PigstockTC 2011
Prices cut. It's tough times all around and we trimmed our expenses. New pricing: $975 for non-locals (with rooms) and $750 for those with their own place to stay.
Prices cut. It's tough times all around and we trimmed our expenses. New pricing: $975 for non-locals (with rooms) and $750 for those with their own place to stay.
The workshop will start with a hands-on hog breakdown from primal cuts of meat into cuts for charcuterie. Then, using simple cooking techniques, you will learn to preserve meat in your own home through salting, smoking and curing.
Over 50 breweries -- as well as a cider, mead and wine court -- will offer up hundreds of samples of their products August 26-27 at the 3rd Annual Traverse City Summer Microbrew & Music Festival on the historic lawn of the Village at Grand Traverse Commons.
More than one hundred different ciders and perries will be available for sampling from producers throughout the Great Lakes region at the 4th Annual Great Lakes Cider & Perry Festival, September 10, at Uncle John's Cider Mill, St. Johns, MI.
Morgan Composting (home of Dairy Doo) is hosting a soil workshop on managing Nitrogen and getting it to work for you. Scheduled for Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Sears, Mich., the workshop features keynote speaker Bob Yanda, four panel sessions, lunch and tour. Learn more about the program and register by Aug. 1 for the early bird rate at the workshop web page.
May 12
CRAFT at Blackbird Gardens
Thursday from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, potluck to follow
The Traverse City Signature Chefs Auction will hold the 2011 kick-off party on Monday, May 23 at the top of The Park Place Hotel starting at 5:30 p.m. Learn how to join the event that features 20 of the best chefs in the area.
Don't miss the Chefs Challenge, April 29-30, 2011, at Boyne Mountain. The annual event is a fundraiser for Challenge Mountain, a non-profit organization providing adaptive outdoor recreational opportunities to people with special needs and their families.
Join us at the new Rapid City Community Garden! This spring garden series is held at the Red School House, Clearwater Township Community Center, 5407 River Street Northwest, Rapid City, MI from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Free for Rapid City Community Garden members, students, teachers, staff and parents. $5-$10 suggested donation for others.
NMC's Great Lakes Culinary Institute will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 16, for prospective students and their friends or family.
A Mother's Day hike for morels and leeks followed by a workshop about the various methods of preservation for these delicious spring edibles.
5th Annual ISLAND Benefit Concert and Silent Auction.
ISLAND's spring series kicks off March 24 with a workshop on home mushroom production. Another mushroom workshop will be held April 9. Read on for more details, and visit the site to see all the events in the series.
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Farmers' markets aren't just for the warm months any more. This winter, some Up North markets are taking it inside on Saturdays!