Harvest Dinner on the Farm
Posted by Dustin Horton // September 23, 2011 // News
Join us for an exquisite meal that supports the efforts of local farms to share the bountiful harvest of healthy food in our region with all!
A fine dining benefit gala savoring the flavors of the Finger Lakes on Sunday, October 2nd at Stick and Stone Farm in Ithaca NY with the wine and menu provided by Red Newt Cellars Winery and Bistro.
The event will start at 5:00pm with a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception in the fields with live music provided by the Maplewood Jazz Team followed at 6:30pm with a five-course menu inspired by the season paired with award winning wine.
Join Winemaker David Whiting and Executive Chef Brud Holland of Red Newt and Farmers Lucy and Chaw of Stick and Stone to celebrate local wine, food, farms, families and community!
Tickets start at $75 (all-inclusive) and can be purchased online at www.healthyfoodforall.org or by calling 607-342-8845. Seating is limited so don’t delay! For more info please visit www.healthyfoodforall.org or contact harvestdinners@gmail.com.
Proceeds go to Healthy Food for All, a partnership of family-owned farms and Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County to make fresh seasonal produce accessible to households with limited income.
Staying a night, or week? Please consider extending your glorious experience of the Finger Lakes at the Gothic Eves Bed and Breakfast. Enjoy accommodations in a historic Inn filled with period antiques, fireplaces, pillow-top beds, fine linens, and many guest amenities. Wake up to a local, gourmet breakfast generously served overlooking a 1/2 acre of formal perennial and annual flower beds and herb gardens. Spend the day at Ithaca’s Apple Harvest Festival celebrating food, fun and fall with music, dancing, amusement rides, a craft-fair, vendors and street performers then return to curl up by the fireplace and sip hot cider before dinner. For more info and B&B reservations please go to http://www.gothiceves.com or call 607-387-6033. Sponsored by the Tompkins County Tourism Program.