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WELCOME
he Loomis Basin eggplant pakara, eggplant all the young people.

T Chamber of Com-
merce is proud to
welcome you, your family
tacos, eggplant salad to
eggplant shooters and
more. Frosty-cold beer,
Don’t miss the Quad
Jumper, Teacup, 50-foot
slide, face painting, free
and your friends to the Margaritas and tasty bev- craft booths, “Eggonopo-
23nd Annual Loomis Egg- erages for every taste will lis 500” Pine Derby race,
plant Festival. also be available. Little Sprout Fashion
Our festival celebrates The Chamber offers Show and on and on.
the beautiful Loomis local businesses an We are egg-specially
Basin and South Placer opportunity to introduce excited about the Wine
County with an egg-stra- themselves in the Show- Tasting Garden and
ordinary day of events, case, which includes a Avenue of Art. Nine
arts, crafts, food, wine Farmers Market and a wineries from The Placer
tasting and free entertain- Home & Garden Show- County Wine & Grape
ment from start to finish. case. Be sure to sign up for Association will be pour-
There is no admission or the numerous raffles and ing for a nominal fee.
parking fee for our festi- free gifts in this area. Artists, from the Autumn
val. The Little House of Egg- Art Tour, will be featured
Randy Peter’s Catering plant is the place to get in the Avenue of Art.
will be serving “5 Star-rat- our 2010 Eggplant Festival We look forward to wel-
ed” eggplant dishes all and vintage trademark coming you to the beauti-
day long, a real favorite of merchandise. The variety ful Loomis Basin, and we
our festival guests. Other of T-shirts, aprons, visors, hope you enjoy your visit
excellent food vendors travel cups and postcards with us as we celebrate
will be offering everything will make wonderful gifts the lovely purple veg-
from an eggplant break- for you and your family etable, the eggplant.
fast burrito, panko egg- and friends.
plant and prawn basket, The Kid/Teen Zone will ~ The Loomis Basin Chamber
eggplant curry, lumpia, be the happening spot for of Commerce

WHAT’S INSIDE
Schedule of Events......................................... 4

Site map.......................................................... 6

Grower profile................................................8

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FRIDAY, OCT. 1
Pre-Festival Celebration
Mixer
6 to 8 p.m., hosted by Wells
Fargo Loomis, inside
Raley’s, at 3680 Taylor
Road, next to Christensen’s
Saddlery. All vendors are
invited and encouraged to
attend.
SATURDAY, OCT. 2
Pancake Breakfast
7 to 10 a.m. at 5840 Horse-
shoe Bar Rd. Loomis Fire-
fighters will be hosting a
sumptuous feast. Breakfast
items include pancakes,
eggs, sausage, orange juice
and coffee. Donations will
be greatly appreciated.
Opening Ceremonies
8:45 to 9:15 a.m. The Del
Oro Golden Eagle Marching
Band will parade from
Webb Street to the Train
Depot roundabout.
Best of Chef Cooking
Contest - 10 to 10:30 a.m.
Professional & Amateur
Divisions. Appetizer or Main
Course. Submit an eggplant
dish for approximately 10
tastes to Chef’s Booth. Con-
ceal name of contestant on
bottom of plate. Give brief
description of recipe. Clearly
indicate category/division.
Winners receive “2010 Egg-
plant Festival Best of Chef
Plaque of Recognition.”
“The Little Sprout” Fashion
Show
11:15 a.m. Boys and girls
ages 0-10 years are wel-
come to participate in this
event, hosted by Camelot
Costumes. Simple qualifica-
Schedule of Events
tion: Wear purple and/or
green clothing. First 30 par-
ticipants will receive a “Pur-
ple Reign” ribbon. Check in
between 10 and 11 a.m. at
Purple Reign Stage, next to
Blue Goose Corn Maze.
Pine Derby “Eggonopolis
500”
12:15 p.m. Bring your own
pine derby with a decorated
eggplant driver. Categories:
Kids ages 0-13, Adults, Busi-
ness. Check in between 11
a.m. to 12 p.m. at Webb
Street.
Entertainment — Three
Stages
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
Main Stage will highlight a
wide variety of talent from
musicians, multi-cultural
dancers, a marshal artist,
and other amateur perform-
ing troupes.
10:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
Wine Garden will host a
jazz stage for the sophisti-
cated musical palette. There
will be picnic tables for your
convenience and relaxation.
2 to 5 p.m. The Purple
Reign Stage, next to the
Blue Goose Corn Maze, will
feature a local favorite, The
Stephen Charles Band.
Stephen Charles, a veteran
performer and recording
artist, along with his musi-
cal friends Scott “Speedo”
Henson, Pat “Cowboy” Pip-
is, Stephen “Ivory” Cook
and Kimberly “Sweet
Cheeks” Henson, deliver
top-quality entertainment.
They have a great list of
top-charted cover songs as
well as their own popular
original rockin’ country
songs played by a tight
five-member band. Soropti-
mist International of the
Loomis Basin will be host-
ing a Margarita Bar.
Wine Tasting
The Wine Garden will be
open all day. Nine Placer
County Wine & Grape Asso-
ciation wineries will be
pouring their award-win-
ning wines and most winer-
ies will have a booth where
you can purchase wine to
take home and share with
family and friends. Check
out their websites to learn
about their wine, locations
and hours of operation. We
encourage you to eat, drink
and think local. Visit pcw-
ga.org/wineries_map to
locate these fine wineries: MARTHA GARCIA • GOLD COUNTRY NEWS SERVICE
Casque Wines (casque Two youngsters sit pretty in the Wells Fargo Stagecoach during last year’s Eggplant Festival.
wines.com); Fawnridge This year, festival attendees will again have the opportunity to sit in the stagecoach, and take
pictures, if they wish.
Winery (fawnridgewine.
com); Pescatore Vineyard Fly-tying Peters Catering: Spicy Egg- Multi-cultural: Lumpia, Egg-
and Winery (pesca- 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Demon- plant Garlic Dip and Pita plant Salad; C.M.B. Enterpris-
torewines.com); Rancho strations by Jim Victorine, Chips, Eggplant Burgers,Tri-tip es: Eggplant Pakara and Egg-
Roble Vineyard and Winery
“The Rod Doctor,” at The Sandwiches with Eggplant plant Curry; On the Wharf:
(ranchoroble.com); Secret
Little House of Eggplant. BBQ Sauce; Café Zorro: Egg- Eggplant Breakfast Burritos,
Ravine Vineyard and Winery
plant Shooters; Susuma Japan- Tempura Eggplant & Prawn
(secretravine.com) ; Villa
Kid Zone ese Steakhouse: Hibachi, Beef Baskets; plus all your tradition-
Fiorente - Ciotti Cellars; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There’s Eggplant, Chicken Eggplant; al festival foods.
Cristaldi Vineyards; Fortezza plenty of fun for all: Quad
Winery; Popie by Duarte Jumper; 50’ Slide; Tea Cups
Family Vineyards (vil- for kids-adults; Pine Derby
lafiorente.com). “Eggonopolis 500” — Bring
your own pine derby with
Avenue of Art
an eggplant driver; “The Lit-
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Brenda
tle Sprout” Fashion Show;
Dominguez, winner of the
Free Make & Take arts and
2010 Eggplant Festival logo
crafts; Petting Zoo; Join the
contest, will be on hand to scavenger hunt hosted by
sign posters and show her
the Chamber — Prizes for
art. Don’t miss His Vessel of
every participant, while sup-
Clay potter and clay artist
plies last; Blue Goose Corn
Millie Beatie, Talkin’ Rocks Meet 2010
Maze next to the fruit shed.
by Kevin Schmetzer, and cover artist Brenda
Dominguez in the
handcrafted pens, jewelry, Good things to eat
Avenue of Art.
bottles and more. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Randy
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Eggplant Festival Map

EGGPLANT FESTIVAL

Webb Street
Main Food Kid’s Zone
Restrooms Loomis Stage Climbing Wall
Train Depot Specialties/Crafts Blue Goose Fruit Shed
Blue Goose
Lot A Corn Maze 50’ Slide
Avenue of Art
Farmers
Handicap Market General Vendors Quad
Parking Purple Reign Stage

Pine Derby
Jumper

Showcase
Beer/Food Food Tea Cups

Lot B Restrooms
Wild Jazz Stage
Chicken Home & Garden Lot C
Parking only

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Handicap

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Use eggplant in recipes that are ‘pure heaven’

“There’s more than one
way to cook an eggplant,”
said Gordon Poulsen, the
featured eggplant grower
for this year’s festival.
Poulsen, of Willow Creek
Ranch in Penryn, was
referring to eggplant
parmesan, the classic go-
to recipe. And, he said,
there are many different
varieties of eggplant that
can be cooked in an
assortment of recipes.
Poulsen suggests using
eggplant in a casserole of
pasta mixed with eggplant,
or fried eggplant drenched
in cornmeal and eaten
fresh from the skillet. You
can also let the fried egg-
plant cool and use it in an
eggplant sandwich.
“I’ve heard that people
make soup with it, too, but
I’ve never seen the recipe,”
he said.
Poulsen said once he
found there’s a demand for
eggplant at farmers mar-
kets, he started enlarging
his eggplant production.
“There’s probably over 300
plants now … over 15 vari-
eties … that I’m experiment-
ing to see which customers
like the best, and I like the
best, as far as growing.”
One of Poulsen’s
favorites is the Japanese-
style eggplant, which he
said he likes for its taste
and ease and versatility in
cooking. It can be used for
frying, baking and, when
cut lengthwise, in grilling.
“You add a little olive oil,
grill on the barbecue until
soft, drizzle with balsamic
vinegar, and it’s pure heav-
en,” he said.
Eggplant come in vari-
eties from the very round,
about 8 inches in diameter,
to the very large that grow
to over 3 pounds.
Eggplant colors are var-
ied, too, from deep black to
violet purples, to white,
Gordon Poulsen,
of Willow Creek
Ranch, and his
grandson, Gavin
O’Connell, grow
and sell over 15
varieties of egg-
plant. Poulsen is
the featured
eggplant grower
for the 2010
Loomis Eggplant
Festival.
MARTHA GARCIA • GOLD
COUNTRY NEWS SERVICE
which add to the plant’s ly flower garden and also
beauty and is another rea- enjoy the rewards of the
son to grow eggplant in a fruits.”
flower garden, Poulsen said. To pick up fresh egg-
“Edible landscape should plant and other produce
be a part of everyone’s from Willow Creek Ranch,
plan,” he said. visit Poulsen in the Blue
“People can have a love- Goose Produce booth.

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Weekends In October:
This year’s Pumpkin Patch
Placer County Supervisor, theme is...
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Sponsor Recognition
Thank You to our 2010
Eggplant Festival Sponsors
PLATINUM
Denio’s Farmers Market
Loomis News & Gold Country Media
Wave Broadband

DIAMOND
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GOLD
Placer County Board of Supervisors
SILVER
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Recology Auburn Placer

BRONZE
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Hebard Insurance, Inc.

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Fine Fashion Jewelry
Arbonne International Skincare
All Pets Boarding
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Cartè Jewelers
The Horton Iris Farm
David Cearlock Real Estate
Blue Goose Produce
Chamber Showcase
WHOSE SUPPORT HAS HELPED MAKE POSSIBLE THE 2010 LOOMIS EGGPLANT FESTIVAL
Raley’s Loomis Talkin’ Rocks Solar Universe Secret Ravine Winery
Town of Loomis Recology Placer County WAVE Broadband Del Oro High School Band
Loomis Basin Historical Society Café Zorro His Vessel of Clay Children’s House Montessori
Soroptimist of Loomis Basin A-Z Chimney Sweep & Screens Farmers Insurance Sierra Christian Academy
Randy Peters Catering Anytime Fitness Koinonia Family Services McLaughlin Studios
The Loomis News Simply Portraits Hi-Tech Collision Penryn Oaks Pre School
Kettle Korn Loomis Community Preschool Extreme Gymnastics Rejuvenate Day Spa
Skadoodles Aunt Cynthia’s Bed & Biscuit Inn Lighthouse Christian Center Wave Broadband
Crafty Treasures High Hand Nursery Woodbury Financial Services Bling In One
Tupperware A Chance for Bliss Holy Cross Lutheran Preschool Wells Fargo Loomis, Inside Raley’s
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