Drawing: Tickets for Alton Brown at Proctors

Alton Brown 2015

Drawing's closed! Winner's been emailed!

A little more than two weeks from now (April 30), Alton Brown will be at Proctors for a live show called Eat Your Science. We have a pair of tickets for the event and we're giving them away.

To enter the drawing, please answer this question in the comments:

What's something local that you're looking forward to eating this spring or summer?

It could be the first strawberry of the season. It could be a specific dish from a specific place at a specific time. It could be whatever. We'll draw one winner at random. That person will get the pair of tickets.

Here's some blurbage about the Alton Brown event:

Fans can expect more comedy, talk show antics, multimedia presentations and music (yes, he sings), but Alton is adding a slew of fresh ingredients including new puppets, songs and bigger and potentially more dangerous experiments. Brown has a knack for mixing together a perfect base of science, music and food into two hours of pure entertainment.

The show is Saturday, April 30 at 8 pm. Tickets are $40 and up.

Important: All comments must be submitted by 10 pm on Thursday, April 14, 2016 to be entered in the drawing. You must answer the question to be part of the drawing. (Normal commenting guidelines apply.) One entry per person, please. You must enter a valid email address (that you check regularly) with your comment. The winner will be notified via email by noon on Friday and must respond by noon on Monday, April 18.

Comments

I always look forward to Jack's sliders (Wynantskill) and Kurver ice cream! (Fortunately I've had both already this past month!)

Looking forward to trying Peck's Arcade for the first time.

Toll Gate ice cream.

Fruits and Veggies from Samascott's Pick Your Own!

the produce from my csa share

In light of their farmer's market appearance today: ramps!

Fresh tomatoes - especially when my wife makes them into roasted tomato sauce, using the recipe from the Stonewall Kitchen!

My own asparagus. It's year 3 on this bed and I should have some harvestable spears.

Moxies

The tomatoes I grow in my own backyard. It doesn't get more local than that!

Garlic scapes cooked on my charcoal grill.

Kay's Pizza!

Asparagus from my garden. I planted it 3 years ago and it takes a while before you can pick more than a couple stalks so this year I hope I have it in abundance!

I am really looking forward to eating Farmers' Market pizza: a homemade pizza topped with all of the fantastic fresh, local veggies we grabbed at the farmers market that weekend. It is SO good, and was SO missed during the winter months.

Anything fresh from Farmers' Market!

Tomatoes fresh from the garden. I can't even stop the kiddoes from eating them.

S'mores over the campfire!

Indian Ladder PYO strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. It has become a family tradition to be in the fields every year.

It's never officially summer until we get up to Martha's in Lake George for ice cream!

Straight-from-the-garden tomatoes.

I still haven't made my way over to the Snowman. I'm overdue!

Picnic lunch at Thacher Park eating Via Fresca takeout.

Cherry tomatoes with fresh basil and moz!

Local corn. Knee high by the 4th of July.

I look forward to the strawberries from my garden, if the rabbits don't get to them first!

ramps!

Home grown veggies from the co-op!

Brew's brew sounds pretty good!

garlic scapes

Garden tomatoes with basil and mozz from R&G....sprinkled with the awesome garlic salt we made at Oakwood Community Center over the weekend! Caprese salad is the ultimate summer food to me!

pizza made on the grill with fresh eggplant, tomatoes and basil from the garden.

Tomatoes from my friend's garden.

fresh veggies from my garden!!!!!

Each year I get a CSA share from the Patroon Land Farm, which I love. I'm extra excited this year because my son will be just be starting solid food and I can make baby food from the fresh veggies and fruit!

Rhubarb

Definitely all the food truck vendors that line up outside my job. That summer bod is never coming.

The Healthy Cafe food truck - I like their Asian salad

Tomatoes and corn

Jumpin Jack's Jack burger and ice cream!

Pea Shoots!

Iron Gate brunch on the patio.

I know it has been open for a week...
BUT....
I am looking forward to my 1st JackBurger of the year !!!

Moxies and heirloom tomatoes

Dairy-free artisan ice cream at Moxie's in Wynantskill

Anything out of our CSA share from the Denison Farm! This will be our 5th year, and it is one of the highlights of our summer.

Raspberries, blueberries and strawberries!

Ramps

Guptill's Ice Cream.

Definitely vine ripened tomatoes with fresh basil and quality mozzarella.
BBQ ribs always taste better to me in the summer too...

Ice Cold Beer

Snowman apple pie sundae

Local, fresh, strawberries. Yum!

Totally forgot the question. I change my answer to ice cream at the snowman.

the first fresh stuff from my garden

When the Barber Farm truck (that parks near Passano Paint in Guilderland) finally has corn. so good.

For me, two things: Garlic scapes and ramps. We already have watched the garlic in our garden emerge, but the old snap has slowed the progress down a lot. Here is hoping for seasonable temps again!

Meals with friends, either on our patio or their porch... :) or both!

Pizza from Kay's!!!

Jumping Jacks burgers and shakes :D

I'm looking forward to strawberry picking at Altamont Orchards and ice cream from Guptil's.

Brews Brew!

Ice cream at Scoup's

garlic scapes

CORN! and fresh caprese

Freshly foraged Chantrelles

Local sweet corn. Definitely sweet corn!

The first fresh tomatoes - the best.

Can't wait to have my favorite local anything-Dairy Frost ice cream!!! Being pregnant doesn't help that craving either 😝

Eagerly awaiting the Troy Farmers Market (outdoor edition) !!!

Fresh raspberries and nectarines!

Many ice cream cones at SNOWMAN'S in Troy

Grilled steak, chicken and veggies on the outdoor patio.

Snowman in Troy and Mac's Drive-in in Watervliet. Love the soft serve

New World's new menu!!!

Ethiopian food at Umana!

I'm looking forward to the first produce coming out of my community garden plot (lettuce and radishes) and of course for the first official bbq of the season!

Looking forward to the ramps about to come out!

Looking forward to walks with the dog and my boyfriend

Fresh fruit and veggies that i pick from the many farms with PYO!

Looking forward to all of the amazing farmers markets! I love produce and homemade baked goods!

Fresh corn on the cob from a local farm.

I love everything I can find at the Troy market, especially ramps (too short of a season!) and strawberries.

Micro-local: fresh red raspberries direct off the bush from my raspberry patch.

Walking-Distance Local: Scoring a rare table on the front porch, and dining on the the 50/50 burger and whatever-craft-beer-piques-the-interest at Mohawk Tap Room in Scotia.

Fresh tomatoes!

First corn from Sheldons!

Tomatoes! ?

Morels

Garlic scapes made into pesto

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