Food and Garden Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
Saturday, April 24, 2010 – Sunday, April 25, 2010
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Several Redland Organics growers will participate at the Fairchild Food and Garden Festival. Look for a cooking presentation by Robert Barnum aka the Cantankerous Chef, and lectures by Margie Pikarsky and Gabriele Marewski.
Here’s a selected schedule of events:
Saturday, April 24
COOKING DEMOS: Whole Foods Market Culinary tent
11:00 a.m. Robert Barnum, Possum Trot Tropical Fruit Nursery
Betel leaf Tempura with Coconut Crab Sauce
2:00 p.m. Laura La Fata, La Diva Cucina
Sautéed radishes & their tops over bow tie pasta w/ Smoked Chicken Apple Sausage
LECTURES: Garden House
11:00 a.m. Margie Pikarsky, Bee Heaven Farm
Preserving Your Harvest: Drying, Preserves, Fermentation and Kombucha
12:00 p.m. Gabriele Marewski, Paradise Farms
Local Mushrooms in South Florida
PANELS: Classroom A, Corbin Building
1:00 p.m. “Time for Lunch”- Slow Food panel on Healthy School Lunches
Panelists: Ken Lyon, Fratelli Lyon restaurant; Adri Garcia; Penny Parham, Department of Food and Nutrition, Miami-Dade County Public Schools; Erin Healy; Moderator- Donna Reno, Slow Food.
Chef Adri Garcia is a panelist on Healthy School Lunches panel. She created the completely locavore menu for the Mother’s Day Brunch at Bee Heaven Farm in May 2009, and has given several cooking presentations at the farm.
3:00 p.m. Local Food in Miami: Where we are headed. A discussion with Miami food bloggers
Panelists: Trina Sargalski, Miami Dish; Bill Jacobson, Tinkering with Dinner; Ellen Kanner, Edgy Veggie; Caroline Hatchett, Occasional Omnivore; Moderator – Paula Nino, Mango & Lime.
Was invited to the blogger’s panel, but due to a schedule conflict, will not be able to participate. You might catch me at various presentations, or hanging out at the Blogger’s Corner.
For the full schedule of events, and information about admission, go to the Fairchild Garden web site.
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Thanks Marian, it was so nice to meet you! Thanks for the shout out too, the demo was a success and FUN! It was great watching everyone eat the radish in a way they have never tried! Just goes to show you what a little olive oil, salt and vermouth can do!
I did a post: http://ladivacucina.blogspot.com/2010/04/la-diva-does-fairchild-tropical-garden.html
The recipe for the radish and sausage pasta is on my web page! Thanks again!
Laura, it was great to meet you! Those cute little radishes got what they deserved, didn’t they? Sorry I had to wander off to take notes on Gabriele’s mushrooms, would have loved to taste your creation. Have never cooked with vermouth, so that’s a new one for me. Will go check out your blog. Am still sifting through notes and photos from the event and will post about it this week.