Mushroom Festival now accepting Cook-off entries

Kathleen Harmon’s Mushroom Taquitos won first place at last year’s Mushroom Cook-off. KENNETT SQUARE — Mushrooms are the star of the Mushroom Festival’s Amateur Mushroom Appetizer Cook-Off. The challenge for home cooks is to create an appetizer featuring the mushrooms that are commercially grown in Kennett Square, such as button, crimini, portabella, oyster, maitake, and/or shiitake. Entries...

Mushroom recipes sought for Fest Cook-off

KENNETT SQUARE — Home cooks do you use mushrooms in a creative way? Are you interested in winning $500 and being named 2014’s Mushroom Appetizer Cook-off Champion? Enter the annual Amateur Mushroom Cook-off now! The Mushroom Festival will showcase the six finalists as they prepare their appetizers for judging on Saturday, September 6 with the winner being crowned by a panel of celebrity judges. ...

Big crowds for Mac N Cheese cook-off

Downingtown-Thorndale Rotary fundraiser again draws raves By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times Numerous volunteers from the Downingtown-Thorndale Rotary gather in Kerr Park just before the annual Mac N Cheese Cook-off, Sunday. The annual fundraiser, featuring the ultimate comfort food, helps fund the organization’s community good works. DOWNINGTOWN – Ten competitors and 1,000 tasters showed...