A 50-Mile Meal is being prepared using as many ingredients as possible sourced within 50 miles at MoonShadow Café in Accident as part of the 2nd annual “Serve It Up Local: Celebrating Farms & Food” celebration on August 15.

The three-course dinner will start with a local salad with creamy buttermilk ranch dressing using local greens, sweet corn, cucumbers, roasted beets, onions, pickled green beans and tomatoes.  The second course will feature brisket, smoked using local wood chips, along with creamy mashed potatoes and garlic green beans.  The vegetarian option will include grilled squash, zucchini and eggplant topped with Allegheny Chèvre, kale stem pesto and roasted garlic.  The final course is a decadent maple crème brûlée with fresh berries.

“We are so happy to be partnering with MoonShadow Café to offer a portion of our Serve It Up Local festival this year,” said Cheryl DeBerry, Natural Resources Business Specialist for Garrett County Office of Economic Development.  “We received a grant last year to do a full day’s festivities, but this summer we weren’t able to do so.  MoonShadow Café is doing a great job at sourcing as many of the ingredients locally as possible and it’s going to be an amazing meal.”

The plated dinner will start at 6:00 pm on Friday, August 15.  An alternative menu for children is being developed.  Though walk-ins will be taken, it is best to RSVP as a limited number of meals is being planned.  The café will only serve the 50-Mile Meal and cannot offer other menu items during the event.  The meal will cost $40, which includes the meal and non-alcoholic drinks.  Gratuity is not included.  The meal benefits farm-to-table activities in Garrett County. 

To make an RSVP, contact MoonShadow Café at 301-750-5094.  For more information, visit www.ServeItUpLocal.com

Join us for a delicious, Three-Course Dinner, using as many locally-sourced ingredients as we can find (the goal is 50-Miles)! 

Our host for this year's event will be MoonShadow Cafe in Accident, Maryland.

Our farmers have just conveyed the availability of their produce, meats, herbs, eggs, and more!  The menu will be developed this week, and will be posted soon. 

Details:
Date: Friday, August 15, 2014
Time: 6:00 pm (we may have a later seating as well)

Mark your calendar!  More details soon!

Just go to the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ServeItUpLocal and complete our short survey to help us plan for next year's event! 

Please put

Some really interesting and fun sounding Food & Farm Workshops begin this week in nearby Tucker County, West Virginia. 

Cooking Simply will be this Thursday at 5pm at Mill Race Park in Parsons.  Registration is $10 and includes dinner; around 6:30pm. 

Come get tips on how to cook inexpensively, with local (raw) ingredients in less time than most people think all while maximizing nutrients!

The class is $10 and includes dinner! 

Registration is preferred to ensure proper supplies are present. 304-259-5388 or phffi@frontier.com

We came away from our first event tremendously amazed, thankful, inspired, and exceptionally tired! 

Thanks to the many, many people who helped make our event a success!  From the Cook Off chefs and their support staff, to the awesome Appalachian style bands and sound guys, to the farm and artisan vendors with their beautiful products, to Chanteclaire Farm and Firefly Farms' delicious 50-Mile Meal, to the volunteers who walked many miles and set up (and tore down) a zillion chairs and tables, to the cooking demo chefs who taught us some new ways to cook local foods, to the Garrett Co. Board of Education for allowing us to use their room dividers, to the photographers and videographers, to the generous sponsors who gave money, to our supporters who gave time other non-mosupport, and everyone else who contributed to the event, we say thank you.

And the biggest thank you goes to YOU!  For attending, for sharing our updates on facebook and mentioning us in twitter, for encouraging your friends and neighbors to attend, and every way, big and small, that you helped us.

Thank you so very much! 

Congratulations to Valorie Dixon, who submitted this awesome picture of her son, Wesley, standing in their garden with some freshly harvested broccoli. 

You can purchase a limited-edition poster of this lovely photo at the Serve It Up Local Fest on Saturday!

All proceeds benefit farm-to-table efforts in Garrett County.

Yee Haw!

14 new tickets sold this morning/afternoon - that's the most in one day so far! 

We have already estimated 'high' on the number of dinners and lunches, so please go ahead and get your tickets! 

And please tell your friends!

And neighbors! 

And facebook acquaintances!

And twitter followers! 

Ooh, did you notice the 50-Mile Meal Dinner Menu has been posted?  Careful - don't read it too closely to your screen; the drool isn't good for electronics!

The Local Lunch Cook Off will feature chefs from area restaurants including:

• Savage River Lodge
  Frostburg, MD
• Ace's Run 
  Oakland, MD
• Firefly Farms
  Accident, MD
• Santa Fe Grille 

        McHenry, MD

• Ristorante Ottaviani 

        Cumberland, MD

• Boomtown Java   

        Davis, WV

• Richwood Grill 
  Morgantown, WV
• Get-N-Go
  Oakland, MD