Locavore odds and ends: Wine festival or beer festival? You can do both this weekend.
After last night's storm, some tomato plants had fallen over. This is before I picked them up. I don't seem to have lost any tomatoes (or eggplant - one of the tomato plants fell on two of my eggplants).
Last Sunday, I sprained my ankle. I don’t even have a glamorous, exciting story to go along with that statement. I was walking. There was a hole in the ground. My foot went in the hole. Snap. I’m off the crutches now, but I haven’t gotten much done that doesn’t require sitting with my foot elevated. So the garden still isn’t weeded. Maybe next week.
I’ve got plans I’m really looking forward to for the weekend (I’ll give you a wrap-up next week). If you’re looking for something to do, there are a few festivals you might want to check out in this week’s odds and ends.
- There are lots of farmers markets opening this weekend or next week – particularly by the shore. You can get details here, but opening in the next few days will be Hammonton, Smithville, Margate (opened yesterday), Stone Harbor, West Cape May, Woodbine, and Barneget (opened yesterday).
- I’m disappointed to be missing the East Coast Food & Wine Festival at Hopewell Valley Vineyards in Pennington. If it’s anything like last year’s festival, it’s going to be a fabulous event. Five of NJ’s wineries will be represented and there will be seminars and cooking demonstrations.
- At the shore, The Point Pleasant Jazz & Blues Festival will be another place to taste NJ wines. Eleven wineries will be tasting their wines at the music festival.
- If you prefer beer, The Fourteenth Annual Garden State Beer Festival is this Saturday, June 26, featuring a self-guided visit of the Battleship New Jersey will be held on the Battleship New Jersey, 62 Battleship Pl, Camden. 1 to 5 PM; $40 (must be 21 or older). For tickets call 856-966-1652 ext 107.
- The summer issue of Edible Jersey is out and includes information on this year’s Festival of Farmers Markets
- I reviewed Emeril’s newest cookbook Farm to Fork for MNN. It’s a great cookbook for locavores.
- The next Iron Cupcake Challenge will be July 7 at the Pop Shop in Collingswood. This month’s cupcake theme is candy and proceeds will be donated to the Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation.
