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Tis' the season of giving and there is nothing better than giving yourself a break from all the Christmas dinner mayhem and let the magical  baking elfs at Perry's  help sprinkle a little holiday joy on your Christmas dinner by creating the most amazing, traditional and delicious holiday desserts your little sugar plum eyes have ever seen!

So remember when working on your wish list for Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, #1 top of the  list better be one of the amazing, incredible, obviously created by magical baking elf's recruited by Paula and Keith Perry for the sole purpose of making Perry's Holiday Pies with love for all the lucking people of a our magical valley!

How about a little Deep Dish Apple under that mistletoe? $20 for the 9" tin or $25 for the 10" glass.

Or how about some Cheery pie for those rosie cheeks?  $20 for the 9" tin and $25 for the 10" glass.

Slice up some holiday joy with the Triple Berry pie, oh my oh my just $20 for a pie!   $25 for the 10" glass.... (more)

In honor of the Trailing of the Sheep Festival we will be serving Lava Lake Lamb shank with farro, grilled zucchini, roasted eggplant and pistachio mint pesto this weekend. It's fantastic paired with 2007 Luigi Righett Capitel De' Roari Amarone della Valpolicella, or choose from our extensive wine list.

Starting Wednesday, October 5th our fall favorites menu will be available, featuring entree items starting at $12.00, and all pasta dishes are $15.00. We are happy to bring back the popular Pappardelle Tartufo and Carbonara pasta dishes, as well as reintroduce the Veal Scaloppini Marsala Style, Cannelloni and Chicken Milanese.

We’re open weekly Wednesday through Sunday at 6 pm. Call 726-7776 for reservations.

For those of you huge Mama Inez fans your favorite southwestern cuisine is back and now on main street Ketchum.  The new location is perfect for their new taqueria size business, same great food in a smaller package.  You cant miss it, located between the Casino and Rico's pizza.  They are open Mon-Sat for lunch and dinner, call ahead to check for slack hours.  Dine in and take out.  Visit the wesbite at www.mamainez.us or like them on facebook to receive info on daily/weekly specials.  If you are new to town or new to Mama Inez, they offer huge taqueria style burritos, wet style southwestern specialties such as Chile Verde, Chile Colorado, enchiladas, burritos and Baja fish tacos, nachos, taco salads and more!  Come on by!

We’re happy to once again be a part of the Sun Valley Harvest Festival. Festivities begin on Friday evening from 5-7 p.m. with the Harvest Festival Restaurant  Walk.

Start at the Ketchum Town Square before setting off around town to sample 15 local restaurants’ fall offerings and wine pairings. Admission is $25.00 or is included in the Epicurean, Foodie, and Tasting Passes.

Il Naso will serve our deconstructed Italian BLT: local seared pork belly, oregano aioli, local heirloom tomato, butterleaf lettuce and olive oil cracker. Paired with Frenchman’s Gulch Syrah.

Enjoy the sounds of classical guitarist Jimmy Mitchell on our outdoor patio to accompany food and wine! 

Saturday night will bring the Idaho Harvest Dinner prix fixe menu, $35

    Mixed greens with summer fruit, cracked pepper chevre and balsamic vinegar

Your choice of Entree:

    - Red wine braised short ribs with roasted potatoes, spinach, and caramelized onion

    - Sage roasted half chicken with sauté... (more)

There's a lot happening at Il Naso this week! Come in for some wine and delicious fresh, local food - accompanied by live music.

Farmer’s Market Special: Grilled pork loin chop with herb roasted tri-color potatoes and an arugula salad with halloumi, heirloom cherry tomatoes and a soft poached egg.

Italian Wine Flight featuring Piedmont: Enjoy a 2.5 oz taste of three different wines, for $13.

Live music: Friday Sept 2nd, Saturday Sept 3rd and Sunday Sept 4th, with instrumental guitarist Jimmy Mitchell.  7-9 pm in the Wine Bar

Call 208 726-7776 for reservations. http://ilnaso.com

Chef Kate's Farmers Market Special -----  Grilled Pork Steaks with organic fork mashed blue potatoes, glazed baby carrots and caramelized peachcots.  LOCAL FARMS REPRESENTED - Homestead LLC, Wood River Organics, M and M Heath and River Bend Orchards.

In honor of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, come in after the music ends and show us your nightly program to receive your choice of a free dessert or appetizer with the purchase of a pasta dish or entree.

Enjoy the classical guitarist Jimmy Mitchell in the Wine Bar on Friday, August 5th at 8pm 

Summer Flight Week continues with our Summer Rose Flight: Enjoy a 2.5oz taste of each of the following rose' wines for $11.

2009 Etude Rose of Pinot Noir (California)

2010 Domaine De Fontsainte Gris De Gris Rose of Grenache (France)

2008 Kracher Illmitz Rose of Zweigelt (Austria)

Call 726-7776 for reservations. 480 N. Washington St, Ketchum. Open Tuesday-Sunday from 5:30. http://ilnaso.com/

The Featured Wine Flight this weekend is Summer Rose'. Enjoy a 2.5oz taste of each of the following rose' wines for $11.00.

2009 Etude Rose of Pinot Noir (California)

2010 Domaine De Fontsainte Gris De Gris Rose of Grenache (France)

2008 Kracher Illmitz Rose of Zweigelt (Austria)

Cuisine specials for the weekend from Chef Kate -

Zuppa: Roasted Red Pepper and Watermelon Gazpacho with Fresh Basil.

Ravioli: Grilled Chicken, White Wine Braised Onion and Ricotta Ravioli in a Gorgonzola Roasted Roma Tomato Sauce 19

Pesce: Wild Alaskan Grilled Salmon with Grilled Polenta, Sauteed Local Spinach and Agrodolce Apricot Sauce 29 Risotto: Idaho Morel Mushroom and Asdparagus Risotto with Shaved Asiago. (available as an App or Entree) 7, 13

Idaho's Bounty offers you 10% off your order this week! We're celebrating our newly designed web site. Check out www.idahosbounty.org and order up the freshest local foods. Remember you can always join for the low cost of $10. Our local food co-op brings you the best quality foods from farmers practicing sustainable growing methods. Get to know us and you'll see we provide you with convenience, competitive prices and simply the best food. Call 721-8074 for more information.

Hailey — Continuing a favorite community tradition, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts will host an old fashioned ice cream social after the Fourth of July parade in Hailey.

It’s become a summer tradition: walk or bike over to the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey, for an old fashioned ice cream social after the Fourth of July parade. The Center will be serving free root beer floats made from ice cream donated by Atkinsons’ Markets and root beer by local brewer, Bucksnort Root Beer, from 1 to 3 pm Monday, July 4. The date is also the birthday of Roberta McKercher whose former home is now the Hailey home of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.

The ice cream social is also a good time to see Geared: An Open Exhibition, which features photos, prints, drawings and small sculptures by local artists on the subject of bicycles. Black and white portraits of locals with their favorite bikes, taken by Dev Khalsa, are also on display.

A related exhibition in Ketchum, Geared: The Culture of Bicycles<... (more)

Greetings Friends in Central Idaho!

89ranges, the Northern Rockies' newest distribution and marketing service focusing on artisan products is excited to announce that both Paradise Springs Farm Raw Milk and Cheese are now available at the Sustainability Center in Hailey, ID. Both products are certified Biodynamic and organic raw milk products from Teton Valley. Comparable and demanding consistent higher quality than Cowgirl Creamery cheeses, Paradise Springs Farm Raw Cheddar is an artisan 8 to 10 month aged cheese made from a small herd of Brown Swiss cows that live a daily high component and pasture based lifestyle with no soy bean or corn anywhere in their diet. For more information about Paradise Springs Farm, visit www.paradisespringsfarm.com. Please contact Dick and Melinda Springs directly about hours of operation for the Sustainability Center at sustainabilitycenter@me.com.

Recent testimony about the cheddar from Ayurvedic practicioner, Cate Stillman of Yoga Tejas and Yogahealer, "I haven't tasted this type... (more)

New this year is a partnership with Idaho's Bounty and the Sawtooth Botanical Garden through our Locavore Series! We will be offering a joint class each month through August connecting local producers with our Valley.  Classes will cover everything from Honey to Canning Asparagus…

 If you sign up for an entire series you will receive a 20% discount on class fees. For a full schedule contact the Sawtooth Botanical Garden at 726-9358.

Locavore Series Presents: Raising & Cooking Elk

Thursday, March 3 @ 5:30pm

Sawtooth Botanical Garden

Instructor: Gail Ansley from CA Bull Elk Ranch in Hazelton, Idaho

Gail will share tips on how to prepare elk and her experience as a local producer.  This is sure to be a delicious class leaving you craving more! Gail will also have elk for sale after the class. Participants’ are encouraged to bring a bottle to share to accompany the meat.  Please pre-register by calling the Sawtooth Botanical Garden (208)726-9358 Garden & Bounty Members $10  NM: $15

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Beginning March 1st, Idaho's Bounty, your local food one-stop co-op, will offer $10/year memberships. Individual retail customers as well as all new wholesale accounts (restaurants and more) will have access to the freshest, largest selection of local food through the www.idahosbounty.org web ordering system for this low rate. Founding Idaho's Bounty members who previously paid a one-time $75 membership fee will not pay again; their greatly appreciated support from 2007 to present has helped the Co-op grow by 30% a year. We thank you mightily for helping establish a sustainable local food network.

To celebrate and assist people who would like to sign up, we will have launch parties in Hailey and Ketchum this Friday, March 4th from 3-5pm.

Idaho's Bounty staff will present a tasting of Fair Mountain Farm products, Prairie Sun Farm, Ballard Cheese, and Julie Foods crackers and dips from Julie Johnson herself and help with member sign-ups at Nourishme on Main Street in Ketchum.

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When the sun rises on Treasured Sunrise Acres, the family in its entirety rolls out of bed ready to work. Ten people in all, Debra Jantzi and her nine children, aged 3 to 25, get busy to make sure Idaho's Bounty customers and others receive quality raw milk. While the three-year-old sits pretty on a tractor driving brother's lap, everyone else hustles to make sure the animals are healthy, bred, milked, fed and tested for the highest dairy standards.

Over 100 goats and just five cows comprise the dairy's milking operation. Most goat milk goes to Boise customers, while Bounty customers are fast catching on to the delights of fresh, raw, cow milk. My own boyfriend downed a pint without blinking an eye; "ahhhhhh" was the only sound he could manage. Jantzi and family come to the dairy business from an experienced hobby history of 4-H projects; when Debra and her children faced the need to provide for themselves independently, they decided to do what they knew and enjoyed the best.

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What would the holidays be without delicious food and a celebratory glass of wine? But indulging doesn’t have to mean throwing healthy eating out the window. Stay satisfied without putting on belly fat or giving in to hunger-stimulating insulin spikes that make you reach for the carbs.

 Eat Out Free of Fear

Dining out can be a dieting disaster. Watch out for these danger spots and find out how to steer clear of the fat, salt and sugar that make unhealthy foods so hard to resist.

1. Cocktails: Order your food first. It’s the first thing you’re offered when you walk into a restaurant. But after just one drink, the inhibitory neurons in our brain start to shut off, and we lose our reason to avoid that 2,400-calorie Bloomin’ Onion. Until you’re placed your food order, stick with sparking water with lime or a splash of cranberry juice. Then toast to your health with one glass of wine.
2. Waiting: Don’t run on empty. Have a low-calorie snack before you go out so...

Guest bartenders Emily Clemens and Riley Nash will be mixing drinks for their favorite charity The Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 24th, from 5 PM - 7PM at Cornerstone Bar & Grill (CBG) in Ketchum. 

CBG features guest bartenders each month to raise money for their favorite charity. Emily and RIley will be mixing it up tonight for The Animal Shelter. CBG donates 10 % of the proceeds generated between 5 PM and 7PM to the Animal Shelter. So come on down and mix it up with Emily and Riley. Meet Bernard and Miss Kitty and maybe try a Salty Aussie, Puppy-tini, Boxer-rita, Not-So-Kitty-Cocktail or a Laughing Dog IPA. 

Join us in a pre-holiday tribute and show your support for the Animal Shelter!

Wood River Inn is Hosting Business After Hours on November 18th Hailey Chamber of Commerce would like to invite businesses and public to the Hailey Chamber Business After Hours on November 18th from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., hosted by the Wood River Inn. Please join for refreshments and great food from Fresshies and tour the beautifully updated rooms! Bring your business card for the BAH raffle and don't forget to recommend Wood River Inn to your visiting friends and family! Please call 788-3484 for additional information.

Reservations Now Being Taken!

Evening dining at the historic Roundhouse will make its debut  for Sun Valley’s 75th winter season. This new Sun Valley tradition will begin December 10 offering an upscale, casual dining experience, Thursday through Saturdays, 6 pm to 9 pm mid-way up Bald Mountain at 7,700 ft.

Roundhouse dining will continue through March 27. Full table dinner service may be reserved in Averell’s (for parties up to six), and in the main dining area of the Roundhouse Restaurant. Roundhouse Gondola evening transportation will be reserved for dinner guests only.

Patrons are asked to arrive 15 minutes prior to their scheduled dinner reservation time. Reservations are now being accepted for the winter season. Please call 208-622-2012.

What could be better then spending a beautiful Saturday morning enjoying a homemade brunch with the people you love? Grandparents Day is a great reason to get together and feast on some delicious French Toast, Biscuits and Gravy, Fresh Fruit, Homestyle Breakfast Potatoes, Carved Ham, Mimosas, Bacon, Sausage, Eggs, Fresh Baked Pastries and so much more! If your grandparents aren't in town its ok! Come celebrate with your family and friends anyway! The cost is only $8 for Adults and $4 for children 12 and under. A meal at that price can't be beat! The Grandparents Day Brunch is tomorrow, Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the Senior Connection. 721 3rd Ave. South in Hailey. Bring your friends and family and join us for Brunch!

Hope to see you all there!

In honor of National Grandparents Day, the Senior Connection will be having a Grandparents Day Brunch on Saturday, September 11, 2010. The Brunch will consist of many homemade favorites such as: Biscuits and Gravy, French Toast, Eggs, Sausage, Homestyle Breakfast Potatoes... and so much more. If your grandparents don't live here you're invited anyway! Bring your friends and your family and come enjoy a delicious breakfast and check out what we have going on during September! Remember, Adults are $8 and kids 12 and under are only $4 for an all you can eat brunch! The doors open at 10:30 a.m.

We're excited to see you here!

In honor of National Grandparents Day, September 12, The Senior Connection will be hosting a Grandparents Day Brunch on Saturday, September 11, 2010. If you haven't been to the Senior Connection in a long time, you MUST come check it out! The Grandparents Day Brunch will consist of Carved Ham, French Toast, Biscuits and Gravy, Bacon, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Fresh Fruit, Homestyle Breakfast Potatoes, Croissants, English Muffins, Shrimp Fettuccini Alfredo and so much more! The price is only $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. A deal like that is hard to beat! Grandparents aren't in town? That's fine! Come and join us anyway, it's a great opportunity to see what we have been up to in the past two years during reconstruction! The Grandparents Day Brunch is a fun way to spend time with your family and eat a fabulous, homemade meal for a great price!  We hope to see you and your family there!

When: Saturday September 11, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.

Where: The Senior Connection: 721 3rd Ave.... (more)

Plum's Tara Bell heads to Nourish Me (new restaurant), Red Fish Lake, some fishing holes and has a preview of the upcoming Wagon Day celebration in Ketchum.