Sat, May 18
|Old Town Hall Museum
Mullica Hill Asparagus Festival
The annual “Battle of the Chefs” asparagus recipe competition will include local chefs, a panel of celebrity judges, and a new twist! Just in time for Spring planting, the Roughwood Center for Heritage Seedways will have historical and heritage seed and books for purchase.
Time & Location
May 18, 2024, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EDT
Old Town Hall Museum , 62 S Main St, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062, USA
About the event
This year’s festivities promise to be bigger and better than ever! The annual “Battle of the Chefs” asparagus recipe competition will include additional local chefs along with a panel of celebrity judges, and you’ll have a chance to decide on this year’s winner. Also new this year, just in time for Spring planting, the Roughwood Center for Heritage Seedways from Devon PA will have heirloom seeds and gardening books available for purchase. The Historical Society will also offer a selection of vintage cookbooks for sale! Plus, more family fun.
The Mullica Hill Asparagus Festival commemorates the first shipment of fresh produce by air in the United States. In 1922, a plane loaded with 1000 pounds of fresh New Jersey asparagus took off from the Iredell farm on Wolfert Station Road in Mullica Hill, it arrived in Boston in time for the Governor of Massachusetts and the mayor of Boston to enjoy asparagus that evening for supper. The feat received national press coverage.
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