IAM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SUMMER FEST, a cross-blog food event celebrating peak harvest season, will be back for a third year. The event–which relies on you, the readers, to round out each week’s theme by posting your own tips and recipes (or links to them)–will start next Wednesday, July 28, with Cukes and Zukes Week. The details:
THE 2010 SCHEDULE:
Each Wednesday for the rest of the summer and probably longer, a group of blogging friends including Todd and Diane at White on Rice Couple; Shauna Ahern the Gluten-Free Girl, and Food2 will swap our recipes and tips about the following harvest-fresh ingredients. You’ll love meeting this year’s participants (a full list with links will accompany my post Wednesday and every week). The schedule:
- 7/28: cukesnzukes
- 8/4: corn
- 8/11: herbs, greens, and beans
- 8/18: stone fruit
- 8/25 tomatoes
- more to come if we all want it — stay tuned!
We each post something and then link to one another, so that you can travel around the combined effort, gathering the goodies.
HOW YOU CAN JOIN IN SUMMER FEST:
Giving back makes the experience even better. Have a recipe or tip that fits any of our weekly themes? Starting with our posts of Wednesday, July 28, for five Wednesdays through 8/25 and possibly longer, you can contribute in various ways, big or small.
Contribute a whole post, or a comment—whatever you wish. It’s meant to be fun, viral, fluid. No pressure, just delicious. The possibilities:
Simply leave your tip or recipe or favorite links in the comments below a Summer Fest post on my blog any upcoming Wednesday, and then go visit my collaborators and do the same.
The cross-blog event idea works best when you leave your recipe or favorite links (whether to your own blog or someone else’s) at all the host blogs. That way, they are likely to be seen by the widest audience. Everyone benefits, and some pretty great dialog starts simmering.
Or think bigger: Publish entire posts of your own, if you wish, and grab the juicy Summer Fest 2010 tomato badge (illustrated by Matt of Mattbites).
EXAMPLES FROM THE 2009 EVENT:
Want to see this cross-blog concept in (past) action?
- Tuesday, July 28: HERBS. Any and all; I did parsley, and readers added everything else.
- Tuesday, August 4: FRUITS FROM TREES (also known as stone fruits, but we won’t scream if you toss in a berry or another fruit, promise). My entry was a peach clafoutis.
- Tuesday, August 11: BEANS-AND-GREENS WEEK (either or both, your choice). My entry was here.
- Tuesday, August 18: TOMATO WEEK. How do you like them love apples? I made quick sauce to freeze.
And in case I forget what week it is, won’t somebody remind me on Twitter? Thanks. We’ll be talking it up there, too, and on our Facebook pages.
That’s how a Summer Fest works (and the way that Food Fest 2008 worked, too, remember?). There are many more examples in my “edibles” archives, but you get the idea, right?
See you Wednesday–and spread the word (and start cooking!).
I love this idea of sharing recipes!
I think we are going to have to participate. We’ve been warming up with some recipe posts recently, so this is perfect! This sounds fun!
Starting July 30, my family and I will be attempting the 100 yard diet as inspired by Novella Carpenter’s book “Farm City The Education of an Urban Farmer”. I will share recipes, the only problem is that my husband the marketgardener sold all of our zucchinis including the huge “British” ones aka “marrow” at the farmer’s market today!
(There goes the spaghetti substitute!)
My other great inspiration is Janette Haase’s book “From Seed to Table” -click on “gardening” on website. We have sorrel and chicken eggs, and the peak of the harvest! Oh yes the vinegar from last year’s dill pickles have become part of our 100 yards! I’ll report back by the end of the week! (Day 1)
Hi Margaret, this sounds neat. I may just have to participate this year.
Oh boy! I’m very excited about the gluten free recipe contributions. Thank you, Margaret, and I will join in with a few of my really tasty wheat and corn free recipes.
Can’t wait! I have a recipe using the shallots my sister grew this year – she did a great job and says they are easy. My recipe is even easier and so Delicious!
Great idea! I’d love to partecipate, I’m gona write you an email!
Giulia
I have connected with someone I haven’t seen in years-they are in Athens, Greece and have supplied me with awesome recipes-Feta Bread, Summer green beans and simple tomato-feta in the nuker-refreshingly light summer dishes. Am sure he would want me to share them.
Welcome, Margaret. Sounds delicious…and I do hope you will “bring it” (as they say these days) to the event. See you there!
I’d love to join the “summer fest”!! I’m already thinking about recipes featuring corn :)
Cheers!
If it’s possible to partecipe after the 15th August would be perfect.
I’ll write you an email
Welcome to Jasmine and Rossella — and we’ll be happy to have your comments/recipes/tips whatever week you wish. Nice to “meet” you.
I’d love to join this great foodblog experience!
I found the link on a friend’s blog and i thought just on thing: must have to create something!
i’m thinking of some ideas regarding corn and next entries!!!
= )
I would love to participate! Please let me know if I can.
Welcome, Alison — and yes, of course. Just follow the instructions at the end of this other post (the kickoff to the event) and be sure to put your links/ideas into every participants comments, not just mine, so everyone can read about them.
Welcome, Gaia. Same advice: look at this link at the bottom of that page and jump in for any/all of the weeks. Looking forward to seeing your comments and links!
I would love to do stone fruit by the way…
I am in for next week!
I’m in starting next week! Have some great recipes to share :)
Welcome, Stacey. Looking forward to your recipes, and company. See you soon!
What I love most about Summer Fest: so many new faces! Welcome, therefore, to Stacey (love pasta with veggies, including zucchini!); to One Hungry Mama (that frittata sounds delish — ricotta!); to Cristie (fellow gardener, with a bread recipe that has a story to tell); to Kathleen, whose cold soup would be just right about now, since the heat is on again here (outside I mean) and I have just been out watering in it.
See you all soon again, I hope.
Google Matha Stewarts Zucchini lattice tart and it is wonderful…looks difficult but the crust is easy and it looks great and tastes phenominal…
I substitute yellow summer squash and it too is great
Hey! What a wonderful idea! I’d love to join, I’m already thinking to a recipe with corn…:)
Welcome, Valeria — and see you for corn recipes. Seems like we will have quite the Italian contingent joining us that week! Molto bene!
This is such an amazing idea. I look forward to reading everyone’s posts and creating some recipes to share. Thanks for hosting!
You are welcome, Marla — and nice to meet you! Enjoy the browsing each week, and see you soon again.
I’m loving the idea of this Summer Fest thing, and I would love to share my all-time favorite zucchini recipe.
I become obsessed with these fritters every year; and I mean *obsessed*.
Check out the recipe and post here:
http://leah10x10.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-obsession-zucchini-feta-fritters.html
I’m telling you–if you try these, you will not be disappointed. But you may get mad at me for the ensuing obsession.
This is a terrific idea! I also blog about food and gardening, but here in the deep south, we are weeks ahead of you in the garden, and our cukes and zukes are long gone. I will wait for you all to catch up and will post my recipes in the coming weeks and look forward to participating. I hope you come and visit me in my garden at http://www.cowlickcottagefarm.com.
Welcome, Carolyn, and we’re glad to have you along in the coming weeks. I just enjoyed my “trip” to your Florida garden, thanks. See you (and your recipes) soon!
Little behind, but I’d also like to join this summer… I’m starting Summer Fest posts on my blog in week two with the corn!
Welcome, Mangochild — and don’t worry, these posts keep on going (I know that from the last two years of co-hosting the Fest). You’re right on time. :) Thanks for your “Corn 4 Ways” post.
I’d love to join the fun of Summer Fest! I read about it at White on Rice and Satisfied, but am a little slow to react :) Here’s a link to my Corn, Tomato and Purple Pepper salad/salsa http://shescookin.com/2010/07/22/southwestern-t…and-corn-salad/
Oops that link didn’t work! Let’s try it again – http://shescookin.com/2010/07/22/southwestern-turkey-burgers-with-tomato-and-corn-salad/
Welcome, She’s Cookin’ — and thank you for the link. Hope you’ll be with us this week for Herbs, Beans and Greens!
I love this idea and would love to contribute. How do I post or send you a picture of our creations along with the recipe ?
Welcome, Chris. I added the link to your Facebook page, which is where I think you should make your post (with photo(s)) and then put that in the comments on all our blogs. Make sense?
I loved reading last years posts, and I found so many new blogs to love. Please add peppers to the list. I have an abundance this year of sweet peppers, hot peppers, jalapeno and the like and would love new ideas for those.
Welcome, Karen. You are making me want to make salsa — and have a big stuffed pepper for supper. Thanks for the suggestion, and don’t be a stranger.