An early-American period dinner for eight, featuring dishes such as chicken and dumpling soup in bread bowls, pumpkin nut bread, corn meal muffins, glazed hickory smoked ham, herbed greens beans, and sweet apple buckle is up for raffle at the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club’s Greens Market Saturday.
The dinner will be at Andes Inn, a Nantucket-style reproduction house. A costumed greeter welcomes guest outside, where the smell of wood smoke in the air beckons diners to step back in time to an earlier era, said Sue Sajdak, publicity chair for Clarkston Farm and Garden Club.
“Inside, the first course, a soup, and the last course, a dessert, will be cooked on the hearth in front of the guests,” Sajdak said. “The main course and side dishes will be served warm from out of the kitchen on period-style dishes. Candle chandeliers, sconces and candlesticks will provide a glow in keeping with the period.”
Raffle tickets will be $5 each, five for $20, at the market, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Church of the Resurrection, 6490 Clarkston Road.
The market features natural wreaths, roping, fresh evergreens arrangements for homes and businesses. It is the major fundraiser for the Garden Club, which uses revenues to fund Main Street Planters, Children’s Literary gardens at the public library, horticultural therapy programs at local nursing homes, environmental education programs, and college scholarships. Admission is free.
“It’s a great place to get live arrangements, beautifully made by Garden Club members,” said Jeanne Molzon, Greens Market chair. “They keep well. They’ll really last until Christmas.”
In honor of its 16th year, a table will be set up offering $16 arrangements and fresh greens. For more information, check www.Clarkston GardenClub.org.
? Phil Custodio