BERKSHIRE CHEFS CELEBRATE THE FIRST HARVEST OF THE SEASON AT BERKSHIRE GROWN’S MARCH MAPLE DINNER ON MARCH 26, 2012
Berkshire Grown chefs will create a maple-inspired dinner on Monday March 26, at The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, MA to celebrate maple sugaring season, the first harvest of the growing season, as a fundraiser to benefit Berkshire Grown and its Share the Bounty project.
Picture of Brian Alberg at the March Maple Dinner 2009.
Several chefs will join host Brian Alberg, executive chef of The Red Lion Inn to create a delicious multi-course meal featuring local ingredients available at this time of year. Chefs include Michael Ballon, Castle Street Cafe; Lester Blumenthal, Route 7 Grill; Christopher Bonnivier, Gala Steakhouse & Bistro @ The Orchards Hotel; Adam Brassard, The Williams Inn; Peter Platt, The Old Inn on the Green; Gregg Roach, Wild Oats Market; Dan Smith, John Andrews: a Farmhouse Restaurant.
Hors d’oeuvres, accompanied by a complimentary tasting of local beverages provided by Barrington Brewery, Berkshire Mountain Distillers & M.S. Walker Wines, will begin at 6 pm. Dinner starts at 7 pm and a cash bar will be available.
Tickets to the dinner are $120 per person. Berkshire Grown members will receive a discounted ticket price of $95. Berkshire Grown member farmers receive a discounted ticket price of $65. Community members who join Berkshire Grown before the dinner may purchase tickets at the discounted member price. To reserve a space, call the Berkshire Grown office at 413-528-0041.
The Red Lion Inn is located at 30 Main Street in Stockbridge, MA. The Red Lion Inn is offering a special lodging rate $75 for a room for the night. Please call 413-298-5545 to reserve a room.
Berkshire Grown envisions a community where healthy farms define the open landscape, where a wide diversity of fresh, seasonal food and flowers continue to be readily available to everyone, and where we celebrate our agricultural bounty by buying from our neighboring family farms and savoring their distinctive Berkshire harvest. Berkshire Grown champions farmers’ markets and CSAs, creates local food and farm networks, promotes the Farm-to-Table relationship between restaurants and growers, and educates the community about the importance of eating healthy locally grown food.
Share the Bounty buys shares in local CSA farms, helping the farmers; then Berkshire Grown arranges to have that farm-fresh food delivered to a local food pantry, helping some of the many hungry families who live amongst us. Helping farmers + helping hungry families = the goal of Share the Bounty. Every dollar donated to Share the Bounty works two ways, it’s a win-win.
Photos by Christopher Blair (Brian Alberg) and Jonathan Hankin (maple trees with buckets)
