Dear Local Food Enthusiasts, You still have until the end of September to voice your support for local foods and have a chance at winning fabulous prizes including the Grand Prize Finger Lakes Resort Package valued at $500! Each time you order a local dish and get a stamp in your ***FREE*** Culinary Passport you are sending a clear message that you value local foods.
Over 20 restaurants, delis and cafes in the Ithaca area have chosen to feature local foods this month so you don't need to travel far, or spend extra time or money to enjoy the bounty of our region. Celebrate their efforts and reinforce their decision that local foods are valuable by going to any of the following participating restaurants: ABC Café, GreenStar Cooperative Market, Hazelnut Kitchen, The Heights Café & Grill, John Thomas Steak House, Just a Taste, Le Petit Café at La Tourelle Resort & Spa, The Lost Dog Café, Manndible, Mate Factor, Maxie’s Supper Club, Moosewood Restaurant, Pourhouse, Red Newt Bistro, Rogue’s Harbor, Simply Red Lakeside Bistro, Smart Monkey Café, Taste of Thai Express, Taverna Banfi, Watercress, Willow and Za Za’s Cucina. Don't know where to start, or go to next? Here are a few suggestions from chefs and diners: For the most amazing ravioli you will ever taste, don't miss Deb Whiting's House Made Ravioli filled with crab, mascarpone and spinach in a lemon roasted garlic cream sauce topped with parmesan at Red Newt Bistro along Seneca Lake. Within 30 miles of Trumansburg? Don't drive by Hazelnut Kitchen without at least enjoying their House Made Goat Cheese Gnocchi with wild local mushrooms, sage and truffle oil appetizer. Once you're there, you'll decide to stay for dinner so might we recommend the Roast Local Pasture Raised Chicken with romesco sauce, crispy paprika potatoes and sauteed green beans? And for the vegetarians, the Creamy Risotto with chioggia beets, sweet corn, ripe tomatoes, greens, herb pesto & melted boggy meadow baby swiss is a heavenly medley of local produce, cream and herbs. And the best part...you can watch Christina and Jonah prepare your food in their open kitchen! Finding it difficult to choose from all the great options on the menu? Head over to Just a Taste in downtown Ithaca right off the Commons and get a little bit of this, and a little bit of that when you order Tapas style. On Cornell's campus and in the mood for a quick bite or a fine dining experience? Manndible Cafe in Mann Library has a ton of affordable local options, like an organic, local burrito bar and an organic salad made with greens grown across campus. For an exquisite lunch or dinner menu featuring items from 20 regional farms, including Tuscan-inspired specialties, head over to Taverna Banfi in the Statler Hotel. Every Tuesday is Local Night at the ABC Cafe. The menu is ever evolving so you won't know if it will be Mexican, Italian, etc. but you can count on it being great! Local Thai Food? Yes, it's true! Taste of Thai Express uses local, organic tofu and you can enjoy it as an appetizer (fried with crushed peanut and sweet chili sauce), on top of a salad simmered in coconut and roasted chili sauce, or in any of their delicious curry or stir-fry dishes. Yum! --------------------------------------------- The Culinary Passport program is free and everybody is welcome to participate. Get your passport at any of the participating restaurants, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Red Feet Wine Market, The Visitors Bureau or the Ithaca Farmers Market. For additional information on Cooperative Extension's Buy Local Campaign, the Culinary Passport Program or the 4^th Annual Celebration of Local Foods visit: http://ccetompkins.org/localfood/events.html or contact Cornell Cooperative Extension at (607) 272-2292. As consumers we vote multiple times a day with our food choices, so cast your vote for local and enjoy food 1,500 miles fresher. Eat Local. Taste the Difference! -------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Viviana Karabinakis Community Food Educator Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County [EMAIL PROTECTED] (607) 272-2292 _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
