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Rhubarb Days Rhubarb Festival - May 18 & 19 (noon - 6 pm at 72 South 500 West and on Main Street) The Annual Rhubarb Festival, sponsored by Native Wines and area merchants, will be held from noon to 6 p.m. at the winery, 72 South 500 West. The event literally honors the rhubarb, a common garden plant used in making food products ranging from pies, bread and wine to jams, jellies and ice cream sauce. The festival will also include cheese and wine tasting plus a variety of foods and drinks made from rhubarb, including a new addition this year, "rhu-burgers." There will be contests for rhubarb eating and rhubarb pie baking and awards for the best food products in a variety of categories, judged by a panel of "food experts." There will also be an ugly truck contest, vendors, sidewalk sales, live music and activities. The "Rhubarb Queen" and "Defender of the Rhubarb" will also be crowned. A noon "Ugly Truck" parade down Main Street is also part of the Rhubarb Festival. The Rhubarb Festival was started several years ago by Native Wines owner Winnie Wood and Bob Sorenson and attracts crowds of visitors to the region each year. Native Wines uses locally grown and gathered fruit from heirloom trees, gardens and the countryside in its products. For more information, phone Native Wines at (435) 462-9261. |
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