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LONGMONT FOOD NEWS: DOWN ON THE FARM

● Journey Culinary (706 Kimbark St.), the Longmont cultural cooking school, offers a Persian Tea Experience July 22 with chef Bahar Godhousi

● Ollin Farms (8627 N. 95th St., #7718, Longmont) hosts a series of farm dinners including July 29 (Whistling Boar Catering), Aug. 19 (Magic Food Bus) and Oct. 7 (La Vita Bella).

● Longmont Food Rescue provides free fresh produce — no questions ever asked — every second Sunday of the month at noon in the parking lot of the Longmont YMCA (950 Lashley St).

● While the French-accented bistro inside Longmont’s Cheese Importers Warehouse (103 Main St.) hasn’t reopened since the pandemic, the epic culinary destination is now hosting food trucks from Hurry 4 Curry to Wheels on Fire Pizza almost every day in its backyard patio.

● Longmont-based Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures has received a rare accolade as a recommended “experience maker” from Condé Nast Traveler. The magazine notes: “Though the market for culinary travel has certainly grown since the early years, no one has been able to match the depth and dimension of [Markel’s] programs. She has now expanded to India, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Scotland and new destinations in Italy.”

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