Festival highlights food businesses and urban agriculture

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Art Show & Italian Food Festival: Katya Vadim Greco celebrates her 24th anniversary of arrival in the United States as an immigrant from Ukraine with an art show of more than 100 of her works, plus homemade Italian cuisine. 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Katya Vadim Greco Art Studio/Gallery, Swissvale. katyavgrecoart.

Taste of Lawrenceville: Breweries, restaurants and local shops offer drinks, food and more, plus live music. Vendors include 11th Hour, Arsenal Cider, Cinderlands, Franktuary, Merchant Oyster Co., Hop Farm, Ki music, beer garden, kids’ Ramen, Ki Pollo, Round games, crafters, more. 4 to 10 Corner Cantina, Alida’s, https://p.m.Friday; 11 a.m. to 10 Stateside Vodka, Lawrenceville p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 Distilling, The Abbey p.m. Sunday at Seven on Butler Street, The Springs Mountain Resort in Candle Lab and more. Noon Champion, Somerset to 5 p.m. Sunday at Bay 41, County. $7 admission; free Lawrenceville. Free admission; for ages 11 and under. vendors sell items a al Crafton-Ingram Rotary 7springs.com/events/ribwingcarte. eventbrite.com (searchfestival/. Rib Fest: Baby back ribs for“Taste of Lawrenceville”). dinner ($20), chicken dinner Pittsburgh VegFest: ($18), raffles, auctions, llama Vegetarian and vegan food, plop and door prizes. 4 to 7 vegan product vendors, rescue p.m. Thursday at Crafton animals, live music, children’s Park. rotarydistrict7300. activities. 11 a.m. to 5org/event/26th-annualp.m. Saturday at Alleghenyrib---chicken-fest/. Commons Park East, North

Rusyn Food Festival: Side. Free admission.pittsburghvegfest.org. Carpatho-Rusyn foods, including pierogies, halushki, Vine of the Valley Wine kielbasa, stuffed cabbage, Festival: Local wines, food borscht, potato-bean sour trucks, shopping, games, cream soup, summer salads, live music and more. 3 to 8 nut rolls, apricot rolls, fruitand p.m. Saturday at Wright cheese-filled crepes, Field at Veterans Park, Rusyn donuts and more, Beaver Falls. $30. pushbeavercounty.org/vine-of-thevalleyplus vendors of Rusyn ethnic items. 4 to 6 p.m. Friday (frozen foods and takeout Act I Winefest:com/WineSamples items only), and 11 a.m. to 6 from local wineries, other p.m. Saturday (take out or vendors and more. 2 to 5 p.m. eat in), at St. John the Baptist Saturday at Red Barn Orthodox Church, Ambridge. Theater in Fombell. $20; $5 724-462-3942. for designated drivers and

Rib & Wing Festival: those under age 21. Benefits Rib and wing vendors, live Red Barn Players.redbarnplayers.

Farming might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Homewood or any other city neighborhood. But an upcoming festival will celebrate the growing importance that urban agriculture has in Homewood with lots of free food.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden’s second annual Homewood Good Food Festival will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday in the 7100 block of Kelly Street. This year the Good Food Festival is the kickoff event for Homewood’s annual threeday Harambee Black Arts crowd about their missions. Festival. Admission is free. Information:

Lauren Delorenze,Information: Phipps’ community outreach www.phipps.conservatory. coordinator, said theorg/calendar/detail/ festival is meant to showcase homewood-good-food-festival. urban agriculture organizations as well as restaurants and caterers working in Homewood.

“If someone from Shadyside comes out and is looking for a caterer for a wedding, maybe they’ll try something” at the Good Food Festival and get connected with a Homewood business, she said. “It’s a platform for Homewood business to get their names out.”

The festival is also based on the concept of “harvest festivals,” where communities come together to celebrate the harvest, she said. Phipps hatched the Good Food Festival idea as a result of working with Homewood urban agriculture organizations in other contexts, she said. Homewood organizations at the festival will be Grow Pittsburgh, Sankofa and Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers Cooperative. Food vendors are IV Seasons Barbecue, 7 Senses Catering, Balafon, Dana’s Bakery, The Dream BBQ, Everyday Cafe, Honey Bees, Indulge Catering, Jackie’s Catering, Kalvin’s Kitchen, Ms. Sandy’s Kitchen, Ola Mandley, Soul Ice and Tanya’s Catering.

Ms. Delorenze said she has encouraged each vendor to bring an item they’re best known for as well as a secondary, healthier item. All food will be offered as free samples from 2 to 6 p.m., with the exception of some fresh fruits and vegetables that will be sold. Some of the vendors will stay on site to sell food for the Soul-Stepping Parade, which immediately follows the food festival. Organizers are planning for about 300 attendees.

The Pittsburgh Food Policy Council and Phipps are the major sponsors. Other organizations such as 412 Food Rescue, Just Harvest and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will have booths to help connect attendees with food resources and inform the

Festivals Dinners

Dawson Orchards Farm Dinner: Chef Dustin Gardner of Casbah crafts a multicourse dinner with seasonal produce; ticket includes welcome drinks, appetizers and an orchard tour. 6 p.m. Saturday at Dawson’s Orchards, Enon Valley, Lawrence County, $105. (Future dinners feature Chef Lily Tran of Soba, Aug. 18; Chef Kevin Hermann of The Porch, Aug. 25; Chef Eli Wahl of Eleven, Sept. 8; and Chef Sam Michael of Palate, Sept. 15).dawsonsorchards.com/farm-dinners/.

Sweet & Savory Farm Dinner: Five-course sweet and savory dinner with wine pairings. 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Root and Heart Farm, West Deer. $85. eventbrite.com (search for “Sweet & Savory FarmDinner).

Jamison Lamb Dinner: Chef Eliza Jamison prepares a four-course dinner featuring lamb three ways: lamb tartare, pastrami lamb tongue and lamb loin and belly, plus sheep’s milk panna cotta for dessert. 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Muddy Waters Oyster Bar, East Liberty. $75; $100 with wine pairing. eventbrite.com (search for “Jamison Lamb Dinner”).

Other food events

Urban Foraging Walk: Learn which plants are weeds and which are lunch. 2 p.m. Sunday starting at Mount Washington Library Overlook. eventbrite.com (search for “Urban Foraging Walk”).

Appalachian Flavors with Miriam Rubin: Cookbook author and Post-Gazette food writer Miriam Rubin shares traditional Appalachian recipes to celebrate the summer harvest, such as tomato gravy and buttermilk cucumber salad. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Carnegie Library, Oakland. Free. carnegielibrary.org/ event/hands-workshop-series Free.