The Valley Sun

Sun Valley Harvest Festival

Friday, Sept 21 – Sunday, Sept 23, 2012

Foodie Heaven: The 2012 Sun Valley Harvest Festival will feature regional food, wines and beers from farms, vineyards, and ranches around Idaho and the Northwest. The Festival will take place Sept. 21-23, in one of the most beautiful places in the world, World Famous Sun Valley, Idaho.

Embracing a national movement toward regional food and eating, the Sun Valley Harvest Festival features local, sustainable foods from around Idaho and the Northwest including produce, meats, fish, wines, spirits, and craft beers. The cuisine is unlike any you have experienced before and most of it is purveyed from less than four hours away. Idaho lamb, beef, and trout are the best in the nation, so expect a range of culinary delights featuring all three.

The Festival will also highlight Sun Valley’s extensive and eclectic restaurant scene from superior organic cuisine to local culinary delights.

Beyond supping and sipping, the Festival takes place in one of the most coveted mountain towns, Sun Valley, known for beauty and outdoor adventure including hundreds of miles of unsurpassed hiking and mountain biking trails, as well as one of the most reputable fly fishing destinations in the world. Not to mention the best skiing anywhere.

The Festival will feature the Harvest Festival Restaurant Walk through downtown Ketchum, cooking demonstrations with local and guest chefs from around the country, the Idaho Martini and Caviar Party, Harvest Dinners, the Grand Tasting, and the River Guide Culinary Demonstration.  River food is a unique blend of a love of outdoor adventure with creative culinary thinking……it is the ultimate moveable feast.

Food purveyors, regional and national chefs, winemakers, distillers, and brewers will come together during the festival to educate guests about how best to prepare, pair, and enjoy incredible food, wine, spirits, and beer.

As the tagline says, the Festival will give everyone the opportunity to "Taste, Learn, Experience, and Enjoy" their way through a weekend of fun filled events. Come join us in Foodie Heaven for a weekend of great food, and probably some new friends!

For more details please visit us at www.sunvalleyharvestfestival.com.

2nd Annual Sun Valley Harvest Festival

September 23 – 25

The weekend of events will focus on regional sustainable foods, wines, spirits and will feature cooking demonstrations and presentations by local, regional and guest chefs, as well as wine, spirits, and beer tastings, an eco-culinary trade show, restaurant walk, and harvest dinners.

• Restaurant Walk Friday, September 23rd; Ketchum Town Plaza
• Chef Demonstrations Saturday, September 24th; Dollar Lodge
• Martini & Caviar Party Saturday, September 24th; Sego Restaurant
• Harvest Dinners Saturday, September 24th; Local Restaurants
• River Guide Cooking Competition Sunday, September 25th; Dollar Lodge
• Red Sky Grand Tasting to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Idaho Sunday, September 25th; Dollar Lodge

Hemingway wrote about it for good reason: fall in Sun Valley is the best of all and this year is no exception.
Music with Marley and The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Sun Valley Harvest Festival, the gnarly Baldy Hill Climb and even a fun Bocce Ball Contest all kick-off the fall season in Sun Valley.

The Sun Valley Music Festival Saturday, September 25 will bring legends of Gospel to the Sun Valley Pavilion for the first time. The Blind Boys of Alabama interpret everything from traditional Gospel to contemporary spiritual material from legends like Curtis Mayfield, Eric Clapton and Prince. The Blind Boys will be joined by New York City’s Bill Sims Jr. and Lew Soloff, and local’s favorite The Paul Tillotson Love Trio. Tickets are $45 at the Sun Valley Recreation Center (208) 622-2135 or online at mySVfun.com

The Sun Valley Harvest Festival, September 24-26, is strategically planned for this time of year so chefs and participants can take full advantage of the local harvest. Sun Valley’s newest culinary event will offer fun-filled activities centered around sustainable regional food, wine and beer. It will focus on educating about foods available regionally and how to connect with local farmers, and also interesting ways to prepare these foods. For more information visit sunvalleyharvestfestival.com, or call 208-450-6430.

Friday, September 24 the Night Bocce World Championships and the Dick Barrymore Ski Movie Tribute will be held at River Run 6-10 pm.
Marley In The Mountains – Harvesting of the Vibes Reggae concert will feature Richie Spice of St. Andrew, Jamaica and is planned for Saturday, September 25 at 9pm at the Ketchum Town Plaza.

The Baldy Hill Climb starts at 8 am on Saturday, September 25 on the Warm Springs side of Baldy and will be sponsored by the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. A long-time local challenge, the Baldy Hill Climb is a great family event. (To sign up call 208-726-4129).

Also, the last day for gondola rides and lunch at Baldy’s Roundhouse will be Sunday, September 26. The Sun Valley Fall Golf Package will come to a close September 25, however, the Late Fall Golf Package begins the next day and will run through the end of the season.

And finally, after participating in all or many of these events, you might like to take a seat in Sun Valley’s Opera House to view "Ride The Divide – 2,700 miles, Canada to Mexico, Alone." The special film will be shown one night only Tuesday, September 28 at 7:30 pm and will be sponsored by Pete Lane’s Mountain Sports and the Elephant’s Perch. Tickets are $10 at the door or online at seats.sunvalley.com

Big October events include The Trailing of the Sheep, October 8-10, the Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree October 13-17, The Sun Valley Harvest Film Festival October 22-23 and Crosstoberfest on October 30-31.
For additional information please visit www.sunvalley.com