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ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Governor Larry Hogan announced today the 18 recipes that will be featured at the 11th<\/sup> Annual Buy Local Cookout<\/a>, which celebrates Maryland\u2019s Buy Local Challenge Week<\/a>, July 21-29, and encourages all Marylanders to eat at least one locally grown, made, or harvested product each day. The cookout, hosted by Governor Hogan and First Lady Yumi Hogan, will be held at Government House on Thursday, July 19.<\/p>\n \u201cOur state is home to a diverse range of agricultural operations and a world-class seafood industry,\u201d said Governor Hogan. \u201cThe Buy Local Cookout is a great reminder of the many benefits to buying products grown and produced by Maryland farmers and watermen. I encourage all Marylanders to join me in taking the Buy Local Challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Governor Hogan invited teams of local chefs and producers to submit original recipes that highlight the diversity of Maryland products. Some 27 recipes were submitted; and 16 were selected. The First Lady and Government House chefs will provide an entr\u00e9e and dessert for the cookout.<\/p>\n Recipes were selected based on availability of ingredients, geographic representation, maximum use of local ingredients, and creativity. This year also features recipes by student chefs from Talbot County Public Schools Culinary Arts Program, Annapolis High School ProStart Culinary Team, and Caroline Career and Technology Center.<\/p>\n All recipe submissions will be published in a cookbook titled 2018 Buy Local Cookout Recipes, <\/em>which will include wine, beer, or spirits pairing recommendations from the Maryland Wineries Association<\/a>, Brewers Association of Maryland<\/a>, and the Maryland Distillers Guild<\/a>. The cookbook will be available online<\/a> when completed next month.<\/p>\n The following recipes were selected to be prepared at the cookout:<\/p>\n Appetizers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Salads<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Entr\u00e9es\/ Main Dish<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Desserts<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Brewers Association of Maryland<\/a>, Maryland Distillers Guild<\/a>, Maryland Wineries Association<\/a>, Honest Tea<\/a>, George\u2019s Mixes<\/a> and Greenstreet Nursery<\/a> are also donating products to the cookout. Selected student teams using blue catfish in their recipe will receive product donations Chester River Clam Company. In addition, dairy farms on Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail<\/a> will provide ice cream. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Geckos.<\/p>\n In its 2010 and 2012 Policy Choices Survey, the University of Baltimore Schaefer Center for Public Policy found that more than 78 percent of Marylanders said they want to buy produce grown by a Maryland farmer.\u00a0The goal of the Buy Local Challenge<\/a> is to raise awareness about the benefits of local farms and food so that Marylanders will become more familiar and more frequent consumers of fresh, local products. The Buy Local Challenge<\/a> was created in 2006 by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission<\/a> and has grown into a statewide initiative.<\/p>\n Buying locally preserves farmland, protects the environment, bolsters local economies, and provides wholesome, nutritious, great-tasting fresh food.\u00a0 To learn more about Maryland\u2019s Buy Local Week Challenge<\/a> and sign up to take the pledge to eat local, visit the official website<\/a>. Find local Maryland farm and seafood products, locate a farmers market and more online at Maryland’s Best<\/a>.<\/p>\n # # #<\/p>\n Notes to <\/strong>reporters and editors:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter @MdAgDept<\/a> and use #BuyLocalCookout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Signature Event Challenges All Marylanders to \u201cBuy Local, Eat Fresh\u201d ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 Governor Larry Hogan announced today the 18 recipes that will be featured at the 11th Annual Buy Local Cookout, which celebrates Maryland\u2019s Buy Local Challenge Week, July 21-29, and encourages all Marylanders to eat at least one locally grown, made, or harvested product Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22273"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22330,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22273\/revisions\/22330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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