Taste of Two Rivers Region
"Taste of Two Rivers Region" is a series of fabulous fundraising feasts, all hosted by individuals and businesses who want to support education in the arts and environment. Here's how it works: Each host picks a theme for their meal, determines their menu, selects a location (maybe their own house or backyard, or perhaps a CraftWorks or Blue Ridge facility), decides how many people to accommodate, and then buys and prepares the food.
Good friends, good food, great cause! Take a look below for the Blue Ridge Center's Taste of Two Rivers Region events. You can buy tickets to all the events right here.
Saturday, May 14 – Founders’ Luncheon and Blue Ridge Hike
In 1999, Bob and Dee Leggett discovered the 894-acre Mountain View Farm, a beautiful piece of land on the slopes of the Blue Ridge in northwestern Virginia. Soon thereafter, the Robert and Dee Leggett Foundation bought the property and founded the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship. Come celebrate the accomplishments of the Center and talk with the founders about their vision for the future. After lunch you’ll enjoy a hike on the property with Bob and Dee. Menu: Make-your-own-sandwich platter featuring fresh-baked breads with deli meats and cheeses; hot spinach and artichoke dip with crackers; fresh fruit; and homemade brownies.
Hosts: Bob and Dee Leggett
Address: 11661 Harpers Ferry Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132
Time: 12 to 3 pm ~ Guests: 25 ~ Tickets: $35 ~ Attire: Casual hiking clothes
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Date: Sunday, May 22 – Ancestral Cooking Class: A Feast Made the Old-Fashioned Way
Learn to be a stone-age chef! This event is hands-on fun, and it includes a snack as well as dinner! We’ll build a stone fireplace, a stone oven and steam pit, and an Algonquin-style green wood grill "barbecue.” Snack menu: rock-fried bacon, coal cakes (biscuits baked in the hot coals of the fire), and clay-baked apples. Dinner menu: sassafras tea, venison roast, beef kielbasa, wild weed soup, rock-fried beef steaks, grilled vegetables, steam-pit-cooked potatoes and yams, and rock-oven-baked dessert (a surprise). We can accommodate vegetarians at this event; just let us know.
Host: Tim MacWelch, Earth Connections
Address: 11661 Harpers Ferry Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132
Time: 1 - 6 pm ~ Guests: 18; Tickets: $75 ~ Attire: Comfortable outdoor clothing, closed toed shoes, and sunscreen
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Date: Sunday, June 5 – A Feast for the Eyes (And the Palate ) – Photography Exhibit
The exhibit will feature beautiful nature photographs by various shutterbugs, including Dee Leggett, an accomplished photographer who has been capturing the power of nature in her pictures for the past ten years. The exhibit and reception will be held at the historic Demory-Wortman House, which is a notable work of restoration artistry in itself. Stroll around, talk with the photographers, and enjoy hors d'oeuvres and drinks.
Hosts: Blue Ridge Center board members
Address: 11661 Harpers Ferry Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132
Time: 2 – 5 pm ~ Guests: 30 ~ Tickets: $35 ~ Attire: Nice casual
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Date: Saturday, June 11 – Lost Ladybug Safari and Picnic Lunch
What’s red and black and a whole bunch of fun? Ladybugs, of course! Join us on a family-friendly safari for some rare species of ladybugs, which we will capture and photograph for researchers at Cornell -- and then release. The luncheon menu includes kid-friendly picnic foods: pita sandwiches, walking salad (peanut-butter-and-raisin-stuffed apples), potato salad, trail mix, and fruit juice.
Hosts: Blue Ridge Center staff members and volunteers
Address: 11661 Harpers Ferry Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132
11 am – 3 pm ~ Guests: 50 ~ Tickets: $15/adult, $10/child (5 and under free) ~ Attire: Comfortable clothes, closed toed shoes, and sunscreen.
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Date: Saturday, June 18 – Cuisine in the Countryside – Three Course Dinner Party
Join us for an evening of fine dining in the idyllic setting of the Blue Ridge Center's historic Demory-Wortman House, a carefully restored farmhouse dating from the 1840s. The three-course Italian menu features organic ingredients provided by Mountain View Farm, the environmentally sustainable farm at the Blue Ridge Center. The menu includes: hors d'oeuvres (brochettes with caprese and proscuitto e melone); homemade butternut squash ravioli; organic chicken scallopine with fresh pasta; panna cotta with berries; prosecco and wine.
Hosts: Blue Ridge Center Board members Jeff Gill and David Post
Address: 11661 Harpers Ferry Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132
Time: 6:30pm ~ Guests: 16 ~ Tickets: $75 ~ Attire: Nice casual
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Date: Saturday, June 25 – Nature Scavenger Hunt and Picnic Lunch
Think you’re a great detective? Test your skills at this family-friendly competition! We’ll split into teams and roam around the Blue Ridge Center, searching for items on the scavenger hunt list. You might just win a prize! Menu: Make-your-own-sandwich platter (featuring fresh-baked breads with deli meats and cheeses), potato salad, homemade cookies, and fruit juice.
Hosts: Blue Ridge Center staff members and volunteers
Address: 11661 Harpers Ferry Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132
11 am – 2 pm ~ Guests: 100 ~ Tickets: $15/adult, $10/child (5 and under free) ~ Attire: Comfortable clothes, closed toed shoes, and sunscreen
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---Date: Sunday, July 24 -- Blue Ridge Bounty: A Local Foods Tasting
Become a "locavore!" Join the growing number of people who try to help the environment and support small farms by eating local foods. Come enjoy a local-foods experience at scenic Mountain View Farm, where you'll be sampling heirloom tomatoes, creamy cheeses, succulent fruits, sweet honey, hearty meats, and delicious wines-- and mingling with local foodies and farmers.
Hosts: Mountain View Farmers -- Attila Agoston and Shawna DeWitt
Address: 11661 Harpers Ferry Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132
5 - 8 pm ~ Guests: 35 ~ Tickets: $35/adult; $15/child (5 and under free) ~ Attire: Casual; family friendly.
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