Media Release:
Benefit Dinner : Rare Opportunity to Enjoy Vermont's Wild Food
On June 1st, 2002, at the Albany Methodist Church on Route 14 in Albany, Vermont, the Northeast Kingdom Mushroom Society is offering a wild foods dinner. A selection of appetizers, salads, an entree and dessert will be prepared by some of Vermont's top professional chefs. Fiddleheads, wild greens and ramps (leeks), pheasant back mushrooms and wild ginger root sauce are a few of the things you may receive on your plate as you dine that evening. Roasted Sirloin of Beef with Pheasant Back Mushroom-Marsala Sauce and Fresh Pasta Primavera with Wild Mushroom Medley are the featured entrees. Experts, committed to harvesting responsibly are in charge of collecting all of the wild edibles. They make sure to leave plenty of healthy specimens so that plant groups will be vital and available for generations to come.
If you've always wanted to taste samples of the bounty found growing in our woods and fields without the help of human cultivation, or are already a connoisseur of these seasonal treats, this will be a delightful evening for you. Tickets are $20 per setting, $10 for children under 12. Advance purchase is highly recommended, as seating is limited. Please reserve your tickets by no later than May 28th and indicate whether you would like to dine at the 6:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. seating. That is, groups will begin to be seated at 6:00 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m. and will proceed as places at the tables are available. (This means you might not begin going through the buffet line exactly on the hour.) We cannot guarantee availability of tickets at the door.
Proceeds will be used to organize a unique multi-day Mushroom Festival this fall, the first weekend of October. It will be an educational, enjoyable event for all ages. For more information, log on to
www.vermontmushroomfestival.com.
To reserve your tickets to the benefit dinner on June 1st, phone a special voicemail number for the Northeast Kingdom Mushroom Society and leave a message. It's a three-step process.
Call 1-800-699-2466, then listen to the instructions and press the # key. Next enter 802-249-9749 and leave a message -- again, after you've listened to the instructions. Or e-mail wildorganic@yahoo.com. Be sure to specify the number of tickets, if you prefer Roasted Sirloin or Fresh Pasta Primavera, and whether you plan on arriving at 6:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.
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Or, go to directly to the Reservation Form on this site.
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WILD DINING IN VERMONT*
June 1, 2002
Benefit Dinner: The Vermont Mushroom Festival
Salad of Wild Greens
with a Maple, Sesame Seed & Wild Ginger Vinaigrette
Chef Brendon Suhesky - Old Tavern Inn, Grafton, VT
(Wild Gourmet Foods, Albany, VT)
Vermont Chevre Crostini with Wild Herbs and Lemon
(Wild Gourmet Foods, Albany, VT)
Sauteed Vermont Fiddleheads and Wild Ramps
with Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Toasted Walnuts and Black Pepper
(Wild Gourmet Foods, Albany, VT)
Roasted Sirloin of Beef with Pheasant Back - Marsala Sauce
ChefBrendon Suhesky - Old Tavern Inn, Grafton, VT
(Wild Gourmet Foods, Albany, VT)
Fresh Pasta Primavera with Wild Mushroom Medley
(Wild Gourmet Foods, Albany, VT)
Potato with Wild Onion and Grafton Village Cheddar gratin
Chef Russell Stannard - Rabbit Hill Inn, L. Waterford, VT
(Grafton Village Cheese Company, Grafton, VT)
(Wild Gourmet Foods, Albany, VT)
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Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Wild Ginger Anglaise
Chef Paula Bystrzycki - Rabbit Hill Inn, L. Waterford, VT
(Wild Gourmet Foods, Albany, VT)
Sitting begins at 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
*menu Ingredients may vary due to weather conditions and/oravailability
To reserve your tickets to the benefit dinner on June 1st, phone a special voicemail number for the Northeast Kingdom Mushroom Society and leave a messae. It's a three step process.
Call 1-800-699-2466, then listen to the instructions and press the # key. Next enter 802-249-9749 and leave your message - again, after you've listened to the instructions. Or, e-mail wildorganics@yahoo.com . Be sure to specify the number of tickets, if you prefer vegetarian, and whether you plan on arriving at 6:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m
Or, return to the HOME page and go directly to the Reservation Form.
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