Attend the founding meeting of a new Cuisine Trail Association for Essex County on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 7:00 pm. The meeting will take place at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County located at 3 Sisco Street in Westport, NY. Light refreshments will be served.
All farmers, agricultural producers, processors, chefs, foodies and other interested parties are encouraged to attend this meeting which seeks to create and promote the first agri-tourism cuisine trail in Essex County.
Cuisine Trail Objectives
This trail will be used to promote local agricultural products and encourage tourism throughout Essex County to help build a stronger and more sustainable local economy.
Please contact cuisinetrail@gmail.com with questions, concerns or suggestions!
Read the latest article about the cuisine trail and learn more in The Sun Community News here: www.suncommunitynews.com/articles/one-trail-to-rule-them-all/.
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Domaine Champlain 2013 Hard Cider I doff my proverbial chapeau to Westport friend and author/editor/cider maker Kathryn Cramer this morning. She gifted me a generous jug of her Domaine Champlain 2013 Hard Cider for my birthday, and I can assure you there’s no gentler salve (or kinder tonic) for the bittersweet somersault of aging. From Hieroglyph to Hard Cider Cramer’s recent book Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future is bending minds and stretching imaginations all around the globe, but she’s still found time to … [Read more…]
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