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Santa Cruz Valley Harvest Dinner

Location: 
Tucson
Thanks to all our sponsors, chefs, volunteers, and guests for making the inaugural Santa Cruz Harvest Dinner such a huge success!  Be sure to check out photos from the event on our Facebook page!
     
Celebrate Food Day at the SANTA CRUZ HARVEST DINNER  
Sunday, October 23, 2011, 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. 
Various sites near the Santa Cruz River, Tucson (locations and map provided with ticket purchase).

Lilly’s Table, Mercado San Agustin, and the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance invite you to celebrate Food Day 2011 at the Santa Cruz Harvest Dinner. Join us for a progressive dinner along the Santa Cruz River in celebration of Tucson’s local and heritage foods.   

The Santa Cruz Harvest Dinner includes a variety of locally-grown and place-based foods in a special 3-course meal.  Guests can drive or bike to all three sites, which are about two miles apart and conveniently located on a bike route.   
1st course - appetizers at an urban Tucson farm. Sample menu: empanadas packed with local produce; pecan crackers with chipotle goat cheese; grilled cholla buds.  
2nd course - main dish at a market plaza. Sample menu: local grass-fed beef; stuffed chiles; tepary beans; local salad; White Sonora wheat flatbread.  
3rd course - dessert at a restaurant in an historic building. Sample menu: apple tartlets; mesquite cookies.   

TICKETS: SOLD OUT!!!! 
Tickets are $25 ($10 for ages 6-12, and under 5 is free). Don't miss your chance to enjoy this fabulous 3-course meal!

A limited number of tickets are still available for purchase at:
- Tucson Farmers' Market at Maynards Market & Kitchen, Saturday 10/15, 9am-1pm.

In addition to a delicious 3-course meal, the Santa Cruz Harvest Dinner also features:    

  • Tour of the Community Food Bank’s newest urban farm
  • Book signing with Carolyn Niethammer and her newest book Cooking the Wild Southwest: Delicious Recipes for Desert Plants
  • Salad dressing demonstration by Kids Can Cook   
  • Tucson Village Farm will prepare a salad with produce from their farm
  • Chef Ramiro Scavo and his team from Pasco Kitchen will serve the entrée
  • Mole tasting by Mano Y Metate
  • Free re-usable grocery bag featuring the Santa Cruz Valley Harvest brand
  • And more!

Food Day is a nation-wide event that brings together families, community organizers, educators, farmers, chefs and local officials as a united front for change in our food system.  www.foodday.org 

The Santa Cruz Harvest Dinner will also feature the public unveiling of the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance’s regional food brand, "Santa Cruz Valley Harvest: The fresh taste of our heritage."  The Santa Cruz Valley Harvest brand will allow consumers to more easily recognize local, fresh, heritage foods in grocery stores, at farmers markets, and in restaurants. Increasing consumer awareness of the availability of local and heritage food products helps preserve the agricultural varieties native to the region, supports a healthy local economy, and reduces the environmental costs of long distance transportation of foods.     

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SPONSORS:
                  mano y metate                         

BEAN TREE FARM    
FLOR DE MAYO ARTS    
FOOD CONSPIRACY CO-OP    
QUEEN CREEK OLIVE OIL    
   

 

 

Date: 
10/23/2011 - 3:00pm