The Taste of Cave Creek September 29, 2010

***Town of Cave Creek Official News Advisory***
THE TASTE OF CAVE CREEK
Wed., Sept. 29th and Thu., Sept. 30th • 4 p.m.-10 p.m.
Stagecoach Village • 7100 E. Cave Creek Road • Cave Creek Arizona

Featuring 25+ Cave Creek area restaurants • Fine art and craft exhibits • Wine tastings • Craft beer garden and tastings • Hot air balloon launches • Cooking demonstrations by chefs Kevin Binkley of Binkley’s, Aaron Geister of Tonto Bar & Grill and Mad Coyote Joe • Live jazz music • Live country music and much more

Presented by: The Town of Cave Creek

Benefitting: The Cave Creek Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce, the Cave Creek Film & Arts Festival, Arizona MusicFest, and the Sonoran Arts League

Tickets: $10, at the gate. Also available at participating restaurants. Food tastings from $1-$4 each.

Reader/viewer contact: Visit www.TasteOfCaveCreek.com, www.CaveCreek.org.

Participating restaurants include: Alberto’s • Bad Donkey • Bart’s Indian Village • Big Earl’s Greasy Eats • Binkley’s • Brix Wine Spot • Bryan’s BBQ • Buffalo Chip Saloon • Café Bink • Carefree Station • Carefree Resort & Villas • Cartwright’s • Cody’s • Dairy Queen • El Encanto • Firecreek • Harold’s Cave Creek Corral • Heart & Soul Café • Hideaway • Horny Toad • Janey’s Coffee House • Joey’s of Chicago • Le Sans Souci • Los Mesquites Taqueria • Marzano’s • Saba’s • Silver Spur • Tonto Bar & Grill

Event organizers expect an average of 5,000 attendees each evening.
 Wednesday Highlights - Live jazz music with select musicians from Arizona Music Fest
 Thursday Highlights - Live country music
 Both days feature delicious tastings from more than 25+ Cave Creek area restaurants.
 Fine art exhibit and sale from the Sonoran Arts League and exhibit by the Cave Creek Film & Arts Festival
 Live cooking demonstrations with renowned chefs Kevin Binkley of Binkley’s, Aaron Geister of Tonto Bar & Grill and Mad Coyote Joe.
 Craft beer garden and wine, beer and tequila tastings
 Fine arts and crafts marketplace
 Exhibits featuring select pieces from the Sonoran Arts League, the Cave Creek Film & Arts Festival and more.
 Hot air balloon glow, renewable energy demonstrations by APS and other events for the entire family.

Nightly cooking demonstrations:
6pm Mad Coyote Joe
7pm Chef Aaron Geister, Tonto Bar & Grill
8pm Chef Kevin Binkley, Binkley’s and Café’ Bink

Wednesday’s Arizona Musicfest jazz music lineup:
4-6pm The Joel Robin Band with Delphine Cortez
6-7pm Michael Kocour and the ASU Jazz Septet
7-8pm Eric Rasmussen Jazz Band
8-9:15pm Michael Kocour and the ASU Jazz Septet
9:15-10:00pm The Eric Rasmussen Jazz Band

Thursday’s rock, blues and country lineup:
From 4-10pm
Chicks with Picks
Rondavous Band- Country Variety
Double D Band - Blues
The Sydni Budelier Band -Rock-Alternative

Hot Air Balloon Glows – Nightly, at sunset.
Sonoran Arts League Exhibit and Marketplace – Daily, 4-10pm
Cave Creek Film & Arts Exhibit – Daily, 4-10pm

A sampling of Taste of Cave Creek menu items:
 Alberto’s – Bruschetta and porchetta
 Bad Donkey – Pizza and ice cream
 Big Earl’s Greasy Eats – Lil’ Earl Burgers and sweet potato fries
 Binkley’s – Green apple soda float; shrimp ceviche with melon, Fresno chili and kiwi
 Binkley’s – Chef Kevin Binkley’s cooking demonstration at 8pm each evening
 Bryan’s Barbeque – Pulled pork sliders and olive coleslaw
 Buffalo Chip – Pit smoked beef; pulled pork; grilled chicken; cowboy beans, quick draw coleslaw and honey butter biscuits
 Café’ Bink – Sloppy Joes and French fries
 Café’ Bink – Chef Kevin Binkley’s cooking demonstration at 8pm each evening
 Carefree Resort & Conference Center – Pork tostadas on Wednesday & creamy polenta with short ribs and glaze sauce on Thursday.
 Cartwright’s Sonoran Ranch House – Buffalo sausage with guajillo spiced slaw and mustard spaetzle; campfire s’more with housemade ganache and marshmallow.
 Cody’s – Green chili macaroni & cheese; sweet chili salmon; marinated tri-tip and mini crab cakes.
 El Encanto - Cerviche and chicken empanadas with a chipotle sauce.
 Firecreek Coffee – Locally roasted coffee; barely legal brownies; rosemary turkey breast sandwich featuring roasted turkey breast, smoked gouda, baby spinach, Roma tomatoes, roasted red peppers and rosemary aioli on a toasted bun.
 Heart & Soul Café – Rustic pie bites with Italian sausage, spinach and cheese; bananas nachos with caramelized bananas; green pork chili
 Harold’s Cave Creek Corral – Pork ribs and southwest coleslaw
 The Hideaway – Cold adult beverages
 Horny Toad – Strawberry shortcake
 Indian Village – Tacos, chimichangas, fry bead and more
 Los Mesquites Taqueria – Mini fish tacos, red chili pork, green chili pork
 Mad Coyote Joe – cooking demonstrations at 6pm each evening
 Marzano’s – Italian food
 Tonto Bar & Grill – Pan seared ahi tuna on Asian salad with soy pearls, wasabi peas, and Asian vegetables
 Tonto Bar & Grill – Chef Aaron Geister will be demonstrating how to clean and cook nopale pad and cholla bud salad, along with an ancho chili-prickly pear BBQ sauce.