Events
Farm to Fork Ithaca - A Season of Celebrating Local Foods, Wine & Farms
Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Downtown Ithaca Alliance, and the Cayuga Wine Trail have partnered to produce a series of events focused around the harvest season. Come join us in celebration of our local foods, wines & farms!!!
Oct. 10 - The Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty Recipe Contest COOK-OFF
FREE! Finalists will square off to chop, sauté and simmer their way to becoming FLCB’s champion of local foods! Don’t miss this exiting opportunity to watch your friends and neighbors prepare their best local food recipes from kitchens across the Finger Lakes. Get inspired to expand your recipe repertoire and creatively use ingredients available from local farms, markets and even your backyard.
The cook-off will be held at the New York Wine and Culinary Center in Canandaigua, NY. This event is free and all are welcome to watch and be inspired! For more info www.flcb.org.
Oct. 10 - Finger Lakes Artisanal Cheese Open House 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
FREE! Participating venues: Lively Run Goat Dairy, Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Company, Cowlick Farm, Side Hill Acres Dairy Goat Farm & Cheese Plant, Sunset View Creamery, Muranda Cheese Company, Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery & Northland Sheep Dairy.
For more information visit ccetompkins.org or call 207-272-2292. Download a PDF brochure or a map to the sites. Fine Field Dining
Harvest dinners on the farm benefit the Healthy Food for All program. Exquisite fine dining in the fields with a four course menu featuring foods and wines of the Finger Lakes. Tickets are $75; reservations are required. For more information, a menu, or to purchase tickets, visit: www.healthyfoodforall.org October 11 - POSTPONED/NEW DATE TO BE DETERMINED
Stick & Stone Farm, Ithaca
Menu by Chef Hans Butler formerly of Watercress Restaurant,
paired with wines from Hosmer Winery
November 8
West Haven Farm & Kestrel Perch, Ecovillage/Ithaca
Menu by Chefs Jen from Just a Taste and Stan from Crystal Lake Cafe,
paired with specialty brews from Ithaca Beer
December 12
Red Newt Wine Cellars & Bistro along Seneca Lake
Menu by Chef Deb Whiting,
paired with wines from Red Newt Wine Cellars and foods produced by area CSA Farms: West Haven,
Stick & Stone, Sweet Land, Three Sisters, Early Morning,
Kestrel Perch Berries, Cayuga Pure Organics, The Piggery
  
Events are coordinated by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County in cooperation with the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, the Ithaca Farmers’ Market, local farms and food establishments. Funding is provided in part by the NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets Agritourism Grants Program and Tompkins County Tourism Grants program. Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
For more information about these events call Elizabeth Karabinakis at 607-272-2292
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