Vermont Culinary Classic : 2008

BOUNTY FESTIVAL

A Celebration of Vermont’s Spring Bounty and to the Culinary Arts
Saturday, June 14, 2008 10am-3pm Join us at the “Big Top” At Spruce, Stowe Mountain Resort

FREE ADMISSION!
Free Gift Bags to the first 500 Attendees!

IN THE BIG TOP…

10:00am - 2:45pm – Sign up to win dozens of fabulous raffle prizes! Proceeds benefit VTFEED.

10:00am – 1:00pm - WDEV, LIVE!

10:00am - 10:30am - Amateur Mystery Basket Competition Viewing

10:00am - 10:30am - Pancake Eating Contest

10:30am - 11:30am - Amateur Mystery Basket Competition

11:00 - 3:00pm – Hourly VT FEED Raffle Winner Announcements

11:30am – Amateur Mystery Basket Competition Judging

12:30am - 1:30pm - Professional Mystery Basket Competition; Awards for Pancake Contest & Amateur Mystery Basket Competition

12:00pm – 3:00pm - LIVE MUSIC!

12:30 - 1:30pm - Professional Mystery Basket Competition

1:30pm - Professional Mystery Basket Competition Judging and Awards

1:00pm – 2:00pm - Wild Edible Identification Walk at Spruce

2:15pm – 3:00 pm - “A Wild Food Tasting” Seminar/Cooking Class: featuring Nova Kim and Les Hook, Wildcrafters and Chef David Hoene of Pauline’s Restaurant

IN THE KID ZONE…

10:30am & 12:30pm Music and Movement - Come sing, dance and jam to a Farmer’s Market music theme with Green Mountain Music Together director Laura Fried.

11:00am & 1:00pm Reading Room – Join us at story time for young children, with fun books and activities that focus on eating fresh and local with the Stowe Free Library and Sally Dain from the Tiny Acorn Toy Store. Take home a book about healthy eating compliments of Building Bright Futures.

11:30am Children’s Vegetable Carving – with New England Culinary Institute.

11:30am Re-Bop Records Live! - hear an all-ages pleasin’, tummy-teasin’ show featuring the high-energy music of The Re-Bops.

12:30pm “Let’s Get Growing” Program – An all-about-seeds-and-such Workshop with Lamoille County Nature Center’s Carrie Riker. Take home your own potted seed compliments of Evergreen Gardens.

1:30pm “From Moo to You” Program – Learn how a cow changes grass into milk which can turn into ice cream with Lamoille County Nature Center’s Carrie Riker and Vermontica, Vermont State’s “Spokescalf.” With Ben & Jerry’s ice cream samples – yum!

2:30pm Interactive “Cooking” with New England Culinary Institute – decorate and eat tea cookies.

Petting Zoo with Apple Cheek Farm
Meet “Vermontica” the spokes-calf from the Vermont Dairy Association – take home a free Vermontica coloring book
Garden Planting - pot your own plant to take home with supplies provided by Evergreen Gardens
Plant Sale with Stowe Elementary School
Visit the Lemonade Stand
Kid’s Games
Caricature Artist
Balloons!