Coloma Fest – Small Town Summer Days - Hosted by the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, the Gold Discovery Park Association and Coloma-Lotus Chamber of Commerce
This is a community wide event. The all day event features a classic car show with cars, trucks and motorcycles - several old time musical groups, crafters and vendors, food and drink and more. All the proceeds go toward putting a new roof on the Museum at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. The Museum roof's patches have finally given way and blue tarps now cover the roof. Due to cutbacks to State Parks budget, GDPA has dedicated itself to raising funds for a new roof. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, Coloma. For more information contact: Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park (530) 622-6198
Combining the month's focus on Riesling styles with our occasional examinations of Eastern U.S. wines, we uncork a good Riesling from Kentucky, of all places.
Just as the fall foliage is changing to its cloak of brilliant colors, many wine lovers start thinking about reds. Randy "Bucko" Buckner offers a good ration of reds and whites this month among his notes on 100 new wines.
This month's issue of WineBlueBook covers many West Coast Pinot Noir, White Burgundy and Piedmont Red wines that were scored last month by the wine critics. A total of 1,284 wines are profiled in the November 2008 issue.
GRAY - Fine food and wine along with an auction that offered more food and wine as prizes marked Friday's 12th annual Bite of the Arts gala.It is the main fundraising event for the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University.
Whew! You made it! And after the week you've had looking through the redesigned Star in search of Annie's Mailbox (now in Sports on weekdays) and Dr. Gott (ditto), you deserve a tasty reward for also tracking down this column to its new, Sunday-section space.
More than a year ago, a writer returning from a visit to Cleveland told her Chicago Tribune readers that Northeast Ohio might well be the epicenter of the Midwest culinary scene.
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