PORT ANGELES — Food, wine and local beer will highlight Clallam County Family YMCA’s fourth annual “A Taste of the Peninsula,” scheduled Saturday, Nov. 6.
Tickets are on sale now for $45 to the benefit featuring samples that local chefs prepared from food harvested at North Olympic Peninsula farms and food producers as well as tastes of the area’s wines and beers.
The fundraiser, to benefit YMCA programs and showcase its offerings, will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Elks Naval Lodge, 131 E. First St., Port Angeles.
New this year is the beer produced by Port Townsend Brewing Co. and Harbinger Winery.
In addition to Harbinger, participating wineries this year are Black Diamond Winery, Camaraderie Cellars, Olympic Cellars, Soren-sen Cellars, FairWinds Winery and Finn River Farm & Cidery.
Live jazz will be provided by the Taste of Jazz Sextet, featuring local musicians Ed Donohue, Chuck Easton, Andy Geiger, Al Harris, Ted Enderle and Tom Svornich.
And then there’s the food.
Serving samples will be Alderwood Bistro, Bell St. Bakery, The Blackbird Coffeehouse, Double Eagle Steak & Seafood, Michael’s Seafood & Steakhouse, Mt. Townsend Creamery, Oven Spoonful, Pane d’Amore, Raindrop Desserts, Rainshadow Coffee, Sabai Thai & Yvonne’s Chocolates.
Michael’s will be serving its famous Mac & Cheese with Yakima tomatoes, Nash’s red onions and Dungeness crabmeat as well as braised beef shortribs with crushed Lazy J potatoes, Camaraderie Cuve d’ Michael’s jus and fresh horseradish.
The Blackbird, a new participant this year, will offer tastes of its salted pecan pie as well as Blackbird Bread Pudding, both using local ingredients, including Nash’s soft white winter wheat pastry flour and Northwest milk and cream.
The Nov. 6 event was made possible, in part, by sponsorship from 7 Cedars Casino.
The band is being sponsored by Wilder Auto.
Tickets can purchased at the YMCA at 302 S. Francis St., Port Angeles, by phoning 306-452-9244 or at The Blackbird Coffeehouse at 336 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles.
