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Historic Deerfield
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Press Release
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Immediate Release
Attn:Features, Arts and Food Editors
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Contact Michael
Busack 413-775-7175
Digital HI-RES
photos available upon request
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New
Name, Free Samples a Perfect Recipe for Sweetest Chocolate
Celebration Yet
Mars, Inc. signs on to
sponsor American Heritage ChocolateŽ
Celebration at Historic Deerfield, Sat,
Feb. 9
Special Event
Deerfield, Massachusetts - With Valentine's Day lurking just around the corner,
Historic Deerfield and Mars, Inc. are presenting a chocolate-covered
gift of "Historic" proportions. The fifth
annual event will now be called the American Heritage ChocolateŽ
Celebration and still include a packed day with delectable
chocolate treats, family-friendly activities and unique
demonstrations
"The American Heritage
Chocolate Celebration is growing with the Mars Company's increased
interest in Historic Deerfield and in the history of chocolate use in
early America,"
said Philip Zea, President of Historic Deerfield. "Great
history is what we're all about, and great chocolate puts the
icing on the cake!"
The celebration
will introduce visitors to American Heritage ChocolateŽ, a
re-creation of colonial American chocolate produced by the Historic
Division of Mars, Inc. Free samples of American Heritage ChocolateŽ
Sticks and Chocolate Spice Drinks will be handed out. The Historic
Deerfield Museum Store is one of only seven historical sites in North America to carry American Heritage ChocolateŽ
products.
In keeping with the spirit of this event, the Deerfield
Inn will offer a wide range of ŕ la carte chocolate delicacies, with food
and drinks being served between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Additional
family-friendly food choices will be served in the Terrace Cafe. All food
and drink sold separately.
In addition to assorted confectionery sampling and
family activities, the American Heritage ChocolateŽ Celebration
will showcase area professionals tracing the historical roots
of chocolate in America.
- Susan McLellan
Plaisted, Proprietress of Heart
to Hearth Cookery, will demonstrate traditional
methods for roasting cacao nibs over an open hearth and
grinding them on a stone metate.
- Bob Heiss,
specialty food buyer and co-owner of Cooks Shop Here in Northampton, MA,
will host "Chocolate Tastings from around the World,"
where visitors can taste chocolates from Ecuador
to Madagascar.
- Amherst College
History Professor Rick Lopez will offer lectures on the history of
chocolate in Meso-America.
- Amanda Lange,
Historic Deerfield's Curator of Historic Interiors, will offer
lectures on the history of chocolate in Early New England.
- Steve Smithers, a local silversmith, will create an authentic
reproduction of Historic Deerfield's 18th Century silver
chocolate pot
The
American Heritage ChocolateŽ Celebration will take place at Historic
Deerfield on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Special Event
admission of $14 for adults, $5 for youth (6-21), under 6 and members
free. The Deerfield Inn will open from 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., with food
tickets sold separately. Visitors will receive a free gift
with membership in the Friends of Historic Deerfield by purchasing
it on Sat., Feb. 9, and receive free admission to the event! For more
information please call 413-775-7214, or log on to
www.historic-deerfield.org.
Visitors
to Historic Deerfield's Museum Store on Saturday, Feb. 9, will receive
10% off books and merchandise, and enjoy free samples of chocolate
confections available for purchase in the store. The Museum Store will be
open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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About Historic Deerfield
Historic
Deerfield (www.historic-deerfield.org) is a nationally
recognized museum offering tours of period houses and the Flynt Center of
Early New England Life. Now featuring exhibitions:
- "Engraved Powder Horns from
the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William
H. Guthman Collection," extended through December 31, 2008.
- "The Write Stuff: The Material
Culture of Literacy," through March 23, 2008.
- Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The
Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery," a permanent exhibition with
changing elements.
Historic
Deerfield also offers fine dining and lodging at the 1884 Deerfield Inn (www.deerfieldinn.com), and shopping at the Museum
Store (www.deerfieldstore.com). Please call
413-775-7214 for museum information and program schedule.
Winter Hours From
January 5, 2008 to March 23, 2008 the Flynt Center of Early New England
Life is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Historic Deerfield's museum houses are closed to the public during the
winter months (January-March), although pre-arranged tours-by-appointment
and group tours can be scheduled by calling 413-775-7132.
 American
Heritage ChocolateŽ
The authentic American Heritage ChocolateŽ
recipe has been developed by Mars, Inc. in cooperation with the Colonial
Chocolate Society, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Fort
Ticonderoga, Historic Division of Mars, Inc., and the University of
California at Davis. It is available in seven different historic
locations across America including the Historic Deerfield Museum Store.
To learn more about American Heritage ChocolateŽ please visit www.americanheritagechocolate.com
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Historic Deerfield is a member
of Museums10, a partnership
of ten outstanding museums - Amherst College Museum of Natural History,
Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens, The Eric Carle
Museum of Picture Book Art, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Historic
Deerfield, Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College Art
Museum, National Yiddish Book Center, Smith College Museum of Art, and
the University Gallery at UMass Amherst - in one gorgeous place: the
Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. For more information about Museums10, please visit www.museums10.org.
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Historic
Deerfield
www.historic-deerfield.org
80 Old
Main Street, P.O. Box 321
Deerfield,
Massachusetts 01342
T:
413-775-7175
F:
413-775-7220
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