Defending our backyard, with our forks

Perfect weather, perfect venue yesterday for the Island Chefs Collaborative festival, Defending our Backyard. They were expecting around 1000 people who, once their arms had been stamped with a tater stamp



would be turned loose with a wine glass and eating board



to graze and sip the afternoon away.



Lots of preparation...




There was a good selection of foods to buy as well, in the farmers' market section




Decorative cob ovens, from Earth Institute:



Young gelato eater.



Lots of lineups for food...



but music to keep all entertained while they waited...



Slow Food wuz here:



A day both educational



and cute (3 weeks old).