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Breitenbach's annual Dandelion Festival will take place this year on Friday April 30 from noon-7 and Saturday May 1, 2010 from 9-7. This festival provides fun and many activities for the entire family. Dandelion wine sampling, cellar tours and live entertainment are scheduled for both days.
On May 1 at noon, children will enjoy the dandelion picking contest and making their own dandelion jelly. Children should gather in front of the purple barn. This year folks will be able to make their own dandelion pizzas! Dandelion sausage, dandelion bread, dandelion gravy, dandelion lasagna, dandelion ice cream and dandelion sangria will be available both Friday and Saturday!
The Great Dandelion Cookoff- May 1 at 2pmThe 17th Annual Great Dandelion Cookoff will be a major part of the festivities. Creative dandelion dishes provide tasty samplings while participants compete for cash awards. The Great Dandelion Cookbook is now available for $8.00 plus tax and shipping. We have collected recipes from 16 years of cookoffs and now you can try it at home! Call 1-800-THE-WINE to order.

Dandelions are great in food, they are fun to pick and they can beautify your life. Our juried dandelion arts and craft show features beautiful handmade jewelry, oil and watercolor paintings, candles, hand-made soaps (including dandelion soap), books about dandelions and much more. Also, learn about cooking with dandelions and the healthful benefits dandelions give us.
Greg Chek will be preparing Dandelion Pizza at 10:30 in the purple barn. Ruth Hale from "April Showers Greenhouse" will lecture on the healthful benefits at 11:30. At 12:30 Cheryl Cohen from Taste of Home Cooking School will have cooking demonstartions. She will be preparing "Dandelion Crescent Pie" and "Blueberry Medley Salad with Dandelion Greens". All of the food in the demonstrations will be available for sampling.

In the Dandelion May Run, runners compete for cash prizes. The course is 3.5 miles through beautiful, hilly Amish Country. Registration for the run begins at 7:30a.m. on May 1. Be sure to stay afterward and enjoy the festival! Click here to view the application for the Dandelion May Run!
Entertainment Schedule
Friday, April 30
*Ren from 12-3
*Reb and Tim from 4-7
Saturday , May 1
*Patchwork Nancy from 11-3
*Gary Lee from 10-3
*Ren from 12-3
*Scott Paris and "Magic Cookies" from 4-7
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