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LOCAL BITES:
Local Sips & Bites
Discover Boston’s “Best Kept Coffee Secret” — Rao’s Coffee Roasters — as well as many other local food vendors at Boston’s Local Food Festival this Saturday, Oct. 1, 11am-5pm at Fort Port Channel. If you’re interested in meeting up with fellow PRK readers at the festival, click here.
Giddyup!
How2heros invites you to head on over to the 2011 Hoedown taking place this Sunday, Oct. 2, 1-5pm at Verrill Farms. Channel your midwestern side by taking part in a pig roast, live music, hayrides and lots of delicious food, courtesy of Boston-based restaurants. Grab yer info and tickets here.
Fall Festivities
Take advantage of the crisp autumn weather by coming out to “Fall at the Farm” this Sunday, Oct. 2, 1-5pm, at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester. Bring the whole family and enjoy wagon rides, barn and field tours, pony rides, cider, cookies, and the chance to purchase organically grown produce. (Enjoy Fall now because, knowing New England, we probably have only a few weeks left before the blizzards hit.)
Oktober Fest Der Beehive
The Beehive is bringing Oktoberfest to Boston this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 5pm-12am. Feast 0n an authentic German meal and wash it down with Harpoon brew, all while dancing to live German music. Dinner is free, and RSVPs recommended. Call 617-423-0069 to reserve your spot.
Bike & Bites
Take a unique tour of some of Boston’s best restaurants while getting your exercise for the day on a Culinary Bike Tour, led by Chef Paul Turano of Tryst, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 11am-6pm. This 17-mile bike ride will loop around the ‘burbs, making stops at Wilson Farms and Turtle Creek Winery, and finishing off with a 3 course meal at Tryst in Arlington. To get in on the ride, RSVP by calling Tryst at 781-641-2227.
NATIONAL TREATS
Anderson Expands His Palate
While a media professional with more than three Emmy’s under his belt, as well as several syndicated shows, Anderson Cooper’s palate has proved to be less worldly than he. HuffPost Food provides this, well, adorable excerpt from his new talk show when he takes his very first sip of coffee, plus bites of brussel sprouts and spinach. It’s okay, Anderson, we won’t judge.
Scripts of Bacon
Bacon seems to consistently be one of those few foods that fits perfectly into any meal. Folded within breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even as a snack, bacon always cures what ails you. But who knew this versatile meat could have its own font? This week, Serious Eats shows an image of this porky font created by Henry Hargreaves and Sarah Guido.
GLOBAL TASTINGS
Fish and Chips: The Final Farewell?
We keep hearing about the dramatic effects of climate change, but this newest may have seafood lovers more depressed than ever, as Fast Company reports on the potential fate of our beloved fish and chips.
Writings on Wine
We all know films that have tackled the subject of vineyards and fine wine, including Sideways, Bottle Shock, A Good Year and, the latest, Tu Seras Mon Fils. Whether comical or serious, each of these films works to put words to wine, that global libation. Will Lyons, of the Wall Street Journal, provides an interesting take on this artistic process.