***A bit of blogkeeping: Have you entered to win two tickets to the Cleveland Foodbank’s Taste of the Browns fundraiser? Check it out! Remember, you can tweet daily for additional entries.***
As the summer festival season winds down, one of the most unique and fragrant festivals is still to come: the Cleveland Garlic Festival taking place on Shaker Square on September 6 and 7.
The Cleveland Garlic Festival features 14 live bands, a kids’ Mighty Locavores area with activites and fun, appearances by Miss Garlic, all the tasty garlic dishes you can handle from tons of great vendors, and a grill-off competition featuring local celebrity chef competitors and judges.
Saturday’s grill-offs feature grass-fed beef and free-range chicken prepared by chefs from Cibreo Italian Kitchen, Urban Farmer, The Willeyville and more. Sunday’s grill-off features pasture-raised heirloom pork prepared by chefs from Ligali’s Bistro, Sterle’s Country House, and more.
Proceeds from the Cleveland Garlic Festival benefit North Union Farmers Market, which operates farmers’ markets around Cleveland. North Union Farmers Market has educational and charitable market programs that are supported by the Cleveland Garlic Festival, helping to bring quality local food to an even more expanded population.
Tickets for the Cleveland Garlic Festival are $9 for adults and $5 for children and seniors for one-day admission. You can purchase tickets online and can save $1 off your admission with promo code GFWhyCle. Or you can enter to win two weekend passes to the Cleveland Garlic Festival right here!
Here’s how to enter (you can do one, two, three, or all four entries, just leave a separate comment for each):
1. Leave a comment telling me your favorite way/dish to use garlic.
2. Leave a comment if you like Cleveland Garlic Festival and Why CLE? on Facebook, letting me know you like both pages.
3. Follow @CleveGarlicFest and @WhyCLE on Twitter and leave a comment letting me know you’re following both.
4. Tweet the following phrase and leave a comment letting me know you tweeted:
I entered to win passes to attend the @CleveGarlicFest thanks to @WhyCLE and you can too: http://wp.me/p1fb9r-25F
You can tweet once per day for additional entries, just leave a separate comment each time you tweet.
The giveaway will close on Monday, September 1 at 11:59pm and the winner will be announced the following day. Good luck!
***Disclosure: I was asked by North Union Farmers Market to help promote the Cleveland Garlic Festival. In exchange, I will receive 2 weekend passes for myself, 2 weekend passes to give away, and a reader promo code for tickets. Images courtesy of North Union Farmers Market. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.***
Love garlic in oil and with wheat pasta smothered in cheese!!!
Garlic seasoning in some perch breaded with panko / Italian bread crumbs!
Like both on Facebook already
Cause um, it’s a garlic festival.
Follow both on twitter as well
Tweeted today as well!! Good morning
tweeted! http://twitter.com/MikeT11405598/status/505340689769857024
like both on facebook
Garlic: It’s a dessert topping. It’s a floor wax!
srsly, just because it’s awesome!
I follow both!
I entered to win passes to attend the @CleveGarlicFest thanks to @WhyCLE and you can too: http://wp.me/p1fb9r-25
Hippocrates said:” Use food as thy medicine, and medicine as thy food.”
i use garlic in EVERY dinner i make – its my fave!
i like both on FB!
follow both on twitter.
Tweeted! Sounds fun!
I like sautéing shitaki mushrooms in garlic and olive oil with a little salt and pepper!
I follow Cleveland Garlic Festival and WhyCLE? on Facebook
I follow both on twitter
Tweeted good morning!!
followed both
like both
tweeted this https://twitter.com/JeffAnderleCLE/status/505804861783699456
roasted garlic hummus see recipe here http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/roasted_garlic_hummus.html
We make a fried rice dish with left over turkey after thanksgiving that is VERY heavy on the garlic. I love it!
I love garlic in everything but best is still garlic bread
I like both on FB!
I tweeted
I follow both on twitter @shawneegurl31
tweeted today https://twitter.com/JeffAnderleCLE/status/506082331623698432
Tweet good morning from Pittsburgh
Happy Labor Day just tweeted this a.m. https://twitter.com/JeffAnderleCLE/status/506432497471983616
My favorite way to use garlic is to roast it. It is so versatile this way. My favorite dish for roasted garlic is one I use often. Seared garlic & rosemary chicken over angel hair pasta and spinach. You can use chicken broth in the pan to deglaze after roasting the garlic to make a delicious sauce!
Thanks for entering but the giveaway closed on Monday, September 1.