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The 2006 Fig Dinner in association with Fig Fest was held at
The
Vineyard Farmer's Market.
Fig Fest 2007 is scheduled for Saturday August 11, 2007
9 AM to Noon at The Vineyard Farmer's
Market
(more details to
follow)
Fig Fest 2006 – Celebrating a Valley Treasure
August 12,
2006 9 AM to NOON at The Vineyard Farmers Market
“Figs
are rich and sexy. They inspire passion and creativity.”
Ron
Radoicich, third generation fig farmer.
Fig Fest 2006 – Celebrating a Valley Treasure
August 12, 2006 9 AM to NOON at The
Vineyard Farmers Market
Northwest Corner of Blackstone and Shaw
Fig Celebration Features
Gourmet Chefs, Live Jazz & Attracts Thousands
FRESNO, Calif., Gourmet food lovers
from throughout California are invited to savor the heritage of the
California Fig at the third annual Fig Fest held in the heart of the San
Joaquin Valley.
Fig Fest 2006, takes place August 12,
2006 in Fresno, California from 9 a.m. to noon. Admission is $5 with
proceeds to benefit Community Food Bank and Slow Food Madera. Tickets
will be available at the door. The
2005 event attracted nearly 4,000 people, who sampled gourmet food
featuring fresh and dry figs.
Fig Fest is held at the Vineyard
Farmer’s Market in Fresno. The event features live jazz by Lisa’s
Big Night Out, face painting for the kids, and plenty of fabulous fig
recipes.
The event, sponsored by the
California
Fig Advisory Board and Slow Food Madera, is
designed to increase appreciation for figs and local produce. Fig Fest
2006 will feature book signings by Sondra Bernstein of the girl and
the fig restaurant in Sonoma, Ca. and Marie Simmons author of Fig
Heaven Cookbook.
Featured
restaurant’s include; Bentley’s Fine Foods, Campagnia, Cracked
Pepper Bistro, Doug-Out Cookies, Erna's Elderberry House, Laloo’s
Goat Milk Ice Cream of Petaluma, Lantana, Love & Garlic,
Senses World Cuisine, Slates, The Chef's Table, The Girl & The Fig of
Sonoma, The Vineyard Restaurant, The Vintage Press, Trelio
Restaurant, and Upstairs Downtown.
Some
of the delicacies offered will be Fig Jam & Goat Cheese on Crostini
w/shaved Red Onion, Stuffed Mission Figs w/ Gorgonzola & Candied
Pecans, Fig & Walnut Cookies, Calimyrna Figs filled with Port
Wine-Mission Fig Compote and St. Agur Cheese, Black Mission Fig Ice
Cream, Baked Brie topped with Fig Chutney, Fig & Port Ice Cream
Sandwiches, Savory Fig Bread Pudding and Panchetta Wrapped Grilled Figs.
The
California Fig Advisory Board, Slow Food Madera and The Vineyard Farmers
Market also invite valley fig lovers to Fig Dinner 2006: A Study in
Figs. This unique dinner created by Chefs James Overbaugh and
Karsten Hart of Erna's Elderberry House will accentuate this versatile
fruit in a five-course showcase dinner.
The
dinner will take place at The Vineyard Farmers Market on Saturday August
12, 2006 at 7 PM. The dinner, including specially selected wines, tax
and gratuity is priced at $110 per person with only 150 tickets
available online at brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006.
Proceeds from the Fig Dinner will benefit Slow Food Madera.
Fresh figs are harvested from May to
November. Dried figs are harvested from late summer to early fall. All
of the nation’s dried figs and 98% of the nation’s fresh figs are
grown in California, primarily Fresno, Madera and Merced counties.
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