(Photo: courtesy of The Perfect Pantry)
Alexandra Dimodica
LOCAL BITES
Salty & Sweet
Nutella crepe lovers, meet your new pastry friend. The Perfect Pantry blogger shares her thoughts on sea salt and a nutella/fruit turnover recipe.
Two summer favorites, now friends
Visit the Blue Hills Brewery SummerFest on July 10th for music, food and a taste of watermelon wheat beer.
Campfire potlucks, outdoor games and two days at the farm
Visit Maine’s Lone Moose Farm on July 10th for Ancestor’s Days Summer Fest and Lone Moose Farm Highland Games. If you’re down to camp, bring your tent and stay for the weekend!
Behind the Scenes: Organic Farming
Another treat from Maine. Have all of your gardening questions answered on July 10th at the Annual Farm Tour at Snakeroot Organic Farm and meet these “gardeners to the public.”
Be Well
Visit City Market of Onion River Co-op in Burlington, VT, on July 11th for the Summer Farm Tour: Wellness – local medicinal herbs, goats, lunch, and wine will abound!
Love jam? Do it yourself!
Stay on more days in Burlington for a Canning 101: Jam course at the “Chubby Muffin” on July 13th. You’re in for a sweet surprise.
Wednesday Wines on the Cape
Truro Vineyards invites you to make next Wednesday, and each Wednesday thereafter, more than a “hump day” this summer with a dose of WAAM (Wine Art Appetizers & Music).
Farm to School
Amy Cotler of The Locavore Way has written the MA Farm to School Cookbook. Download these local produce recipes to see what participating schools are eating.
Are you a cocktail guru?
Test your knowledge on August 1st at Tipple Trivia Sunday Nights (A Cocktail Geek-Off) at Upstairs on the Square in Cambridge.
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NATIONAL TREATS
The anti-slow food
The competition was heated this year at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island. The winner? Joey “Jaws” Chestnut.
Would you like foie gras with that?
Humphry Slocombe in San Francisco, CA, has ice cream for all taste buds – from strawberry candied jalepeno to government cheese. Yum?
Just yesterday, Michele Torpor of Food Tours of Boston explained to me that one needs to buy Nutella imported from Italy, not the US made product. US product has high fructose corn syrup. Italian imported Nutella is available in grocery stores in the North End.