Nantucket Wine Festival: Pairing wine and cheese

 

Cheese seminar at the Nantucket Food and Wine Festival

 

 

The 13th Nantucket Wine Festival is coming up soon.  The Nantucket Wine Festival starts off on Wednesday, May 13th 2009 and runs through Sunday, May 17th 2009.  This is a great event for foodies, food lovers, and those who enjoy wine, know wine, or want to learn more about food and wine.  Not to mention that the setting couldn’t be more perfect.  Nantucket has so many hidden gems including restaurants, farms, wineries, and other island-made foods.  

The Nantucket Wine Festival has a complete schedule of cooking demonstrations, wine and food seminars, luncheon symposia, a celebryity chef and wine maker auction dinner, restaurant and winery luncheons and dinners, and charity gala events.

On the theme of pairings there is a special food and wine tasting event:   Fromage with the King.  On Thursday, May 14th from 11:00 – 12:00  Ihsan Gurdal, who travels the world seeking out artisan producers of the world’s finest cheeses from his home base at Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, will take  you through a sensory exploration of cheese.  He will pair cheeses with some favored condiments and explain the relationship between cheese and wine.  Not only will the tastings be spectacular but Ihsan’s dynamic energy combines both passion and intellect.  You will find yourself satiated at very least by the end of this session.

Good food paired with a good cause

 

Formaggio Kitchen supporting the East End House at Cooking for a Cause.

I love charity food events because I love to eat good food and I think it is really important to contribute to great causes and support those in need.  Even as a full time student, when I had little or no income of my own, I volunteered my time.  It’s a big part of my culture and my family life to always give to others.  

When I can enjoy great food and support a good cause that’s a perfect pairing.  I love the Hunger Brunch for that reason and the pairing of Didrik’s and Chef Tim Wiechmann of T.W. Food.  Two locally owned business worked together to kick-off a month of fund raising for Food for Free.  Food for Free is a local organization that rescues food and redistributes it to those in need.  Chef Tim Wiechmann of T.W. Food, known for having a close relationship with his food sources and his delectable and creative uses of all parts of his ingredients,  offered his delicious and beautiful hors d’oeuvres for Didrik’s kick-off party celebrating the beginning of  special fund raising month.

On March 20th 2009, Formaggio Kitchen paired up with some of the top chefs and mixologists in Boston and Cambridge’s East End House to put on a fabulous, delicious and convivial gala event to raise money for the East End House.  The East End House is a unique multi-service community center and social service agency in Cambridge.  They provide programs and services to strengthen family and community to a diverse population.  The East End House programs include an emergency food program, an “out of school time” program, family support programs, youth support programs and childcare programs among many others.  

It was a great event, a great view, great food and drinks, and a great cause.  There really is no better pairing than a great cause and some great food.

Let’s share what we have to offer and let’s eat.