2008 Napa Valley Mustard Festival
In their words,
The Napa Valley Mustard Festival celebrates its fifteenth season of sensational events in the year 2008. This two month season, during which fields, vineyards, and hillsides are vibrant with wild mustard in bloom, celebrates the rich, unique agricultural and cultural bounty of Napa Valley – and YOU ARE INVITED!
Okay, the guy up above is standing among domesticated mustard plants, not the wild ones. I know, I know, but I would venture a guess that there will be mountains of domesticated mustard consumed in Napa while
mustard the condiment shares center stage with mustard in bloom throughout the season – appearing at events and in mustard recipes, from entrées to desserts.
Put that way – mustard the condiment – I hear rounds of thunder in the distance and have an urge to prostrate myself before the mighty seed. Powerful stuff. I don’t see much mention of sandwiches at this extravaganza – too plebian perhaps – but there is a dance! Looks a little rich for me, all the way around, although I could justify mustard flavored lipstick application and an ochre pedicure were I to be invited.
Slip a few jars of mustard swag into my bag while I’m at it…..
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