It was beautiful summer evening to network and enjoy delicious bites in celebration of local farmers and local artisans. So, what was on the menu?
Well, while sipping DiGrazia wine and Thomas Hooker beer we savored a variety of Cato Corner cheeses, Beltane Farm goat cheese and locally made spreads along with passed hors d'oeuvres made with local farm and Maplewood grown ingredients. There was chilled watermelon soup with yogurt and white wine, Belgian endive leaves topped with whipped blue cheese, walnuts and a touch of local honey, Ahi tuna with ginger aioli, crushed wasabi peas on a sesame cracker, figs wrapped in prosciutto drizzled with local honey, Spring rolls with shrimp, ginger, carrot, cucumber and mint, and lump crabmeat topped with grapefruit and avocado.

Growing their own is also a piece of this food puzzle. The on-site garden at Maplewood at Newtown was expanded ten fold this year. For Chef Lewis it's always special to see a resident's excitement when he passes by with big baskets of just picked lettuce from the garden. It seems like it's more exciting for Chef too. Having studied and worked in Vermont, Chef Lewis is no stranger to using local ingredients and is energized to bring better food to the seniors he serves at Maplewood.
It'll be exciting to see how the Maplewood farm to table initiative continues to unfold and hopefully it will inspire other large institutions to think local too.
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