Wild Food Challenge Brings Unusual to Locavores
Locally foraged ingredients were the menu of the day.
Locally foraged ingredients were the menu of the day.
Nina Levin pours homemade mead to accompany her dish.
Nina Levin pours homemade mead to accompany her dish.
Preparation before the wild food throwdown.
Preparation before the wild food throwdown.
Carving the goose.
Carving the goose.
Sliders were among the offerings outside at the PA Club.
Sliders were among the offerings outside at the PA Club.
Judge Juli Vanderhoop samples first-prize winning dish featuring cricket.
Judge Juli Vanderhoop samples first-prize winning dish featuring cricket.
At the judges table with Daniel Athearn, Juli Vanderhoop and Albert Lattanzi.
At the judges table with Daniel Athearn, Juli Vanderhoop and Albert Lattanzi.
After the judges got a taste, attendees were invited to try the dishes.
After the judges got a taste, attendees were invited to try the dishes.
Young and old alike danced to Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish.
Young and old alike danced to Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish.
Brooke Ward beat out the competition and came in first in the youth division.
Brooke Ward beat out the competition and came in first in the youth division.
That's a big bottle of wine for Gus Leaf of Martha's Vineyard Smokehouse.
That's a big bottle of wine for Gus Leaf of Martha's Vineyard Smokehouse.
Organizer Billy Manson awards first prize.
Organizer Billy Manson awards first prize.
Hunters and gatherers from around the Island met at the sixth annual Wild Food Challenge on Sunday at the Portuguese American Club, where local ingredients that are foraged or caught get a starring role on the plate. New Zealanders Bill and Sarah Manson founded the event and brought it to the Vineyard in 2010. Mr. Manson said the event is about "a community getting together after being encouraged to get out there and forage and eat food, and not just food but natural food, nothing processed."