivery REAL Gardens Red Cat Farm Rodale Catering Rodale Institute Saucony Creek Brewing Co Scholl Orchards Seed Farm Sette Luna Subarashii Kudamono Suyundalla Farms Two Rivers Brewing Co Vynecrest Vineyards Weyerbacher Brewery Willow Haven Farm Y Knot Alpacas      Quick Links  Order Tickets Latest Information  More About BFBL More About Seed Farm   Thank You  to  Our Sponsors! VIP Hour Sponsor: Feature Sponsors:  Official Sponsor of the VIP Guided Beer Pairings Official Sponsor of the Preserving the Harvest Demonstrations Official Sponsor of the Preparing the Harvest Demonstrations      Official Sponsor of the VIP Guided Wine Pairing       Sustainable Sponsors:                        The Freshest Local Ingredients The Area's Most Dedicated Farmers The Finest Local Chefs The Most Imaginative Cuisine Sunday, October 27th 1 - 4 pm Bon Appetit VIP hour:  12 - 1 pm Allentown Brew Works 812 Hamilton St, Allentown Be prepared to be awed as you sample the freshest, tastiest farm-to-table cuisine that the Lehigh Valley has to offer.  Lehigh Valley Harvest: A Celebration of Local Food and Farms (formerly Taste of the Lehigh Valley) will be tastier than ever:  35 restaurants, farms, wineries, breweries, and other local food providers will give participants the opportunity to taste the difference!   Photo credit: Keri Maxfield   Guests will offered menu items created with at least two locally grown ingredients and samples of foods grown or raised on local farms.  Tastings of local wines, beer, and cider will also be served. Photo credit: Keri Maxfield NEW this year:  Cooking Demonstrations   The Sodexo  "Preparing the Harvest"  Cooking Demonstration Executive Chefs Jon Middleton of Muhlenberg College, John Soder from Lehigh Valley Hospital Network, and Chad Licsko from Lehigh University will demonstrate innovative recipes & techniques in "Preparing the Harvest" using ingredients sourced from some of our favorite local farmers. Guaranteed to be fresh, delicious, and fun! GrowLV is a consortium of Sodexo culinary teams in the Lehigh Valley sourcing fresh, local, sustainable and seasonal ingredients to serve our guests and partners at DeSales University, Lehigh University, Moravian College, Muhlenberg College, Northampton Community College and Lehigh Valley Health Network.  We believe in enriching the quality of life in our community by connecting with the traditions of local agriculture. We will support local farms and educate our clients and customers on the benefits of nutritionally dense food that is good for both us and the environment. Our commitment is to serve fresh-prepared food in an honest and friendly manner. The Fillmore Container "Preserving the Harvest" Canning Demonstrations 1:00 pm: Marisa: Canning Pear Vanilla Jam 1:45 pm: Amanda: Fermenting Sauerkraut 1:30-2:15 pm: Food in Jars book signing 2:30 pm: Marisa: Canning Gingery Pickled Pears 3:15 pm: Amanda: Fermenting Kefir   Marisa McClellan, a full-time writer, teacher, and blogger at Food in Jars (three times nominated by Saveur magazine for a Best Food Blog award, and winner of Best of Philly from Philadelphia Magazine), will be demonstrating canning techniques. She will also be signing copies of her first cookbook, Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round. Her writing appears on The Food Network, Saveur, and Food 52. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband. Visit her at www.foodinjars.com.   Amanda Pfeiffer, a fermentation enthusiast and blogger, will demonstrate fermentation techniques to make such items as naturally fermented sodas, yogurt, sourdough, kombucha, and kimchi. Amanda is intent on spreading the word that bacteria in our food are very good and delicious things. She has written about food locally for Flying Kite Magazine and on her blog, Phickle.com. Amanda teaches hands-on fermentation workshops and tweets @phicklefoods.      The Bon Appetit VIP Hour!   VIP ticket-holders will receive: the privilege of early admission beginning at 12 noon   a special welcome cocktail by Subarashii Kudamono  a raffle ticket for the chance to win an exclusive VIP package of gift certificates to participating restaurants a guided wine & food pairing featuring wines from Vynecrest Vineyards a guided beer & food pairing featuring beers from Fegley's Brew Works Photo Credit:  Keri Maxfield Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at door  Students, Seniors: $20 (must provide ID at door)  VIP Tickets:  $75 (limited to 100)    Photo Credit: Keri Maxfield   Tickets are available online  or at the following locations:   Bolete  Café Santosha  Eagle Point Farm Market  Molinari's  Red Cat Farm (Macungie Farmers' Market) Vynecrest Vineyards Willow Haven Farm     Silent Auction! We have quite a list of items up for auction:   from gift certificates to cookbooks to gift baskets.   Come on out and bid on your favorites.   New items will be added up until the day of the event! If you'd like to donate an item, please give us a call! Awards:   Guest judges will be grading menu items on creativity, presentation, taste, and the use of locally-grown foods.  Our judges this year are:   Diane Stoneback, senior reporter for Food and Travel at The Morning Call.  Diane has covered the food scene in the Lehigh Valley since 1980. Overjoyed with the farm-to-table movement, she happily beats the drum for farmers, farmers' markets, chefs and restaurants who account for the freshest food and best dining the Lehigh Valley has ever seen. She is a life-long resident of the area, leaving only to study for her bachelor's and master's degrees in Journalism at Ohio University in Athens. She and her husband Bruce live in Lower Macungie Township. David Joachim, Food Writer & Cookbook Author  David has authored, edited, or collaborated on more than 35 cookbooks, including the multi-award-winner The Science of Good Food and million-copy bestselling series A Man, A Can, A Plan. He writes a column for Fine Cooking magazine called "The Science Of..." and his writing and recipes have appeared in numerous magazines such as USA Today, Men's Health, Cooking Light, Cook's Illustrated, and Bicycling. He is the co-founder of Chef Salt, a line of artisanal salt seasonings, and his website iswww.davejoachim.com. Anne Foster Coleman, Food Blogger Anne is a food writer, recipe developer, food photographer and single mom of 7. She earned a diploma in culinary arts in 1994 and once her family was established, she began writing a food blog about all things food and cooking. Her primary focus is how to feed a large family on a budget. Her work has appeared on Disney's Family.com and Spoonful.com as well as Country Crock, ShopRite and many other outlets across the web.  For the past two years, Chef Yianni Arhontoulis of the Glasbern took home the Grand Prize and trophy.   Who will win this year?   There will also be a People's Choice Award.  Come vote for your favorite! We Need Your Support! All proceeds benefit the Greater Lehigh Valley chapter of Buy Fresh Buy Local and the Seed Farm.  Come on out and support our efforts to build the Lehigh Valley local food economy.           The Greater Lehigh Valley chapter of Buy Fresh Buy Local is a program of the Nurture Nature Center, a 501(c)(3) organization. BFBL chapters across Pennsylvania are coordinated by the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), on behalf of our national partner, Food Routes Network.

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