Chocolate Festival in Aroostook County, April 3rd, 2021
Calling all chocolate lovers! On April 3rd from 11am-3pm, Aroostook Relay teams and community groups will gather at the Aroostook Centre Mall with one goal in mind: to sell chocolate to the masses!
This is the 7th year this event has taken place and Heidi Estabrook, coordinator of the event, is hopeful this will be the most successful one yet. “We are jumping for joy that the Chocolate Festival is back after having to cancel last year’s event” says Estabrook. “It’s my all-time favorite fundraiser to benefit Relay For Life. Some would say the Chocolate Festival is an Easter tradition here in The County and puts a smile on everyone s face.”
We were all saddened to hear that Tony Caputo, a founding father of today’s SLC food community, had passed away. When his market and deli opened in 1997, it changed everything. Those of us who had been forlornly hunting for the foundation of great Italian cooking in the “ethnic” aisle at Smith’s were suddenly awash in fine artisan pastas, San Marzano tomatoes and gigantic wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Tony è andato in paradiso.
The man behind the wheels, as it were, brought his passion for the cuisine of his heritage to Utah tables. Caputo’s Market and Deli, in addition to being excellent manifestations of both market and deli, also became an anchor of the Firestone Block, attracting community and complementary businesses to a part of our city that needed it. Building a de facto Italian cultural center, Tony’s efforts helped many other boats rise. He educated Utah palettes, primed tastebuds for homegrown sausages like Colosimo’s and Creminelli, local cheese makers a
Chocolate Extravaganza Starts Today In Hannibal
th Annual Chocolate Extravaganza gets underway today, Thursday, March 11 in Historic Downtown Hannibal.
A chocolate passport is your ticket to decadent festival. You can exchange those tickets for treats at downtown merchants. You can choose from about 20 items. Most are chocolate-themed. For instance, you can score a chocolate caramel martini, wine with chocolate-covered strawberries, and even a sterling silver chocolate pearl necklace.
In addition to the passport items, Downtown Hannibal will have live music and demonstrations too. You can learn to make chocolate gravy and hand-molded chocolate eggs. While you’re in town, be sure to visit Hannibal’s gourmet chocolate shop, Chocolaterie Stam.
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Moosehead Lake Chocolate Festival is a Go, in a New Way
Destination Moosehead Lake
Destination Moosehead Lake is still going to host the annual Chocolate Festival this weekend. However, for this their 17
th year, things will look a little different. Okay a lot different. But the chocolate ‘Moose Poop’ and other chocolate delicacies with taste just as good. Or maybe even better.
For the safety and comfort of all participants the year’s event will be a drive through event. Bring cash. Available for purchase are 10 piece chocolate boxes for $10, and children’s boxes for $5. Bring cash to the drive through between Noon and 3 p.m. this Sunday, Valentine’s Day. The event will be held at Bartley Center Cove Events, 241 Pritham Avenue in Greenville. All boxes will contain an assortment from local bakeries.