Dig IN, a Taste of Indiana, Aug. 30, 2015

Dig IN, a Taste of Indiana, Aug. 30, 2015. Photo provided by the event organizers and used with written permission.
By Jen Thomas
On behalf of Dig IN, a Taste of Indiana
Indiana’s favorite food festival – Dig IN, a Taste of Indiana – returns for the sixth year on Aug. 30, 2015 at White River State Park.
The farm-to-fork festival will feature more than 80 dishes and drinks prepared by some of the top chefs, food artisans, brewers and vintners from around the state.
“There’s no other event that brings together so many great Indiana chefs in one place, offering dishes that include local meats and off-the-vine produce grown and harvested right here in Indiana,” said Thom England, executive director of Dig IN.
A general-admission ticket for $35 ($45 after Aug. 23), includes all the samples, plus live performances by Indiana-based musical groups. It’s a menu like no other.
Try pickled shrimp with fried toast, pancetta mac & cheese, watermelon soup or grilled peach shortcake with wildflower Ridge Honey lavender crème.
There will be smoked beef, sweet corn (and street corn), pork carnitas with avocado mousse and fresh, stuffed tomatoes. Plus, there will be plenty of drink options to wash it all down, including more than 15 Indiana craft breweries.
The event is noon to 5 p.m., but an early admission ticket for $60 gets visitors in to begin tastings at 11 a.m. Or, for the ultimate VIP Experience for $120, you’ll get to savor your tastings in an air-cooled tent, plus get rare and reserve beer and wines, and enjoy additional foods prepared by Bluebeard, Milktooth, Recess and FARM Bloomington.
Purchase tickets in advance online at www.digindiana.org, or at the gate.
Following is the list of participants and the dishes they’ll be serving on Aug. 30:
FOOD SAMPLES
18 on the Square – Pulled Pork and smoked sweet corn salsa
240sweet Artisan Foodworks – BBQ goat and sweet corn cake
Bee Coffee Roasters – Crimson Coffee Soda
Bea’s Soda Bar – Honey Blossom Crème Soda
Cerulean – Corn Pound Cake with Mango and Lime
Citizen Hash – Tijuana Bacon Street Corn
Circle City Soups – Pintxo of Mushroom and Goat Cheese
Circle City Sweets – Grilled Peach Shortcake with Wildflower
Ridge Honey Lavender Creme
Cobblestone Grill – Pork Carnitas with avocado mousse, sweet
corn relish and cilantro green tomatillo salsa
Delicia & La Mulita – Carnitas with yogurt-tomatillo salsa
Duo’s Indy – Scnabeltier Raclette with Heirloom Potato and House
Pickle
Fresh Artistry – Hoosier stuffed tomatoes
Gates Catering – Sweet Corn Gnocchi with Grilled Fischer Farms Pork Belly, Blistered Anaheim Peppers and Traders Point Fleur de la Terre
Goose the Market and The Smoking Goose – Smoked Beef Sammy
J. Ford’s Black Angus – Oriental Brisket Steamed Buns with Pickled Chilies, Honey Ginger Scallion Mayo and Cilantro Greens
Joseph Decuis – Wagyu Manga Meatball Bahn Mi
Just Rennie’s Cookie Company – Just Rennie’s Cookies
Lasalle Grill – Braised and Chilled Maple Leaf Farms Duck Breast
Late Harvest Kitchen/The North End BBQ – Rabbit Sausage with Giardiniera and Country Mustard
Local Eatery and Pub – Chicken and its lunch…. Cured, Braised and Grilled Chicken Drummettes, Corn Meal, Bacon Root Vegetable Gravy
Meridian – Hot Brown-Roasted Turkey, Bacon Jam, Mornay Sauce, White Bread, Tomato Salad
Mesh – Pickled Shrimp with Fried Toast
Napolese – Heirloom Tomatoes & Cottage Cheese
Natural Born Juicers – Live at the BBQ
Northside Social & Kitchenette – Pancetta Mac & Cheese
Nourish – Duck Confit Chilaquiles
OAKLEYS bistro – Red Chile Braised Duck w/a Scallion Masa Pancake and Lime Cilantro Crema
One World Catering – Goose with the Golden Egg – Saffron Pickled Egg, Smoking Goose Salumi, Raita, Tulip Tree Tuile
Peterson’s Restaurant – Trout In a Fur Coat
R2GO + R bistro – Confit of chicken thighs, watermelon soup + watermelon salad
Severin Bar – Stone Ground Grit Bar
Scratchtruck – Blackstrap Molasses & Sriracha Pulled Pork
Shoefly Public House – Peri Peri Roasted Sweet Corn
Soulshine Market – Sweet Potato Shawarma
Spire Farm-to-Fork Cuisine – Mushroom Ragout with Gnocchi, Jowl Bacon and Smoked Corn Coulis
Spice Box – Chicken Panache
Taxman Gastropub – Cheese and cracker
The Loft Restaurant at Traders Point Creamery – Composition of Tomatoes, Farmers Cheese and Indigenous Sunflowers
The Oceanaire Seafood Room – Roasted Elk with Corn and Pickled Jalapeño
Tinker Street Restaurant and Wine Bar – Tomato gazpacho with Watermelon Relish
Tulip Noir – Chilled Sweet corn Buttermilk soup
Union 50 – Beer-Braised Serrano Lamb Sausage
Valley Kitchen & Bar – Brush Your Shoulders Off
CRAFT BREWERIES:
Barley Island
Bent Rail
Black Acre
Bloomington Brewing Co.
Brugge
Daredevil
Scarlet Lane
Sun King
Taxman
Three Floyds
Tin Man
Triton Brewing Company
WINERIES:
Blackhawk Winery
Country Heritage Winery
Easley Winery
Heagy Vineyards
Hopwood Cellars
Mallow Run Winery
New Day Craft
Rettig Hill
Schnabeliter
Simmons Winery
Thomas Family
WHAT:
Dig IN, a Taste of Indiana 2015
WHEN:
Aug. 30, 2015, Noon to 5 p.m.
WHERE:
White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St., Indianapolis
TICKETS:
ww.digindiana.org and at the gate, while they last
$35 for General Admission ($45 after Aug. 23)
$60 for Early Admission at 11 a.m.
$120 for the Ultimate VIP Experience, including:
• Parking in nearby underground garage
• Climate-controlled luxury restrooms
• Air-cooled tent
• Rare and reserve beers and wines available exclusive for VIPs
• Bistro table seating
INFO:
www.digindiana.org, 317-363-4625
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