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Atria’s Creamy Parsnip Soup With Prosciutto and Edgartown Bay Scallops
Ingredients
3 tablespoons butter
2 cups chopped onions
1 cup chopped celery
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
2 quarts chicken stock
4 pounds parsnips, peeled and diced
1 cup cream
6 ounces prosciutto or crispy bacon
1 pound bay scallops
Directions
For six years now, writers — both aspiring and professional — have met in the spring and fall for a full immersion in both their craft and in all things Vineyard, in particular all things Edgartown. The writers’ retreat takes place at the charming Point Way Inn on Pease Point Way.
Free-for-All at Museum
Beginning Saturday, Nov. 5, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum will begin offering free admission or pay-what-you-can to Vineyard residents on every Saturday.
Exhibitions this fall and winter include Out of the Depths: Martha’s Vineyard Shipwrecks, Eisenstaedt and Us, and We Are Marching Along: Martha’s Vineyard and the Civil War.
Flu Clinics on Veterans Day
The annual all-Island flu clinic will take place at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on Friday, Nov. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon. Registration and staging areas will be located at Waban Park in Oak Bluffs and the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. Participants must fill out a registration form and visit one of the staging areas prior to going to the high school. Participants may choose to enter the Performing Arts Center or to stay in their cars while shots are administered.
Greenhouse Goes Up
The Community Solar Greenhouse (COMSOG) is raising the roof on their greenhouse. The new greenhouse roof is going up on Saturday, Nov. 5, (rain date 11/12) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is not a mere check-it-out announcement, either.
Workers are needed and that means you, couch potato. So much better for the tuber in you, to be warmed by the sun outdoors than the eerie glow of the television. As an incentive, COMSOG offers great food for all who help.
COMSOG is located at 114 New York avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Holiday Drive for Needy
Island Alpaca Farm is collecting donations of food and gifts for the Red Stocking Fund. The farm will collect unwrapped presents and nonperishable foodstuffs valued at $10 or more through Dec. 24. Each person who donates an item will be entered to win one of two $50 gift certificates to the Island Alpaca Gift Shop. A drawing for the winners will be held on Dec. 24. Gifts for donation may also be purchased for the gift shop.