11-30-2007

Local Food aplenty – it’s December in Providence

December starts tomorrow but you wouldn’t know it by the bounty of events that are highlighting local foods this weekend…

Project Apron – Friday 7-9pm
Fighting Hunger through Fashion. See our very own Jess K on the runway sporting RISD student designed aprons, with proceeds going toward our Fresh Food Drive and the RI Food Bank.

Wintertime Farmers’ Market opening – Saturday 12-3pm
6 farmers + a cheesemaker + a chocolatier + a coffee roaster + a jam maker. A first for Rhode Island, plus your first chance to sample Narragansett Creamery cheese and snag a copy of the Edible Rhody winter issue.

Local Foods Cook-off – Saturday 8:30pm-12:30am
Featuring Matt from Chez Pascal and Matt from Farmstead Cheese / La Laiterie. Live music, raffles and prizes at Brown’s Faunce House.

50 Mile Meal – Sunday 3-9pm
From local cheeses, berries, and vegetables to scallops and lobster cultivated off Rhode Island’s coastline to locally raised free-range chicken. The three-course meal changes weekly depending on availability and the creative mood of Local 121 Chef Julia Moore.

Narragansett Creamery Cheese Cutting – Monday 4:30-6pm
Mayor Cicilline slices into the first RI artisan cheese on the market. Try their signature cheeses: Divine Providence, Salty Sea, Renaissance, Queso Blanco or maybe happen upon a few surprises.

Fox Point Community Garden Fundraiser – Monday 7-10pm
The startup garden with 100+ plots ends the season with music, contra dancing and lots of homegrown food.