Taste of Litchfield Hills announces participants

NEW HARTFORD — The 26th annual edition of A Taste of the Litchfield Hills will take place Sept. 3 to 5 at Ski Sundown, with an array of participating eateries that were announced this week.Participating culinary vendors from the Winsted area will include Chatterley’s Restaurant (New Hartford); Backstage Restaurant (Torrington); The Green Room (Winsted); Infinity Bistro (Norfolk); KJ Grilled Pizza (Torrington); Mustard’s Last Stand (New Hartford); Rocket Fine Street Foods (Torrington); and Summertime Sno-Balls (New Hartford).The festival will feature other eateries from across the state, along with gourmet food trucks and wine by the glass from Litchfield Hills wineries. Thomas Hooker draught beer and a variety of soft drinks also will be served.This year’s menu will feature such dishes as Angus beef sliders, baked mac and cheese, cedar plank roasted salmon, corn and Maine blue crab fritters, cherry-smoked chicken, fried goat cheese salad, gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches, grilled pizza, Lao crispy egg rolls, lobster salad sliders, mesquite-smoked pulled pork, New England clam chowder, seared scallops and braised short ribs, sesame chicken, shrimps in a blanket and many other items. Sweet offerings will include apple cider cinnamon doughnuts, banana and toffee pie, dessert crepes, fruit smoothies, New England kettle corn, pumpkin chiffon roulade and many other delicious desserts. Northwest Community Bank is sponsoring an Internet download link for the complete 2011 menu at www.LitchfieldFestivals.com.Foodies will enjoy “grazing-sized” portions of house specialties prepared by chefs from regional restaurants, bistros and other purveyors of fine food with prices ranging from $4 to $8 per item. Table seating will be available in the festival’s Culinary Tent, at outdoor picnic tables and inside the air-conditioned ski lodge. Plus, guests are invited to picnic on the grounds with their own lawn chairs and blankets.Ski Sundown is located at 126 Ratlum Road, New Hartford. Festival hours are noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4, and noon to 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 5. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the gate.

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