Summer fare at Summervale Credit: Courtesy of The Interval Ecenter

In Burlington, the Intervale Center kicks off its Thursday evening summer soirées with eats from Farmers & Foragers, the Farmhouse Tap & Grill and American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, as well as a local bread tasting organized by Slow Food Vermont. To drink: seasonal suds from Zero Gravity Craft Brewery and ginger-tinged sippers by Halyard Brewing. Live music is provided by N’Goni Dub Trio.

Summervale: Thursdays through August 30, 5:30-8 p.m., the Intervale Center, Burlington. Cost of food and drink. Info, intervale.org/summervale.

More food events

Grafton Food & Spirits Festival: Events including a kids’ burger bash and a seven-course Italian supper with renowned chef Michele Scicolone mark the schedule of an all-day festival celebrating Vermont food and beverages. Saturday, July 7, various locations, Grafton. Price varies by event. Info, graftonfoodfestival.com.

Second Annual Backyard Boil: Resort visitors head to the back 40 for Louisiana crawfish, steamed mussels, andouille sausages, live music and lawn games. Sunday, July 8, 1-4 p.m., the Essex Culinary Resort & Spa. $19.96-39.95. Info, 800-727-4295, essexresort.com.

Celebrate Your Farmer Social: The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont’s mobile pizza oven rolls into South Royalton for an afternoon of friendly, organically inspired chatter and farm tours. Wednesday, July 11, 5:30-8 p.m., Hurricane Flats, South Royalton. $10 suggested donation. Info, nofavt.org.

This article appears in The Cartoon Issue 2018.

Hannah Palmer Egan was a Seven Days food writer from 2014-2019. She was a 2017 James Beard Journalism Award finalist for her coverage of Vermont's food and agriculture industries, and received food writing awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. She lives in northeast Pennsylvania with her family, where she works in the outdoor lifestyle and adventure tourism industry.