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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 3 firm but ripe Bosc pears or other pears, peeled, halved lengthwise, cored
- 3 1/2 tablespoons mild honey (such as orange blossom or clover)
- 4 ounces artisanal cheese (such as Point Reyes Original Blue, Humboldt Fog, dry Monterey Jack, sheep's-milk ricotta, tangy soft fresh goat cheese, or other local cheese), sliced or crumbled, room temperature
Recipe Preparation
Cook unsalted butter in large nonstick skillet over mediumhigh heat until beginning to brown. Add pear halves, cut side down, to skillet. Drizzle honey over pears and swirl pan slightly to blend butter and honey. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and cook until pears are tender when pierced with paring knife, swirling skillet occasionally and adding a few tablespoons water to skillet if caramel sauce turns deep amber before pears are tender, about 12 minutes.
Transfer pears, cut side up, to serving platter. Top pears with cheese. Return skillet with caramel sauce to medium-high heat; add pine nuts to skillet and sprinkle lightly with sea salt. Cook until sauce in skillet is brown and bubbling, about 2 minutes. Spoon sauce over pears and serve.
INGREDIENT TIP: To order artisanal American cheeses, go to artisanalcheese.com, murrayscheese.com, or cowgirlcreamery.com.
WHAT TO DRINK: Finish this meal on a sweet note with a late-harvest dessert wine. The honeyed pear and quince flavors of the 2006 'Le Vol des Anges' ($30) from California's Bonny Doon Vineyard are perfect with this dessert. Plus, the Roussanne grapes the wine is made from are produced using biodynamic practices.
How To Build A Summer Charcuterie Board
This post for How To Build A Summer Charcuterie Board was created in partnership with Sabra Hummus. As always, all opinions and recipes are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Shared Appetite!
Life is good. It’s finally warm enough for shorts. It stays sunny out until almost 8pm at this point. And the pool is open. I repeat, the pool is open. We opened it a bit earlier this year than in the past because we also now have a pool heater . That thing stays at a balmy 85°F at all times (yes, my poor electric bill). It’s a necessity, though, because the first words out of Olivia’s mouth when she wakes up every morning is when (not if) we can go into the pool. It doesn’t matter if it’s 60°F or 90°F out… the girl LOVES that pool.
With Olivia’s water obsession and a new baby coming in just a few weeks, I foresee a lot of backyard entertaining going on at our house this year.
I couldn’t be happier. THIS is what I look forward to all year long.
Now here’s the thing. Having a pool is really new for me. I never had one growing up (besides that semi-skeezy community pool), so I’ve learned a few lessons over these last few years when it comes to easy entertaining poolside.
The secret? Food that can be prepped way ahead of time and encourages grazing for hours and hours. And there’s nothing more perfect than an epic meat and cheese board (with plenty of beverages, of course). Let me show you How To Build A Summer Charcuterie Boardwith Sabra Hummus, Shared Appetite style.
Pre-pool and pre-kids, my idea of summer entertaining was thinking up extravagant meals involving constant trips between the grill and kitchen. It was exhausting, and I never had the time to actually enjoy with my friends and family.
There’s a better way, and that is a Summer Charcuterie Board!
It’s my favorite way to eat during the summer. Tons of fresh summer veggies and fruit, some bold dips and spreads, and a variety of cheeses and meats. THAT’S IT. So easy, but so amazingly good.
And you know what? Guests go crazy for it. There’s no gut-busting meal weighing you down as you try to enjoy a lazy afternoon in the pool and sun, the hosts are actually free to spend time with everyone, and there’s no set time to eat. Eat when you want, as you want, what you want.
There’s a method to creating an epic summer charcuterie board, of course. I’m sure you’ve all been to a party where there was some sad looking cheese and meat platter. It probably involved blocks of pre-diced cheeses, waxy-looking meats, and buttery crackers. Yeah, not at our house.
So…. How To Build A Summer Charcuterie Board. Let’s break this thing down:
The cheese. The magic number is three. Less is cheap, more gives people anxiety over too many choices. There’s no specific cheeses to look for, but I usually go for one softer cheese (like brie, goat, triple cream, or some other soft buttery cheese), one hard or aged (like this peppery sheep’s milk pecorino toscano), and one a little more funky (like blue cheese). You’re pretty much guaranteed to have at least one cheese on there for everyone’s tastes, and having multiple types of cheeses will help encourage people to create different flavor combos as they navigate your LEGIT Summer Charcuterie Board.
The meats. Honestly, this varies for me. Sometimes it’s just one. Sometimes it’s two or three. Usually I land on two: a good-quality creamy prosciutto and a nice, spicy salami or soppresata.
The foundation. Two options are key. A b aguette has to be one of them. The other can be some sort of artisanal crispy seedy cracker or a good trusty pita chip. For bonus points, slice up your baguette, brush with oil, salt + pepper ‘em, and grill them until toasted. While you’ve got the grill going (and remember, you are doing all this ahead of time before guests arrive), grill up some asparagus and sliced summer squash or zucchini. They make for an amazing addition to your summer charcuterie board.
The fresh. This is going to depend on what looks good at your market. Go for three fruits and three vegetables. This isn’t a hard and fast rule… just give a good variety of options. I think strawberries, red seedless grapes, and some sort of melon like cantaloupe always are a win, but cherries, pears, and stone fruit can also be pretty great. For the vegetables, I like just picking three different colors. Cherry tomatoes are a trusty pick for me, I loved the color in the yellow bell pepper, and the vibrant green sugar snap peas looked super fresh at the grocery store when I went. Oh, and apparently I also have cucumber on my board. That would be because my toddler daughter is obsessed.
The spreads + accompaniments. Three to five choices here are amazing. And you have SO many options. Whole grain mustard. Some sweet jammy preserve. Homemade easy pickled onions. A fresh pesto. And, of course, don’t forget THE HUMMUS. Specifically, Sabra Hummus!
Sabra Hummus is the perfect addition for any summer entertaining occasion, and it’s essential to this summer charcuterie board! There are so many flavors to choose from, including a limited edition Sweet and Smoky BBQ that would be so awesome for your backyard grilling spread! I went with three classics that I thought would pair really nicely with this summer charcuterie board… Sabra Roasted Pine Nut Hummus, Roasted Garlic Hummus, and Olive Tapenade Hummus.
Sabra Hummus is so smooth and creamy, and the flavors are so on point. Besides using it for my summer charcuterie boards throughout the summer, I love having it on hand for some health-minded snacking. I almost always have a container of Sabra in the fridge to go along with some carrots! Instant snacking for the win!
And with so many varieties of hummus to choose from (there’s about 15 flavors to choose from!), you can keep your taste buds happy throughout the summer with Sabra!
Plus, they’re offering a promotion this summer – buy 3 Sabra products and submit your reciept to sabrabowl.com , get a free homemade bowl that is the perfect size for Sabra Hummus 10oz tubs! These bowls add serious class to your Summer Charcuterie Board.
The last step to How To Build A Summer Charcuterie Board…
Grab a drink (I pretty much always have some rosé on ice at my house during pool season) and DIG IN!
Is charoset one of your favorite dishes on the seder table? Why not use it as chutney or cake filling at other times of the year? But first… Seder. Read on.
Julie Levine, San Francisco lifestyles blogger and friend at Florence & Isabelle, has joined forces with me again this week as we share a wide array of charoset recipes for your Passover table. These chopped and blended mixtures reflect ingredients grown in regions as far apart as Eastern Europe (Ashkenazic) to the Mediterranean and the Middle East (Sephardic). We hope you’ll consider serving more than one of these (how about all 8?) as you explore the symbolism of charoset and the different flavor profiles from communities across the globe.
We promise that offering something other than your go-to recipe will prompt interesting conversations. Your guests will taste ingredients as varied as dates, pistachios, cashews, figs, sumac, nigella seeds and pomegranates. Watch for unexpected techniques like candying nuts or simmering fruit.
Here’s to creating new traditions!
1. Lior Lev Sercarz’s Charoset- Not just for Passover!
Lior: To me, charoset is the ultimate Jewish chutney. It combines Eastern and Western cultures with the use of Mediterranean dates, which are strangely popular in Eastern European cuisine. My charoset adds texture with sesame and nigella seed, and acidity with sumac and sherry vinegar, which are also more preservative than traditional lemon juice. It could easily be served throughout the year and would be excellent as a cake filling or with cold meats or roasts. And please stay away from cheap sweet wine, a quality sweet port or sherry, something you’d enjoy drinking, is what your charoset deserves.
Ingredients:
2 medium granny smith apples, peeled, cored, 1/4 inch dice
1/2 cup coarsely chopped toasted and salted cashews
1 tsp aleppo chile flakes
*alternatively puree 1 cup pitted medjool dates with the sweet wine and however much water is necessary to blend (this also makes a great sandwich spread, cake filling, addition to stews, sauces, tagines, etc.)
In a mixing bowl combine all ingredients using a spatula and refrigerate until serving. Can be prepared up to 24 hours ahead of time.
For more on Lior and La Boite, his extraordinary biscuit and spice shop in NYC, click here.
2. Elana Horwich peaked our curiosity with her Moscato Spice Charoset. This slightly bubbly vino from Piemonte, Italy, adds a zesty dimension to the charoset you thought you knew. Elana writes at Meal and a Spiel and teaches cooking classes from her base in Beverly Hills and across the USA.
3. Check out April Fulton’s post here for a Mexican cocktail. Imagine charoset (sort of) in a shaker, combined with Passover friendly tequila, and poured into your prettiest glasses. L’Chaim!
4. Einat Admony’s Moroccan Inspired Charoset
Cooked apples are a subtle but distinctive flavor and texture changer in Einat’s charoset. The sum of its parts are more interesting than they seem here. Liz brought it to a friend’s Shabbat dinner and everyone begged for the recipe. Here it is:
Ingredients:
3 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and halved.
1 cup walnut halves, lightly toasted, cooled and coarsely chopped
1 cup pistachios, lightly toasted, cooled and coarsely chopped
5 dates, pitted and chopped
Combine apples and wine in stainless steel pan. Simmer on medium heat until apples can be pierced easily with a fork. Do not overcook.
Remove apples from wine, cool and cut into small cubes. Cool wine reduction and set aside.
In a large bowl, stir all ingredients together, slowly moistening with wine until desired texture is reached.
Store, covered, at room temp or in refrigerator if using the next day. Bring to room temp before serving.
Refrigerate leftovers in airtight container.
Einat is the Chef/Owner of Balaboosta, Bar Bolonat, Combina and the Taim restaurants in NYC. Her cookbook is Balaboosta: Bold Mediterranean Recipes to Feed the People You Love. For more on Einat click here.
5. Jennifer Abadi brings a burst of sunny orange and distinctive sweet/tart/floral flavors to her Syrian recipe here. After a slow simmer of orange juice and apricots she combines lemon juice with fragrant orange blossom water in this ode to her family’s culinary traditions.
Read more about Jennifer’s Sephardic cooking classes, her first cookbook, her Passover cookbook that’s in the works and more, all on her blog, Too Good To Passover.
6. Tami Weiser, The Weiser Kitchen, is a food anthropologist, chef, culinary instructor and writer. See how she connects this California Charoset, fragrant with Asian pears, pomegranate molasses, pistachios and cardamom, to the large Persian community in Los Angeles here.
7. Pomegranate Apple Charoset, Shannon Sarna
Shannon: Traditional Ashkenazi Passover foods can lack freshness and color: matzah balls, potato kugel, matzah brei…the list goes on and on. By the time Passover arrives in the spring, I am craving some bright colors and flavors, which is why the beautiful reddish-pink tartness of the pomegranate in this recipe is such a welcome sight and taste. If you want to make this recipe just a tad more special, add candied walnuts instead of plain walnuts to the mix. It adds a touch of a salty-sweet element.
INGREDIENTS:
4 gala, fuji or red delicious apples, peeled and diced
1 cup walnut halves (or candied walnuts)
1/3 cup Manischewitz wine (or other sweet wine)
1 tsp lemon or orange zest
For a chunkier charoset, place all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Allow to sit in the fridge several hours so flavors marry.
For a less chunky version, place apples, walnuts, wine, pomegranate juice and citrus zest in a food processor fitted with blade attachment. Pulse until desired consistency, adding more wine and juice as needed.
Scrape mix into bowl and add pomegranate seeds. Place in fridge for several hours before serving.
Shannon Sarna is Editor of The Nosher. Born to an Italian mother who loved to bake, a Jewish father who loved to experiment, and a food chemist grandfather, loving and experimenting with diverse foods is simply in her blood. For more on Shannon click here.
8. And finally, Tori Avey created a brilliant twist on traditional Ashkenazic charoset in this recipe for Apple Cinnamon Charoset with Candied Walnuts. Tori leaves the walnuts out of the mix altogether and uses them as a crunchy topping at the end. She first candies the nuts and seasons them with cinnamon, allspice, and cayenne for a kick at the finish. If anyone is feeling drowsy at the Seders, this should definitely help.
For more on Tori Avey and her fascinating work as a culinary historian, food blogger and lots more click here.
Thank you, to my trusted contributor Katy Morris, for her assistance on this post. Teamwork is a beautiful thing. xo Liz
We would LOVE to know about the charoset recipes you hold dear. Are they family recipes or twists on Ashkenazic or Sephardic traditions? Leave comments below so we can share your charoset stories.
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Torah of Food
Join guest chefs and educators to explore the connection between food and Torah through text study, farm tours, cooking demos, permaculture workshops and lively Shabbat services. All kosher meals are included and are from ethically sourced, farm fresh ingredients.
Presenters include cookbook author, restauranteur and teacher, Levana Kirshenbaum, and Michael Solomonov, James Beard Foundation award winning chef and owner of Zahav and Citron and Rose, Philadelphia.
Click here for more info and registration. Use discount code “friend” for $50. off weekend fee.
Expand Your Chocolate Horizons
Chocolate Fest at 92Y in New York —may just have you drooling as you taste and chat with some of the world’s most talented tastemakers. Sip a chocolate cocktail, pair cheese with confections, sample rare treats and savor classic French pastries.
Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Click here for more information and tickets. Click here for a list of the impressive line-up of producers.
Come for Dinner Y’all
City Grit Southern Style Shabbat Dinner
City Grit is a culinary salon in NoLiTa and brainchild of Sarah Simmons, recently named one of America’s Greatest New Cooks by FOOD AND WINE MAGAZINE.
Sarah’s delicious Southern-influenced Shabbat dinners are a super special, multi-course dinner featuring her take on traditional Jewish classics.
Kosher Like Me? Not a problem. Specify VEGETARIAN when registering here.
When: Friday, April 19th at 7:30pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $55, wine and beer available for purchase
Israel Sustainable Food Tour
May 22-27, 2013
Enjoy six glorious days touring Israel and experiencing the sustainable food movement first hand through a partnership of Hazon and the Heschel Sustainability Center.
VISIT food growers and producers
MEET change makers, activists, chefs
EXPLORE issues of food justice
TASTE the most inspired food
Click here for more info. and to register.
Time to Sign Up for your Summer CSA
Sport Hill Farm, an organic farm in Easton, CT, has announced that registration is open for their weekly, summer CSA (running early June-Mid October). Pick up will be at Westport’s Wakeman Town Farm, Fridays, 1-7PM.
Find more information and Register while shares are still available.
Leave your Passover Seder to the Experts
Looking for restaurants offering Passover Seders?
Prime at the Bentley (500 East 62nd Street at York) AND Solo (550 Madison Avenue btw 55th & 56th Streets) both offer strictly kosher Seders in NYC.
- Seders will be held both nights. The Seder includes 3 courses, a Seder plate, Hagaddah and option to be with a Rabbi holding a communal Seder ($149/person + tax and tip AND $85/child under 10 years old + tax and tip)
- Call for reservations. Solo : (212) 833-7800
- Prime at the Bentley: (212) 933-9733
The Ultimate Passover Gift Box
Add flavor and laughs to your Seder when you bring along or ship ahead Gefilteria‘s fresh, artisanal Gefilte fish, carrot citrus horseradish, sweet beet horseradish (all kosher), a copy of Old Jews Telling Jokes (maybe not so kosher) and a matching apron to humor your host. Click here to order while supply lasts.
Brazilian Cooking Taste and Demo
Leticia Moreinos Schwartz, Brazilian Chef and cookbook author, will demo and share tastes of her Brazilian specialties at a women’s cooking event in Westport, CT. Event will be kosher.
Click here to register. Location will be sent upon registration.
Second Night Seder at Balaboosta
On Tuesday, March 26Th Balaboosta will join forces with Chef David Tanis (New York Times columnist) and Pastry Chef Keren Weiner (Il Buco) to present an inventive second night Seder dinner.
The celebration will include a five course Seder dinner , wine pairings and live music by Shahar Mintz and Naomi Less.
$120 per person including wine pairing
Vegetarian options are available if requested in advance. The lucky afikoman finder will be rewarded, of course!
The festivities begin at 6:30 PM.
e-mail [email protected] for reservations.
Maple Sap is Flowing
Warmer days and cool nights of early spring prompt the sap to flow. Learn about it at
Warrup’s Farm (organic) in Redding, CT. as they demonstrate how sap is collected and made into syrup.
NYC Vegetarian Food Fest
The Metropolitan Pavillion
Click here for more info and a full schedule of vendors and activities for kids and adults.
Jewish Iraqi Kubbeh Pop-Up
The After Hours Kubbeh Project is a pop-up serving Jewish Iraqi comfort food in a creative environment. The Kubbeh Project will live for only 3 weeks at Zucker Bakery in NYC’s East Village. Executive Chef Itamar Lewensohn, Cafe 48, Tel Aviv, will be creating new takes on traditional kubbeh.
All meat is kosher and vegetarian options abound. Click here for more info.
Serving dinner beginning at 6 PM at Zucker Bakery, NYC
March 1-21, 2013
Get this Purim Fete Started
Chef Russell Moss is cooking up sweet and savory combos you’ve never dreamt of for this celebration! Think oven roasted tomatoes with cinnamon and jalepeno, for starters.
Martini pairings will heighten the festive mood, no doubt.
February 22, 7 PM until who knows when…
Nosh, Walk and Learn
Join Context for a walking seminar with docent Jennifer Abadi, chef, cooking instructor and cookbook author on February 12, 10 AM- 1 PM.
This Jewish Cuisine and Culture walk will lead participants to the great culinary landmarks of the Jewish Lower East Side. We’ll be sampling knishes, smoked fish, bialys and pickles that reflect the Jewish immigrant experience in NYC from the early 20thc- 1960’s.
Click here for tix and more info.
Chocolate Lovers Taste for a Great Cause
Calling all chocolate lovers and do gooders! Join in a sweet tasting event at the Fourth Annual Chocolate, Dessert and Wine Lovers’ Evening to benefit the Shelter for the Homeless in Stamford, CT.
Meet local companies, creators and producers.
Stamford Marriott Hotel and Spa
All Under One Roof
Kosher Food and Wine Experience celebrates its seventh annual tasting event. Indulge in noshes from the tri-state’s best kosher restaurants and caterers. Sip on wines and spirits from more than 2oo providers.
Come hungry and ready to whet your whistle!
Winter Harvest Menu at Kosher Pop-Up
Dan and Yair Lenchner are at it again with their seventh pop up restaurant featuring winter harvest ingredients at their best.
Six courses will be served including pan fried sweetbreads with black truffles, smoked short ribs or seared sea trout, wild mushroom dumplings and more. Top it off with grilled pears graced with coconut milk caramel, kataifi, quince and cranberries.
Watch it all come together while eating in the kitchen at The Foundry, Long Island City.
$100 pp including a choice of wines
Date Night Competition
Competitive couples ramp up your creativity and speed as you cook under the watchful eye of The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts‘ master chefs. Bring your game on as you face the market basket you’ll be given. Can you and your partner handle the pressure?
Winners score a $150 gift certificate towards a future class at this kosher culinary school in Brooklyn.
Loaves of Love
Thursday, January 24, 2013
7 PM at Chabad Center, 79 Newtown Turnpike, Westport, CT
Join with other women for this inspirational hands-on challah baking event. Each participant will make 2 challot one for your own Shabbat table and one to share.
This evening is dedicated in loving memory to the precious children who lost their lives in Newtown, CT.
Click here for more info and to register.
Tales from the Kitchen
Savory stories, nosh and schnapps will be served up at Beyond Bubbie‘s star infused event at 92Y/Tribeca, Wednesday January 16 @ 7 PM.
Come hear personal food stories from Mo Rocca, Carla Hall, Joan Nathan and a hilarious cast of others, including you!
Click here for more info and tix.
Gefilte in Stores, Finally!
At last! The Gefilteria‘s small batch, sustainable Gefilte loaves, spicy carrot or beet horseradish and bottled kvass products are available in stores around NYC. These old world, traditional Jewish foods have been re-thought and re-created for modern tastes by the dynamic Brooklyn based team. Click here for store locations. Tasting is believing!
Not By Bread Alone
CREATED & PERFORMED by NALAGA’AT THEATER DEAF-BLIND ACTING ENSEMBLE
In Not by Bread Alone, the world’s only professional deaf-blind acting company takes the audience on a captivating and magical tour of their inner world. As bread is kneaded, formed, and baked on stage, these extraordinary storytellers convey their memories and dreams, mixing reality with fantasy, grandeur with ridicule, in a journey that ignites the senses. Reflecting the daily activity at the company’s own Nalaga’at Center for the Deaf-Blind in Tel Aviv, this unique, immersive experience features a local version of their acclaimed BlackOut Restaurant, operated in complete darkness, and the sign language-only Café Kapish, which will be open 1 hour prior to curtain.
Olio Nuovo Celebration and Tasting
In Italy, olive harvest and crush is cause for celebration.
Enjoy a complimentary tasting flight of just pressed oils at Olivette’s tasting room and shop, Darien, CT. through December 31.
They’ll be sure to walk you through it. You’ll surely love this Italian tradition.
Chinese and a Movie on December 25
Is this your family tradition?
Join other tribe members at 92YTribeca for this movie classic and an all-you-can-eat, sumptuous vegetarian, Kosher buffet provided by Buddha Bodhai.
12:30pm – Doors open
1pm – Back to the Future
3:15pm – Back to the Future Part II
Food from 12:30pm until it is all gone.
Both screenings will be on BluRay.
Ticket Price: $25 in advance/$30 at the door. Click here for more info. and tix.
Saugatuck Grain and Grape Champagne Fundraiser
December 22, 3-8 PM
Saugatuck Grain and Grape, Westport, CT, will be donating at least 10% of proceeds from Bubbles, Bubbles and More Bubbles, champagne tasting, to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund.
RSVP on their Facebook page and join neighbors and local merchants. A contribution of $5.,to help boost the proceeds, will be requested at the door.
“Let’s Brisket!”
“Let’s Brisket”, is scheduled for Tuesday , December 18, 6PM at the Center for Jewish History, NYC
Mitchell Davis, James Beard Foundation, will moderate a panel exploring brisket history, origins, trends and cooking methods.
A reception featuring Erin Patinkin’s brisket inspired cookies from Ovenly, will follow.
Click here for tix and to see who’s on the panel. You’ll be impressed!
Latkes and Vodkas
Sweets from Cake Suite
Eight layers oozing chocolate ganache for eights nights, rich and buttery Chanukah cookies, challah with white chocolate bits!
Contact Michelle at Cake Suite, Westport, CT, to place your special order for your Chanukah festivities.
Some non-dairy and gluten free items available. Chanukah begins December 8!!
A Venetian Chanukah
Cooking Demonstration and Tasting with Alessandra Rovati, food historian, cook and writer at www.dinnerinvenice.com.
Wednesday December 5, 7 PM.
Learn about Chanukah traditions, taste the unique flavors of this Italian region, and learn to make items your family will be wow’ed by!
Click here for more information and to register for this delicious evening in Westport, CT. Location will be disclosed upon registration.
Hudson Valley Veggies and Berries
WinterSunFarms Winter CSA Pickup at Wakeman Town Farm, Westport, CT
December to April, Second Thursday 1-7pm Dates: 12/13, 1/10, 2/14, 3/14, 4/11
WINTER CSA may include: Sweet Corn, Butternut Squash Puree, Green Beans, Peppers, Tomato, Blueberries and Pea Shoots. All veggies and fruits were harvested at Hudson Valley farms this summer. Crops were flash frozen to provide summer freshness all winter long while supporting local farmers.
For more info and sign up click www.wintersunfarms.com and check Westport, CT as your pickup point!
Make Your Feast Local
Special Thanksgiving Market Day for Connecticut locavores seeking the freshest ingredients and prepared dishes from our favorite vendors!
Arrive early on Wednesday, November 21 at the Westport Farmers’ Market, for best selection
10-2, Imperial Avenue commuter lot
Westport, CT.
Hear the Sizzle
Is your latke making style nouveau or more like Bubby’s?
Mail your favorite latke recipe to [email protected] by November 19. The winner will fry ’em up on December 10 at the Fourth Annual Latke Festival at BAM and win a Breville Scraper Mixer Pro Stand.
Check out the tasty company you’ll be in and get frying!
Eat, Drink and Think Like… Leonardo da Vinci
Learn about Leonardo’s Milan in 1495 and taste historically accurate foods and wine with Jane Tylus, NYU Professor and Italian Renaissance specialist, and Ross King, author, Leonardo and the Last Supper, 2012. Click here for info./tix. November 4, 2012- 2-4:30 at the 92Y Tribeca, NYC. Edibles prepared by 92YTribeca Executive Chef Russell Moss.
Pre-program kick-off:
Pine nut butter cookies
Coffee and tea
Post-talk reception:
Tile fish with lemon, butter and orange
Roasted mushroom crustini
Bread salad with parmesan cheese mint, thyme and parsley
Blackberries and honey
Italian wine
Give Back During Foodie Fest
Greenmarket Table Class and Lunch
Join Melissa Roberts for a hands-on cooking class highlighting ingredients sourced from the Westport Farmers’ Market. This 3 course Autumnal celebration will incorporate fruits and veggies that may not be on your radar yet. We’ll eat it together, and learn how to navigate the market and take advantage of the season’s bounty. Lunch will be kosher and vegetarian/dairy.
October 25, 11:30-1:30 at Chabad of Westport
Class is being held at 159 Kings Highway North. Click here to register.
Haute Truck Food
Are you hankering to taste dishes that temp you from food trucks you pass each day? Dan and Yair Lenchner are hosting another pop-up kosher event at The Foundry in Long Island City on October 17. They’ll be cooking up selection of haute street food in their kosher catering kitchen with the likes of Israeli Sebich, Indian Meen Mapas, Tunisian potato brik, Mexican fish tacos, Jamaican jerked sea bass and more. Wine, global beer and cocktail selection included. For reservations and more info contact [email protected]
Community Plates Fall Ball
Community Plates is hosting a blowout of a party, on October 9, to raise much needed funds for their efforts. Check out their mission to connect surplus food from restaurants and other sources to food-insecure households in CT. Learn more and buy tickets here.
Sukkot Over Manahattan
Just in time for Sukkot, Prime at The Bentley is popping up on the rooftop! A 60 person Sukkah,with 360 degree views of Manhattan on the scenic UES, is Prime’s latest digs. Enjoy the views while indulging in tasty Kosher culinary treats including sushi, crudo offerings and Mediteranean fish straight from the charcoal grill. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Call: 212-933-9733 for reservations.
The Heat Is ON!
92STY Street Fest (Lexington Ave. between 79th-95th)
Street Fest Sunday, September 23, 2012, 12-5. Tong to tong contest at 1:00.
Come taste the 3 top kosher grill recipes in NYC !
Sample and Savor CT.’s Local Flavor
Celebrate the freshness of CT. farm fresh foods during Farm-To-Chef Week, September 16-22. Click here for list of participating restaurants. Among them are a couple of veg and raw favorites, including Bloodroot and Catch a Healthy Habit Cafe.
Pharoah’s Daughter
Middle Eastern syncopation meets hip chick world music vibe as Batya Schecter and Pharoah’s Daughter comes to CT.
Saturday, Sept. 8 @8:3o PM, open to the public and free
Under the stars at the Levitt Pavilion, Westport
Rain Location: Conservative Synagogue, 30 Hillspoint Rd., Westport
Gefilte Talk
“Deconstructing Jewish culinary mythology one dish at a time.”
We’ll be re-thinking it and tasting it in advance of Rosh Hashanah. Mitchell Davis, James Beard Foundation, will moderate the panel of artisanal gefilte makers and chefs.
Center for Jewish History, NYC. September 6 at 6 PM. Click Gefilte Talk for more info and tix.
Register now for Hazon Food Conference
2012 Hazon Food Conference, December 6-9, 2012 (Hanukkah), Falls Village, CT
The Hazon Food Conference explores the intersections of Jewish tradition and contemporary food issues, with the goal of supporting leaders to create healthier and more sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond. This annual event brings together passionate people who are working for sustainable food systems in their own lives, communities, nationally and abroad. Come learn and be inspired!
REGISTER now for pre-Labor Day discount.
Doc’s Organic Maple Syrup
The Westport Arts Center winds up their Lunch-Escape series on the deck on 8/22, 12:30-1:30. Lunch is available, along with a convo about local producers.
Join Dottie from Doc’s Organic Maple Syrup, along with Westport Farmers’ Market Manager, Lori Cochran Dougall, as they explore topics pertaining to organic and the local food scene.
Kugel Comfort
The First Annual World Kugel Day Festival will include a kugel cook-off and lots of tastings to the tunes of Rocky Mountain Jewgrass. Anyone who can attend at the Mizel Museum in Denver, AUGUST 19, 2-5 PM, please let me know!
CT Farm Tour At Your Own Pace
The 4th Annual Easton Farm Tour will take place on AUGUST 11, 10-3. Enjoy a self-guided tour to more than 10 farms and enjoy petting zoo, pony rides, tastings, farm stands and pick your own. Celebrate local!
SONO Bakery Owner Shares
SONO Bakery owner, John Barricelli, will share baking secrets, and nibbles at the Westport Arts Center during their Lunch-Escapes series, Wednesday, August 8. The gathering meets on the deck, overlooking the Saugatuck River, 12:30-1:30 and it’s free. Consider buying his beautiful and thorough book, The Sono Company Baking Cookbook, and support your local bakery.
Farm to Table Dinner Tickets for Sale
Local chefs will serve up their most creative and freshest fare at the First Farm to Table Dinner at Wakeman Farm, Westport, CT, on September 15.
Area farmers and vendors are donating the goods so that funds may be directed to continue implementing and expanding youth and community programming.
Tix are on sale Friday, August 3 . Hurry! This is one party you will not want to miss.
Hello Out There on the Left Coast!
Herzog Wine Cellars presents another International Food and Wine Event at the winery in Oxnard, CA.
A wide range of extraordinary wines will be paired with the best bites from the on site, highly acclaimed, kosher Tierra Sur restaurant. Buy tix for the August 2 event early and let me know how it is!
The Gefilteria in the Old Neighborhood
The Gefilteria will take the Hester Street Fair by storm with their Old World Sampler Plate on July 28 and August 11, 10-6. These “purveyors of boutique gefilte and old world Jewish foods” are about more than just pickles!
Teens Cook Kosher
The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts (CKCA) will be teaching teens to cook, over 5 days in NYC. Session runs August 6-10 and will focus on technique, skill development and deliciousness, culminating in a cook-off to rock the UES. Check out their other offerings, too.
Nuts for this Product
I’m in love with these nut butter products! Jason’s is available in jars and single pack squeezables. They’re perfect for camp lunches and pocketbooks. And more: they’re Kosher, GF, vegan, dairy free, GMO free and delicious. Click here to find them.
Learn to Put “Em Up
Learn about canning and preserving farm fresh veggies on July 14 as Sherri Brooks Vinton, author of PUT “EM UP, conducts 3 hands on workshops. All sessions are at Sport Hill Farm, Easton.
Lunch will be catered by Chef Cecily Gans, The Main Course, LLC. Cost: $55. Register early.
Home Baked Flavor from a Mix
Tribes-A-Dozen has just released a product called: Voila! Hallah Egg Bread Mixes. Three varieties, Traditional, Wholey Wheat and Simply Spelt, will keep your guests guessing how you manage it all while spending the day at the beach. And it’s certified OU, parave.
Lunch-Escapes in Westport, CT
The Westport Farmers’ Market and Westport Arts Center are partnering on select Wednesdays this summer to present interactive workshops with local food, farm and gardening experts. Check WAC’s site to see the line-up.
Lunch offerings by DuSoleil round out the mid-day break by the Saugatuck River. Don’t forget to visit the art gallery, too.
Mark your calendars: June 27, July 11, July 25, August 8, August 22.
You Shop. Westport Farmers’ Market Benefits.
Dutch Herring Season
It’s a short season for New Catch Dutch Herring, the lightly cured, clean and briny treat available at Russ and Daughters in NYC. Down these small fillets with chopped sweet Vidalia onion and Cornichon pickles while imagining the pushcarts that sold them when our grandparents lived in the same neighborhood.
Al Fresco over the Saugatuck River
Chef/Owner John Holzwarth presents plenty of great choices for veg lovers at the Boathouse Restaurant in Westport, CT. Check out this sublime salmon with a medley of beets, pea shoots, radishes, heirloom bean and kumquats. Local and Seasonal whenever possible. The view of the Saugatuck River, from the balcony, can not be beat.
Tour Talk Taste Local Honey
What makes honey taste like sweet and buttery blueberry blossom? Come learn and taste with Marina Marchese, local beekeeper and honey sommelier. Register for “A Taste of East Coast Terroir” at Red Bee Apiary, Weston, CT. on June 10, 1-3. I’ll be there!
Decadent No-Bake Brigadeiro
Brazilian Chef, Leticia Schwartz, will be teaching lucky Macy’s shoppers how to make Brigadeiro on June 7, @ 1 PM, NYC. Indulge in these fudgy chocolate treats while learning about Brazilian cheese bread and Caipirinhas, limey summer cocktails. Click to learn more about Leticia’s class offerings in CT.and NYC and her book, The Brazilian Kitchen: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes for the Home Cook.
Technology and Perserverance
“The U.N. chose the Arava region as a global model for agricultural eduction on saving water.” Here’s why:
There are 600 farms supplying 60% of total Israeli exports in the 112 mile strip of desert between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea. Miracle? More.…
Chocolate Fest and Tasting
Sunday, June 3, 7:30 PM at the 92Y!
Culinary historian, Alexandra Leaf says to expect “long established award winners and newcomers in celebration of the beauty and wonder of chocolate.” Unique pairings with wine and cheese will be offered, also. I’ll be there, for sure. Click here for more info. and tickets.
Real Food, Real Farmers
Westport Farmers’ Market is opening for the season on Thursday, May 24 with an all organic and GMO free line up of farmers, small producers, local chefs and community service events. Meet your neighbors and your farmers as you shop and shmooze!
The World of Jewish Cooking
Join culinary historian Gil Marks and writer and cookbook author, Leah Koenig in conversation about Jewish culinary history, holidays,and what’s cooking in the world of Jewish Foods. Click here for more info and to buy tix for this May 15 event at 92Y.
Ode to Israel’s Locavore
Hanoch Bar Shalom, one of the first and greatest champions of using the freshest local ingredients found in Israel, has died. Read Liel Leibovitz’ beautiful essay about why he was so great.
Soul Food from the Middle East
Syrian chef and author, Jennifer Abadi is teaching a 2 part vegetarian class focusing on the flavor packed regions of the Near and Middle East. Learn to make Syrian yellow squash pie with cucumber yogurt sauce and Turkish yogurt cake with semolina and lemon zest, among many other items. Class begins May 21 at ICE, NYC.
Foodstock at Wesleyan
Wesleyan University is gathering food bloggers and writers for Foodstock on Sat. May 5, 9-5. I’ll schedule around the breakout session called, “From lokshen to lomein: the Jewish love affair with Chinese food”. Presenters at the fest include Dorie Greenspan, Ruth Reichl, Jane Stern, Amy Bloom and other luminaries in the food universe.
Ladino Offers Up Tapas and More
Chef Alexandre Petard has opened Ladino Tapas Bar and Grill in Columbus Circle, NYC. He’s offering Kosher, Latin fusion and waking up the ‘hood with bright flavors drawn from South America.
Can’t Get Enough Basil?
Israeli company, Hishtil, has figured out a way to grow a basil tree that will live approximately five years. No more pining away for fresh basil in the winter. Read it here.
Chicken with Bacon and Potato in a Tray Bake &ndash yes please!
For this recipe I used a simple store bought spice mix for my chicken. And the bacon&hellipyes don&rsquot you just love an artisanal piece of smoked or cured meat? We have some stunning local farmers that does just that (Richard Bosman is my fav). The smokiness is perfect in this recipe and the bacon literally crisps up in the oven. Baby potatoes are perfect for tray bakes, as they don&rsquot take up too much space and cooks pretty quick &ndash smash them and top them with spoonfuls of herby sauce for a flavour explosion.
BOOK | Eureka Europa | Our Big European Food Adventure
We have 250 essay sections plus 250 recipe sections (there is a possibility the number of essays and recipes will be increased, probably to 300). This is a working list of the essay sections and at the moment it is outrageously unbalanced. Ireland, for example, has more than Ukraine, a much larger country, so Ireland will lose several essays and Ukraine will gain several. The final list will be agreed in 2021 before the manuscript is completed, at this stage probably in early 2022 (vaccines permitted).
A Note about OBEFA
Our big European food adventure began a very long time ago. It was our original intention to plan a route and make a continuous non-stop journey to all the major cities, and for a while it was a plausible plan. Then we added up all the stops and all the days and we realised it was impractical, so we came to a pragmatic conclusion based on a rail (train and tram) and road (bus) strategy. Visa issues, border crossings and bad weather wrecked the first mad journeys in the later years of the 1990s and early years of the 2000s. We decided to make a new plan.
That involved short trips with a definitive itinerary. For more than 20 years we criss-crossed the continent although mostly we decided on a base and took day trips. For example we stayed in Verona for 14 days and made trips around the region, up into the Alps to Bolzano / Bozen and down into the Po Valley to Borghetto sul Mincio, and became acquainted with the traditional food culture. Some of the material from that trip is featured in FF, vis:
More OBEFA Journeys
These are the current plans, on hold for a while.
Aegean — Turkeyand Greece including Bodrum, Kos, Rhodes, Heraklion, Santorini, Naxos, Tourlos Mykonos, Agios Kirykos, Chios, Çeşme, Izmir, Istanbul, mostly by boat, plus some buses and trains.
Alps — Austria, Italy, Slovenia including Villach, Lienz in Osttirol, Spittal-Millstätter See, Udine, Carnia, Jesenice, Bled Jezero, Radovljica, mostly by train plus some buses.
Anatolia — Turkey including Istanbul, Ankara, Kayseri, Kars, Adana, Konya, Bodrum (Kos-Çeşme), Izmir, Istanbul, mostly by train.
Atlantic Fringe — Scotland, Shetlands, Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, mostly by boat, some flights, and some trains and buses.
Baltic — Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany including Copenhagen, Malmo, Stockholm, Lapland, Oulu, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga, Vilinus, Kalingrad, Gdansk, Rostock, Hamburg, Copenhagen mostly by train, some flights and the odd bus and boat.
Steppe — Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova including Warsaw, Minsk, Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, Chisinau, Lviv, Lublin, Wrocław, Warsaw mostly by train.
OBEFA Themes
Themes: Air-Dried Products + Bakers + Beef Products + Bread + Cheese + Cheese-Makers + Cafes + Chefs + Chowder + Confections + Cooks + Corn + Dumplings + Fermented Products + Fish + Food Artisans + Food Culture + Food Producers + Forager Food + Fruit + Fruit Products + Game + Herbs + Indigenous Produce + Interesting Places to Eat + Lamb Products + Local Food Suppliers + Market Gardens + Meat Products + Nuts + Pastries + Patissiers + Place-Specific Products + Pop-Up Restaurants + Pork Products + Raw Milk + Restaurants + Rice + Rye + Sea Produce + Soups + Sourdough Bread + Spelt + Spices + Stews + Street Markets + Sustainable Food Security + Traditional Foods + Traditional Recipes + Value-Added Products + Vegetables + Vine Fruit + Wheat + Wild Plants
1: Vincennes: Rendezvous with Rousseau food philosophies, fabulous trees and forager food
2: Dinant: The Flamiche Legend featuring Flamiche
3: North Sea: Fishing, Waterzooi story and tradition 4: Amiens: The Terrine Tradition and story featuring Pâté de Canard d’Amiens 5: Port-en-Bessin-Huppain: A Feast of Scallops, Scallop Festival featuring scallop tradition and story 6: Auvergne: Asterix and the Wild Boar, wild boar / suckling pig / spit-roasted pork story and tradition, the emergence of charcuterie – bacon, ham and sausage culture. The eleventh album of the comic book series ‘Asterix and the Chieftain’s Shield’, published in 1968, saw René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo depict cured hams hanging from the ceiling of an Auvergne inn. 7: Limoges: Clafoutis tradition and story featuring Clafoutis de Fromage aux Fruit 8: Haute Savoy: In Farcement We Trust, Farcement 9: Lausanne-Flon: Café Romand and The Farm Shop of Vaud, indigenous produce, value-added products featuring Farines Vaudoises d’Yverdon-les-Bains 10: Lavaux: Food Heritage featuring Domain Bovy, hard cheese and the wines of Lake Geneva shore 11-Vevey: Charlie Chaplin’s shoes are made of chocolate, chocolate story part one 11-Fully and Martigny: Brisolée 12: Saanen: 16 ART-BAR-RESTAURANT featuring local veal 13: Gstaad: Cheese Shop / Cheese Grotto Berner Oberland cheeses featuring Alpkäse, Hobelkäse and Bleu de Lenk, Etivaz, Geräuchert, Livarot, Reblochon, Sapolet, Schönriedeli) cheese, milk 14: Kandersteg: Butcher Shop Swiss butcher shop tradition and artisanal sausage culture, featuring Cervelas 15: Brig: Restaurant Cheminots featuring Cordon Bleu 16: Fiesch: Imwinkelried Bakery & Cafe featuring regional rye bread tradition, rye bread story part one, Walliser Roggenbrot 17: Goms Valley: Subsistence Food featuring Cholera 18: Divedro & Ossola Valleys: Cauldron Stew Tradition featuring Cuchêla 19-Domodossola: Street Market local, regional and national produce and products / Italian street market tradition 19-Novara: Paniscia, story of an iconic risotto and two of its ingredients, salame d’al duja and the saluggia bean 19-Milan: Panettone 20: Turin: Chocolate story of chocolate in Europe, from La Cioccolatieri 21-Recco: Flatbread Festival Foccacia, featuring di Recco col Formaggio
21-Bologna: The Fat One featuring Torta Dell’abbondanza 22: Florence: Company of the Cauldron beginnings of modern food preparation and presentation 23-Siena: Tuscan Diversity produce and products of Tuscany featuring Cantuccini 23-Marzalla honey, olive oil and wine farm 24: San Lorenzo Nuovo: Sagra degli Gnocchi featuring the potatoes of the Viterbo, and Fagiolo Secondo, a local bean responsible for food sustainability through famine and war 25: Amatrice: The Carbonara Conundrum, part one featuring Pasta all’Amatriciana 26-Rome: The Carbonara Conundrum, part two featuring the origins of Spaghetti alla Carbonara 26-Napoli: Pizza story and tradition 27: Cetara: Garum and Colatura anchovy / mackerel fish sauce, old and new methods 29: Pompei: Golden Ice Gelateria Artigianale 30: Syracuse: The Greek Influence featuring Arancino / Arancini 31: Pozzallo: Fish Ports of Sicily featuring Calamaretti 32: Mediterranean Islands: Pasta Bake Tradition featuring Imqarrun il-forn (Malta), Makaronia Tou Fournou (Cyprus), Pastitsio (Greece and Cyprus), Timballo di Maccheroni (Italy and Malta) 34: Palermo: Teenage Kicks featuring Focaccia Panino / Focaccia Farcite 35: Messina Strait: The Swordfish Dilemma featuring Spada (swordfish) conservation 36: Bari: Orecchiette alle Cime di Rapa 36: Durrës: Lemon Sunshine featuring Avgolemono 37: Forlimpopoli: The Artusi Effect featuring Pellegrino Artusi, Italy’s culinary unifier with his Science in the Kitchen cookbook 38: Adria: Bread Bin featuring Arnaldo Cavallari and the origins of Ciabatta 39: Mantua: Cornmeal and Pellagra, the Caprese Doctor and the Saving of the Songbirds featuring polenta 40: Verona: Bottega del Vino featuring Veronese traditional food and wine including Guancia di Manzo Brasata all’Amarone
41-Borghetto sul Mincio: village over water featuring the Templar Tavern and Love Knots (tortellini – filled pasta) story 41-Trentino Alto Adige: Knödel Geschichte dumpling story and tradition of Austria and Germany featuring Apfelknödel 42-Tisen: The Deer Hunter featuring Ötzi the iceman and the Eintöpf 43-Innsbruck: Altweiner Apfelstrudel 44: Radovljica: Gingerbread Architecture featuring the Lectar House, gingerbread culture 45: Postojna: Šara 46-Split: Fish Stew featuring Ribarski Brodet 46-Pag: Paški Sir featuring the sheep’s milk cheese tradition on the island of Pag in the Adriatic and the Marenda (brunch) tradition of coastal Croatia 47: Petrovac: Pašticada (sweet pot beef marinaded beef slow-cooked), festival food 48: Lake Skadar: Kormoran Restaurant featuring the lake fish and Jegulju na Orizu 49: Thessaloniki: Olive-Lemon Experience featuring a visit into Greek food past brought alive 50: Athens: 51: Sparta: Olive Oil Museum part one of olive story 52: Alexandroupolis: Ellinikoú Proinoú 53: Fatih: Grand Bazaar Food and Drink featuring Tezçakar Cafe and Cafe Life including Turkish coffee, Anatolian tea plus tea tradition, apple tea, mint tea, sage tea, Havuzlu Restaurant and Mercimek Çorbasi 54: Sekerci: Lokum featuring Turkish Delight tradition at Haci Bekir 55: Eminönü: Spice Bazaar featuring spice mixtures and traditional spice culture of Anatolia 56: Beyoğlu: Street Food featuring Balık Ekmek 57: Üsküdar: Icli Köfte 58: Körtik Tepe, Göbekli Tepe, Çatalhöyük: Sustainable Food Security (Past and Present), the story of the origin foods — barley, chickpea, fava (brown) bean, lentil, pea, rye, vetch, wheat, from einkorn and emmer to modern wheat and back again, featuring wheat dishes including Aş Çorbasi 59: Gaziantep: Baklava Tradition featuring Gaziantep filo pastry with pistachios 60: Adana: Turkish Kebab Culture featuring Adana kebab, origins, history of kebab, part one 61: Konya Plain: From Foraging to Farming (the beginning of Anatolian food culture) featuring Düğün Pilavi / Riz bi Dfeen 62-Bodrum: Wild Greens featuring Hardalotu 63: Rhodes: Doner / Gyros featuring the history of kebab culture in the Aegean, part two 64: Heraklion: Minoan Cuisine featuring the secrets of the eastern Mediterranean diet 65: Cyclades: Mezedes featuring Greek seafood appetisers and snacks 66-Cyclades: Pastries and Pies featuring Kerkyraïkí Giaourtópita 66-Izmir: Köfte featuring Anatolian (and Ottoman) traditions, the story of meatballs, part 1 67: Ayvalık: Open Bazaar featuring local produce and products 68: Cyprus: Mezedhes
69: Anogyra: honey-sesame pastels festival and tradition 70: Malatya: Apricots featuring Kayısı Pestili 71: Alacahöyük: Anatolian-Hittite Bread Turkish archaeologists produce 4000 year old menu 72: Trabzon: Bread tradition and festival featuring Vakfıkebir Ekmeği 73: Balıkçılar Köyü: Black Sea Anchovy Fishing tradition and dishes including Hamsi Diblesi 74: Kars: Tarhana 75: Mount Ararat: Basterma / Pastirma 76: Tbilisi: Georgian traditional food revival with Abkhazura აფხაზური
77: Yerevan: Master Chef Sedrak Mamulyan talking Armenian Food Renaissance featuring produce and products 78: Caspian Sea: Caviar Sturgeon and sustainability tradition and story 80: Kharkiv: Chervonyy Borsch 81: Chisinâu: Moldovan Memories food basket of eastern Europe featuring indigenous produce 82: Bălți: Platsindy 83: Cluj-Napoca: Tokany 84: Brasov: Fasole cu Cârnaţi 85: Ploieşti: Cozonac 86: Bucharest: Ciorbă 87: Craiova: Mămăliguţă cu brânză şi Smântână 88: Banitsa: Banitsa 89: Slivnitsa: White Gold of Bulgaria 90: Balkans: Ottoman Food Culture products including Böregi / Börek
91: Priština: Byrek me Spinaq / Pita Zeljanica 92: Sarajevo: Lepinje 93: Belgrade: Mešano Meso 94: Srbobran: Sausage Festival story and products 95: Szeged: Paprika 96: Debrecen: Pot Stew tradition 97-Budapest: Kéhli Restaurant, Hungarian traditional food plus Gulyàs (goulash) story and tradition featuring reinterpretations of goulash including Bogracsgulyas 97-Budapest: Street Food including lángos 99: Koprivnica: Vegeta 100: Novigrad: Asparagus Festival story and products 101: Ljubljana: Potica 102-Kobarid: Struklji 102-Trieste: Green Salad 103: Udine: Montasio Cheese tradition and story featuring Frico con Patate e Cipolla 103: Carnia featuring Formaggio di Malga 104-Venice: Caffè La Serra featuring Sachertorte 104-Venice: Carnival featuring Fritole 104-Burano: Risotto alla Buranella / Risotto di Gò (ghiozzo di laguna)
105: Lamon: The Pope’s Bean featuring lamon bean varieties spagnolit, spagnolo, calonega and canalino, borlotti bean story plus Risotto alla Carnarola 106: Isola della Scala: Rice Fair featuring rice types including Aborio, Baldo, Balilla, Carnaroli, San Andrea, Vialone Nano, risotto tradition and recipes including Risotto all’Isolana 107: Bra: Slow Food, story 108: Menton: Lemons festival 109: Monaco-Ville: Barbagiuan Monegasque 110: Nice: La Fondue Niçois 111: Provence: Jean de Florette’s Authentic featuring cheese, fish, herbs, vegetables including Poulpe a la Provençale (octopus Provence-style), Ratatouille Niçoise 112: Marseille: Baccalà featuring the north Atlantic air-dried cod tradition of Italy, France, Spain and Portugal plus L’estocafic / E’stocafi 113: Romans-sur-Isère: Pogne 114: Grabels: Ici.C.Local implementing the short chain element of sustainable food security, model, story and old street market tradition 115: Beaumont-de-Lomagne: Garlic Festival 116: Andorra: Bordas Rústicas
117: Puigcerdà: Trinxat 118: Barcelona: The Cook’s Book (Libre del Coch) featuring old and new versions of Empanadas 119: Lleida: Catalan Culinary Heritage story, produce and products, featuring Ànec amb Pera d’hivern 120: Valls: Calçots 121: Riudoms: Hazelnut festival and story 122: Delta de l’Ebre: Rice Fields featuring rice types including Bahia, Bomba, Fonsa, Montsianell, Sénia, Tebre, paella tradition and recipes including Paella de Arroz con Garbanzos 123: Valencia: Oranges, tradition and story, featuring Bizcocho Tarta de Naranja 124: Valenciana Community: Chufa