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In Tisbury : Dress up for the haunted house, games, snacks at the Tisbury School’s Halloween ‘funraiser” Friday and Saturday, 4 to 7 p.m., admission is $3. On Sunday, the Vineyard Haven Public Library opens with free treats, crafts and costumes noon to 4 p.m. Trick or treating on Main street starts at 3 p.m., while revelers can find refuge, warmth and treats free at St. Augustine’s Church in Vineyard Haven from 4 to 9 p.m.
Eat Your Fill
Fall giving you that, my-stomach-can’t-be-satisfied feeling? Well, how about treating yourself to an all-you-can-eat local roast pork and chicken dinner on Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. The food will prepared by Local Smoke with sides by Morning Glory and the Scottish Bakehouse.
And if your stomach is still growling for more? There’s dessert by Tisberry Frozen Yogurt and smoothies prepared with local Mermaid Farm yogurt.
Soup Is Good Food
Island chef Cathy Walthers, author of Raising the Salad Bar and the new book Soups and Sides, will present a soup-making demonstration and tasting on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Polly Hill Arboretum.
Begin the day with a staff-led tour of the arboretum, then enjoy a bowl of soup while Ms. Walthers shares some recipes and soup-making tips. The cost is $30, or $25 for arboretum members. Space is limited, so please preregister by calling 508-693-9426.
The Limpopo is a river in Botswana. It is also the name of a doughnut served at State Road Restaurant in West Tisbury. But this is not just any doughnut as anyone who as eaten one, or 30, say, in a week-long binge will attest. It is the perfect doughnut.
Brown and slightly crispy on the outside. A brioche dough interior that is neither too dry nor too moist. And a constellation of sugar crumbs coating the outside, sweet but not cloying. To call this a mere doughnut would be like calling your dog just an another animal. It would not be right.
Farm to Bank
Calling all foodies, from growers to eaters. On Monday, Nov. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury there will be a panel discussion geared toward food entrepreneurs. The panelists will include Rebecca Miller of North Tabor Farm, Sarah McKay, manager for Cronig’s Markets, Wenonah Madison and Dan Sauer, both of 7a Farm. In addition, an executive for Whole Foods Market will be on the panel which will be moderated by Ali Berlow, founder of Island Grown Initiative and Edible Vineyard magazine.
Winter Farmers’ Market
Noses, for the moment, may be safe from Jack Frost, but still the air is getting chilly. So what’s a farmers’ market to do to keep the veggies safe. Head indoors.
This week the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market begins its run at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. Enjoy the same great local produce the market has offered all summer long.
The market is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Market dates are Oct. 23, Nov. 6 and 20 and Dec. 4 and 18.