Celebrate Local Food Week at Rue Dumaine as they feature a Friday lunch menu filled with products grown and purchased locally.

Roasted sweet potato* soup with house cured pancetta -$4.5

Swiss chard*-goat cheese* pie-$6.5

Grilled fresh fish (TBD), olive oil crushed purple potatoes*, arugula*, and tomato*-almond relish -$11

Pan-seared chicken livers*, agri-dolce relish*, roasted potatoes*, and wilted kale*-$12

Curried chicken* salad sandwich on sesame semolina bread* with bibb lettuce*, and crudité* -$9

Apple*-quince* galette -$4.5

*Miami Valley grown or produced

Madison’s Bistro Local Food Menu includes:

Fall Squash Chowder – $3.95
Pears, Roasted, Fried, Frisée, Prosciutto, Balsamic Vinaigrette – $6.95
Chicken & Butternut Squash Risotto – $12.95
Apple, Pear and Dried Cranberry Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream – $6.95
or the entire 4 courses for $26.95

You can make reservations by calling 435-7080 or online at
www.madisonsbistro.com

Other restaurants serving local menu’s this week include Coco’s Bistro, Pacchia and Rue Dumaine. “We think it’s important for people to understand that there is an amazing bounty of fresh, locally grown food available right here in the Miami Valley,” said Noreen Willhelm, chair of Miami Valley Grown. “Whether you’re looking for chicken, honey, pumpkins, cheeses, fish, sausage or collard greens, you can find it within a 50-mile radius of Dayton.”

For the last few years, food advocates have been working to introduce their own communities to the concept of supporting local growers and food producers, in an effort to reduce the need to ship food across the country and to highlight the flavors and variety of regional produce.

“It’s a question of food security,” Willhelm said. “When we buy locally, we know where our food is coming from and where it’s been and there’s much less likelihood that the supply can be disrupted.” The movement really took off in 2008 when gas prices in the United States spiked, causing significant price increases to cover the cost of shipping food from places like California to Ohio.

For other Local Food Week activities, please visit Miami Valley Grown