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IT’S CIDER WEEK IN NYC
Check the list of official events at www.ciderweeknyc.com and ask your favorite dining and imbibing spots and shops what they have planned for Cider Week NYC.
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(clicking on the magic apple will whisk you directly to the EVENTS page)
Cider Celebrates The American Cheese Plate!
As the American Cheese Society gathers in Sacramento for the annual ACS conference, (with over 1600+ cheeses and 100’s of makers, mongers and curd nerds), our resident cheesemonger – who tweets @ConsiderTheRind & writes on all things cheese at ConsiderTheRind.com – will be heading West to the Festival of Cheese.
Along the ways she’ll stop at The Healdsburg SHED, to team up with Tilted Shed Ciderworks, Devoto Orchards Cider, Gypsy Cheese Co., & Weirauch Farm & Creamery on August 3rd, for what promises to be an exciting East Meets West Cider & Cheese Tasting Workshop, details here.
Get your Brown Paper tickets here!
For more details follow @craftyandbeast #ciderchat (TONIGHT) Thursday, July 24th, 6PM PST/9PM EST – we’ll be #ciderchatting about the upcoming cider & cheese event, and encourage all you cider & cheese fans to ‘pair up’ and create some tasting events of your own.
Links:
@craftyandbeast #ciderchat
Celebrating 200 Years of the Historic Fort Ross Orchard
Where & When:
Fort Ross State Historic Park
19005 Coast Hwy
Jenner, CA 95450
Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM (PDT)
Event Details:
In 1814, the Russians at Fort Ross began their orchard by planting a peach tree. They and the ranchers who followed planted trees and harvested fruit from the site for over 150 years, and a number of historic trees still survive today.
In celebration of the historic Fort Ross orchard’s 200th anniversary, Fort Ross Conservancy is hosting a conference on orchards and orchard management. Lectures by experts from the National Park Service and California State Parks will discuss the history of orchards, historic orchard care, and tree preservation. A tour of the Fort Ross orchard will follow, with an opportunity to discuss recent management at the site.
The Fort Ross orchard was planted by the Russians in 1814 and several trees from the mid 1800s are still living, including two Russian-era cherry trees. This conference celebrates the 200th anniversary of the historic orchards at Fort Ross. Conference speakers include:
- Susan Dolan, Park Cultural Landscapes Program Manager with National Park Service, will provide an overview of the history of orchards, and discuss basic techniques in orchard stabilization,
- Jan Wooley, Historic Preservationist with California State Parks, will discuss orchards and ongoing work within the California State Parks System,
- Susan Rudy, Fort Ross Conservancy Advisor and lead orchard volunteer, will describe the history and ongoing care of the Fort Ross orchard,
- Amigo Bob Cantisano (tentative) will discus the Felix Gillet Historic Orchard Project. This organization identifies, preserves, and propagates the best varieties of fruit and nut trees still thriving in the mining camps, farms, homesteads and towns of the Sierra that were introduced by Felix Gillet, of Nevada City, Calfiornia, in 1871.
Schedule for the Day
- 10am – 1pm Lecture/Presentations in the Fort Ross Visitor Center auditorium
- 1:30-2:30 Lunch at the orchard
- 2:30-3:30 Historic Fort Ross Orchard tour
- 4pm Optional tour of the Fort Ross Historic Compound.
Special event fees apply:
$10 per person for conference and historic orchard tour.
*plus* California State Parks entrance fee of $8 per car when parking at Fort Ross. (Please carpool!)
Optional boxed lunch delivered to the orchard: $15/ person, advanced purchase only.
Or you are welcome to bring your own picnic lunch!
For more information on the Fort Ross historic orchard visit the Orchard webpage.
Link: www.fortross.org
Tickets & event details available at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-200-years-of-the-historic-fort–ross-orchard-tickets-10786062403
All photos by Paul C. Miller, courtesy of Fort Ross Conservancy
Map courtesy of Fort Ross Conservancy
Come All Ye Cider Drinkers And Join In The Wassail!
When is Wassail? We suggest observing North American Wassail celebrations from January 5th to January 17th, 2014.*
Wassail is an informal collaborative effort of interested cider-drinkers in North America (and beyond).
Goals for the 2014 Wassail: Explore Old & New World Wassail Traditions, Salute The Orchard, Honor The Apple and Celebrate With Cider!
How Can You Wassail? It’s Easy! Enjoy cider and a wassail bowl with friends, visit an orchard, cidermaker or local cider-serving establishment and toast the orchard & the apple, or host a Wassail event of your own.
Let us know if you’re planning an event – we’ll post it on the Wassail 2014 page.
Share your Wassailing plans and pictures. Post, tweet, tumble and instagram The Wassail!
* We’re considering Wassailing all the way through January. Why not?!
It Begins. 13 Days of Wassailing 2014.
Join Us In Wassailing.
We’re observing North American celebrations from January 5th to January 17th, 2014 – ‘New’ 12th Night Eve to ‘Old’ 12th Night – and posting daily about our Wassail adventures. Stay tuned.
A Call To Wassail. January 5th -17th, 2014.
A Call To Wassail. January 5th – 17th, 2014.
Hello Friends of Cider!
We ask YOU the cider community to join us in embracing Wassail in 2014.
What is Wassail?
Wikipedia:
“The Orchard-Visiting wassail refers to the ancient custom of visiting orchards in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year.”
Herefordshire Times:
“Steeped in history, wassailing is traditionally held on the Twelfth Night after Christmas and performed in orchards to awaken the apple trees from their winter slumber and ward off bad spirits.”
When is Wassail?
We propose to observe North American celebrations from January 5th to January 17th, 2014. (‘New’ 12th Night Eve to ‘Old’ 12th Night – more about that later).
Goals for the 2014 Wassail:
Explore Old & New World Wassail Traditions
Salute The Orchard
Honor The Apple
Celebrate With Cider
How Can You Wassail?
Enjoy cider and a wassail bowl with friends.
Visit an orchard, cidermaker or local cider-serving establishment and toast the orchard & the apple.
Host a Wassail Event.
Let us know if you plan an event – we’ll post it on our Wassail 2014 page.
The 2014 Wassail Theme: Discover Wassail.
We hope this will be an informal collaborative effort and an annual event for the growing cider community in North America.
Views from New Amsterdam Winter Market 2013
Images of floral beauty taken at the stall of, and garland making demonstration lead by, Emily Thompson of Emily Thompson Flowers www.emilythompsonflowers.com
Thank You to Rowan Imports for cider, and to Sterling Publishing, Countryman Press, Storey Publishing, Timber Press, Ten Speed Press, Chelsea Green Publishing, Johns Hopkins University Press, and Running Press for all the wonderful books included in our raffle gift baskets for the November & December Markets. Thank You All for helping us support New Amsterdam Market and share the cider joy.
Events: NYC: New Amsterdam Winter Market and 8th Anniversary Celebration
New Amsterdam Market Winter Market & 8th Anniversary is December 15, 2013.
“Featuring over 60 regional food artisans, purveyors, market fare and handcrafted goods. From holiday wreaths, garlands, tools and ornaments for home decor to holiday treats, latkes, sweets, baked goods and gifts.”
To celebrate New Amsterdam Market’s 8th Anniversary we coordinated 3 amazing gift baskets (for yourself or for gift giving) containing some of our favorite books AND some terrific ciders. Support the Market with a raffle ticket or two, and you could be the lucky winner of one of these swell books & cider baskets.
Each basket comes with a selection of ciders of the world donated by Rowan Imports.
Cider Enthusiasts Selection:
Books: Worlds Best Ciders by Pete Brown and Bill Bradshaw, Sterling Publishing, 2013
Cider Hard & Sweet by Ben Watson, Countryman Press, 3rd Edition, 2013 and
Cider: Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider, 3rd Edition by Lew Nichols, Annie Proulx, Storey Publishing, 3rd Edition
Apple & Cider Aficionados Selection:
Books: Worlds Best Ciders by Pete Brown and Bill Bradshaw, Sterling, 2013 and
Apples of North America: 192 Exceptional Varieties for Gardeners, Growers, and Cooks by Tom Burford, Timber Press, 2013.
NYC Food Culture Selection:
Books: I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes by Daniel Humm, Will Guidara, Ten Speed Press, 2013 and
New York a la Cart: Recipes and Stories from the Big Apple’s Best Food Trucks by Siobhan Wallace and Alexandra Penfold, Running Press; 2013.
Celebrate 8 years of New Amsterdam Market, and support the revival of the historic Old Fulton Fish Market.
Links:
New Amsterdam Market newamsterdammarket.org
Rowan Imports rowanimports.com
Celebrate Repeal Day®: Drink a Cider.
Repeal Day® Is December 5.
The motto:
The Freedom To Celebrate. Celebrate The Freedom.
Read more about Repeal Day® and suggested activities at www.repealday.org
We Suggest A Fine Way To Celebrate Repeal Day®: Drink a Cider.
Read the fascinating Analysis of the U. S. Liquor Industry during Prohibition originally published in Fortune Magazine: U.S. Liquor Industry (Fortune 1931)
Suggested Accompaniment: A Glass of Cider.
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