Stowe
Mountain Resort presents the Vermont Culinary Classic Kickoff
Event at Stowe Country Club –
Help us celebrate the launch of a 10-day epicurean adventure in
the green mountains at a beautiful setting overlooking the rolling
hills and valleys of Stowe village. Our resort chef will present
a multi-station grazing menu featuring the flavors of Vermont
and the fine artesian product of our various farm and fresh food
partners. A Vermont craft beer tasting as well as Green Mountain
Sunshine Organic Vodka Martini Bar will be a center of attention.
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Kirkwoods Pub at the Stowe Country Club
Cottage Club Road, Stowe
$25.00 Tickets for sale in advance
Call 802-253-3000 for more details. www.stowe.com
The
2nd annual Bounty Festival at Stowe Mountain Resort –
Bringing together dozens of area restaurants, artisans, farmers
and food-related purveyors for a special day-long gathering chock-a-block
with things to see, do, eat, and enjoy, including a WDEV 3-hour
live remote broadcast. Great for “foodies” and families
alike.
Free admission!
10:00am - 3:00pm
Under the Big Top at Spruce Peak
Mountain Road, Stowe
802-253-7321 www.VermontCulinaryClassic.com
Trapp
Family Lodge – Delight in Trapp Family Lodge specialty
food samples including jams, mustards, salad dressing, baked goods
& maple syrup from our very own Sugarhouse.
10:00am - 3:00pm
At the Bounty Festival
802-253-8511 www.trappfamily.com
7Nights Culinary Pub Quiz – Still hungry
for foodie fun after the Bounty Festival ends? Join 7Nights, The
Seven Days Guide to Vermont's Restaurants & Bars, at the Rusty
Nail for our first ever "Culinary Pub Quiz." Could you
pick Remy, the Ratatouille rat, from a crowd of cartoon rodents,
give the English translation for fromage or name the unit used
to measure a jalapeño's heat? Then you could win a fabulous
prize! Play alone or bring a team -- It'll be delicious!
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Rusty Nail Bar & Grille
1190 Mountain Road, Stowe www.7dvt.com
Sunday,
June 15
Chez
Claudine “Cheese Run” – Starting the
Mountain and visiting four Cheese farms with Ellen Ogden, including
Jasper Hill, Bonnieview and two other farms. Ending the evening
with a beer and cheese dinner at Chez Claudine.
$100 / per person which includes lunch and dinner
Starting at 9:00am
Mountain Road, Stowe Book
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Blue Moon Café – Offering a three-course
dinner featuring Pete’s greens with Vermont goat cheese,
Vermont lamb chops with spring-dug parsnip gratin, and rhubarb
pie for dessert.
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Blue Moon Café
35 School Street, Stowe
802-253-7006 www.bluemoonstowe.com
Monday,
June 16
Michael’s
on the Hill Cooking Class: Ramps – Learn how to
use the locally foraged ramp, a tender and delicious wild leek!
Interactive cooking demonstration and lunch. Chef/Owner Michael
Kloeti will teach you how to make Potato Ramp Vichyssoise and
a Homemade Pappardelle Pasta with Sea Scallops, Ramp Pesto and
Local Herb Salad. Afterwards, relax and enjoy this wonderful Ramp
lunch!
$50.00 / per person, tax and gratuity included. Beverages not
included
Wine pairing available for an additional $15.00 + tax and gratuity.
11:00am - 1:30pm
Michael’s on the Hill
4182 Waterbury-Stowe Road, Waterbury Center
802-244-7476 www.michaelsonthehill.com
Lake
Champlain Chocolates Tasting* – Lake Champlain
Chocolates (LCC) will feature a free chocolate tasting. Attendees
will sample a flight of four all-natural chocolates from around
the world, arranged from lowest to highest cocoa content.
7:00 pm
Stowe Free Library
90 Pond Street, Stowe www.stowelibrary.org
802-253-6145
Tuesday,
June 17
Make
Your Own Bagels at The Bagel – Learn the art of
making bagels the old fashioned way. Ever wonder how bagels are
really made? Join us at the Bagel and make your own. Select your
bagel from any of our twenty flavors and place it into our large
kettle of boiling water. Place the toppings of your choice on
your boiled bagel and actually bake it in our Ferris-wheel type
oven until golden brown. Take your bagel to our line staff to
have a lunch sandwich of your choice made using the bagel you
created. And take the rest home with you. You must be 18 years
of age to operate our equipment. Wear rubber-soled, closed toe
shoes.
$20.00 / per person
10:30am -11:30am
The Bagel
394 Mountain Road, Stowe
Reservations: 802-253-9943 – Space is limited
Gracie’s
Restaurant Vermont Products Dinner – Featuring
Boyden Farms beef paired with Boyden Valley wine. Build your own
multi-course meal from a delectable array of made-in-Vermont appetizers,
main courses and desserts, including a mixed grill plate of Vermont
sausages, hydroponic tomatoes with Vermont mozzarella and fresh
Vermont fruit shortcake with maple cream anglaise and fresh Vermont
whipped cream.
5:00pm - 9:30pm
Gracie’s
1652 Mountain Road, Stowe. www.gracies.com
802-253-8741
Meet
Marialisa Calta, author of Barbarians at the Plate* –
Stowe Free Library presents an evening with Vermont author, Marialisa
Calta, whose book, Barbarians at the Plate, discusses eating well
as a family.
7:00 pm
Stowe Free Library
90 Pond Street, Stowe www.stowelibrary.org
802-253-6145
Wednesday,
June 18
Pie
In The Sky Dough Throwing & Pizza Making Workshop
$19.25 / per pie
2:00pm and 4:00pm
Pie in the sky
492 Mountain Road www.pieintheskyvt.com
802-253-5100
Michael’s on the Hill Farmer’s Dinner
– Celebrate Vermont’s Bounty with Us! Enjoy a wonderful
dinner while learning from the Farmers who Make Vermont Special!
$75.00 / per person; $100.00 / per person with wine pairing; tax
and 20% gratuity not inclusive.
6:30pm
The Barn Dining Room at Michael’s on the Hill
4182 Waterbury-Stowe Road, Waterbury Center
802-244-7476 www.michaelsonthehill.com
The Bakery at Trapp Family Lodge – Join
Executive Pastry Chef, Marshall Faye, at The Bakery at Trapp Family
Lodge and learn to make such favorites as Linzertorte, Maple Cookies
and other tasty treats!
$47.00 / per person. Registration is required. Please call 802-253-5704.
3:00pm – 5:00pm
The Bakery at Trapp Family Lodge
700 Trapp Hill Road, Stowe
802-253-8511 www.trappfamily.com
Thursday,
June 19
Make
Your Own Bagels at The Bagel – Learn the art of
making bagels the old fashioned way.
(for complete details, see event description on Tuesday, June
17)
Argentinian
Wine Sampler Dinner at the Partridge Inn Restaurant –
A four-course menu paired with the fabulous wines of Argentina.
Great tastes with incredible values in today’s wine market.
$55.00 / per person. This event is by reservation only.
6:00pm - 9:00pm
The Partridge Inn Restaurant
504 Mountain Road, Stowe
802-253-8000
Blue Moon Café – Offering a three-course
dinner featuring Vermont products. (for complete details, see event description on Sunday, June 15)
The Vermont Foodbank’s Salvation Farms Gleaning
Network* – join this informative presentation/discussion
session designed to inform Lamoille Valley based community members
about the growing gleaning movement in Vermont. These interactive
evenings will include introductions to the current work of the
Vermont Foodbank, the history of gleaning, and how the Vermont
Foodbank is working to increase food security for Vermonters by
securing locally produced foods and taking communities about local
food resources. Please join the conversation and the solution.
The Pub at the Grey Fox Inn
Caribbean Night
990 Mountain Road, Stowe www.stowegreyfoxinn.com
802-253-8344
Friday,
June 20
Stowe Wine & Food Classic Friday Wine Tasting Kick-Off Join us Friday evening from 4:00 – 6:00 pm for a tasting of traditional verus non-traditional Italian wines from great Brunello di Montalcino producers. This tasting is sponsored by Fine Wines Cellars and will be presented in the wine cellar of the Trapp Family Lodge. Space is limited so reserve your place early.
Event: Friday Wine Tasting Kick-Off
Date: Friday, June 20, 2008
Time: 4:00– 6:00 pm
Location: wine cellar at the Trapp Family Lodge
Presented by: Fine Wines Cellars
Price: $75 per person payable at the door
Reservations: email Ed Schwarz edschwarz@finewinecellars.us
or call (802) 253-2630 www.stowewine.com
Stowe
Inn & Tavern Cooking Seminar
$45.00 / per person, includes lunch, tax and gratuity. Beverages
not included.
11:00am
123 Mountain Road, Stowe www.stoweinn.com
802-253-4030
Trattoria
La Festa Wine Tasting Dinner – featuring the food
and wine of Tuscany complemented by Vermont Cheese.
From 6:00pm
4080 Mountain Road, Stowe www.trattoriastowe.com
802-253-8480
Saturday,
June 21
Winfield’s Bistro at the Stoweflake Resort – Join us during the Vermont Culinary Classic fora delectable 4-course meal created with the freshest ingredients available in Vermont. The menu includes Vermont Heirloom Tomato Consommé with Smoked Shrimp, Pete‘s Organic Greens and Beet Thread Salad with a Warm Vermont Chevre Cake and Lavender Vinaigrette, Half a Local Pheasant with Thyme Jus, Pea Tendrils and Orzo Salad topped off with Ben & Jerry’s Belgian Praline Crepes. This is a not to miss event for an elegant, yet comfortable dining experience.
Winfield’s is the recipient of the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence since 1996, serving over 50 wines by the glass, specializing in premium Angus Beef Steaks, fine Seafood and Vermont Fresh products.
$45.00 plus tax and gratuity 6:00 - 9:00 pm
802-253-7355
The
Farmer and the Chef presented by Applecheek Farm and JDC's Just
Delicious Catering – Two brothers have partnered
to offer you a unique on farm culinary experience. Enjoy a gourmet
localvore lunch, cooking demonstrations, farm tours, pasture walks,
wagon rides, and children's activities.
$8.00 Children / $10.00 Adults; includes all farm activities;
Localvore Lunch $7.00 Children / $13.00 Adults; Ages 3 and under
free admission and free lunch.
10:30am - 2:00pm
Applecheek Farm
567 McFarlane Road, Hyde Park www.applecheekfarm.com
802-888-4482
The
Cliff House Restaurant "Farmers Lunch" –
This weekend only (Saturday, June 21st & Sunday June 22nd
), Chef Jeff Egan will offer a special three course "Farmers
Lunch" menu using the freshest seasonal and artisan ingredients
available. Includes gondola ride and three course menu, with a
la carte lunch available as well. Distinctively situated atop
the gondola on Mount Mansfield, the Cliff House has spectacular
panoramic-view seating with floor-to-ceiling windows that frame
the surrounding alpine peaks.
$35.00 / per person
Serving 11:00am - 3:00pm
Open daily for lunch from 11:00am to 3:00pm when the gondola is
in operation.
Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe
For more details, email cliffhouse@stowe.com
802-253-3665
Stowe Wine & Food Classic Gala Dinner & Live Auction Gala Auction & DinnerUnder the summer stars of a beautiful Saturday in June, enjoy a stunning gastronomic collaboration between wineries and renowned chefs. Enjoy a glass of sparkling wine provided by Schramsberg Vineyards as you meet the vintners presenting wines at the Classic. Then sit down to a phenomenal five-course meal with wine pairings provided by Hand Picked Selections. As the evening progresses, you'll be enticed to bid on amazing and one-of-kind items, from spectacular wines donated from the cellars of our participating wineries and private collectors to vacation getaways while dancing to the musical styling of the Penny Arcade. It will be an evening not to be missed.
Event: Gala Dinner & Live Auction
Date: Saturday June 21, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Trapp Family Lodge
Price: $150 per person
Reservations: www.stowewine.com
Sunday,
June 22
Wild
Foods Walk & Discussion with Nova Kim and Les Hook - 11:00am - 1:00pm Come walk on the wild side with Nova and Les to learn the Importance of the Wild Food Around You as they focus on fresh wild edibles that are near all of us and just “out your back door”.
A Wild Spring Tasting with Chef David Hoene - 1:30pm – 3:00pm Chef David shares years of experience in handling and preparing all the normal wild edibles plus the tender, delicate flavors of young angelica, spicy pepperwort and wild ginger plus many more.
These events will occur in Randolph, VT, located in the central part of the state, right in the midst of the Green Mountain Range, just off I-89, less than an hour’s drive from Stowe.
Two Event Combination / $40.00. Please make reservations as space will be limited. Contact Nova at 1.802.673.4838 or wildorganic@yahoo.com
The
Cliff House Restaurant "Farmers Lunch" – a la carte lunch available as well. Serving 11:00am - 3:00pm.
(for complete details, see event description on Saturday, 6/21)
Grand Tasting & Silent Auction Wine & Food Classic Tasting A day not to be missed! Visit with winemakers and culinary experts
and enjoy world- class food selections in the pastoral ambiance of Stowe, Vermont. Kick off the day with front row seats at a live cooking demonstration by Oprah's premiere chef, Art Smith, hosted by Tony Campos of New England Cooks. Then select a wine seminar designed to permit the novice or seasoned wine collector to discover more about the noble grape. You will be enticed by over 100 premium wines while visiting with the winemakers and sampling world-class food selections from renowned chefs. Throughout the day you will enjoy demonstrations of the skills of award winning chefs in our Viking Demonstration Kitchen, presented by Allen's Kitchen & Bath. Examine and bid on the splendid offerings at our silent auction of fine and rare wines, a variety of vacation getaways and other great treasures.
With exquisite food and unforgettable wine in the back drop of the world famous Trapp Family Lodge overlooking the Village of Stowe, you'll wish that the day never ends.
Event: Grand Tasting & Silent Auction
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008
Time: 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: Trapp Family Lodge
Price: $60 per person
Reservations: www.stowewine.com
Winfield’s Bistro at the Stoweflake –
Steak house cuisine with a local flair in an elegant, candlelit,
yet casual atmosphere. Recipient of the Wine Spectator Award of
Excellence since 1996, serving over 50 wines by the glass.
Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa
1746 Mountain Road, Stowe www.stoweflake.com
802-253-7355
Magic Hat Brewing Company
Where ancient alchemy meets modern day science.
Magic Hat Brewing Company
5 Bartlett Bay Road, South Burlington, VT www.magichat.net
802-658-2739
The Whip Bar & Grill at the Green Mountain
Inn – Vermont microbrews and Vermont products featured on
specials menu throughout the week.
Green Mountain Inn
18 Main Street, Stowe www.gminn.com
802-253-4400. Timbers Restaurant, Claybrook at Sugarbush
– Locavore menu options nightly featuring local meats, artisinal
cheese, produce and grains. All served in our 45-foot tall signature
post-and-beam barn at the base of the Green Mountains. Closed
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sugarbush
1340 Sugarbush Access Road, Warren www.sugarbush.com
802-583-6800
Ye
Olde England Inne Harpoon Brewery features a beer-tasting
dinner pairing fine ales with superb cuisine every night at Mr.
Pickwick’s.
Ye Olde England Inne
433 Mountain Road. www.englandinn.com
802-253-8944
The
Dining Room at Trapp Family Lodge – Executive Chef
Juergen Spagolla will create nightly Austrian dinner specials
paired with Austrian wines in The Dining Room at Trapp Family
Lodge.
Enjoy live harp music in The Dining Room and jazz pianist John
Cassel in The Lounge. Join us for a little of Austria and a lot
of Vermont. Reservations requested.
June 15-20; 5:30pm – 9:00pm
Trapp Family Lodge
700 Trapp Hill Road, Stowe VT www.trappfamily.com
802-253-8511
The
Partridge Inn Restaurant – The restaurant will
feature oysters, clams and sashimi-grade tuna every night of the
Stowe Culinary classic. (excluding June 18, see event above).
The Partridge Inn Restaurant
504 Mountain Road, Stowe
802-253-8000
Boyden
Winery Walk through our vineyards, take a free tour of
the winery daily at 11:30am and 1:00pm, and enjoy a tasting of
our our award winning wines for $5 a person. Open daily from 10am-5pm.
www.boydenvalley.com
National
Pollinator Week
The week following the Culinary Classic is National Pollinator
Week – and without bees, we won't be doing much eating locally!
Tuesday, June 24th at 6pm, the Stowe Free Library welcomes Ross
Conrad, author of Natural Beekeeping, as he speaks about Colony
Collapse Disorder, the current state of beekeeping, and the important
role bees play in providing us with local food.
The
next day, Wednesday, June 25th, at 2pm Carrie Riker from the Lamoille
County Nature Center presents "Get the Buzz on Bees."
Join us as we learn why bees dance, how bees collect pollen and
turn it into honey, and what happens in a beehive.
For
more details on individual events, please call the phone numbers
provided.
* These Stowe Free Library events are part of our year-long series
on Eating Local, a collaboration with the Lamoille County Natural
Resources Conservation District. Fro more information on this
special series, please visit: http://www.stowelibrary.org/eatinglocal.
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. Suggested donation of $5.00 benefits
FEED, Vermont Food Education Every Day, an organization that works with
schools and communities to raise awareness about healthy food, the role
of Vermont Farms and farmers, and good nutrition.