Lyman Orchards' Tastes of the Seasons

Get ready for the upcoming holiday season!

Enjoy cooking demonstrations, free tastings and holiday recipes created by our Apple Barrel Chefs! This free event begins at 10am. Plus, our Pick Your Own Apple Orchard will be open from 9am-4pm this week.


Kids’ Activities:
10:30 – 11:30: Children’s Crafts and Story Time with Levi E. Coe Library, Middlefield, CT. (Time is approx. Children may participate free of charge.)

Cooking Demonstrations: (subject to change)
10:15 Dilled Brussell Sprouts with Nodine’s Apple Smoked Bacon 
Presented by Sean Fox

10:45 Cooking with Butternut & Blue Hubbard Squash
Presented by Perishables Mgr Jim Watson

11:15 Turkey Roulade with Apple Cranberry Stuffing
Presented by Chef George Jones

11:45 Coconut Acorn Squash w/Lyman’s Orange Marmalade
Presented by Sean Fox

12:15 Homemade Turkey Soup
Presented by Jen Mayhew

12:45 Antico Pumpkin or Butternut Squash Ravioli, with a Butter Sage Sauce
Presented by Apple Barrel Retail Manager David Roberts

1:15 Chocolate Applesauce Bundt Cake
Presented by Bakery Manager Matt MacDowell

1:45 Sweet Breaded Parsnips
Presented by Perishables Manager Jim Watson

2:15 Turkey Waldorf Salad (subject to change)
Presented by Joann Wright

2:45 Turkey Carving Demonstration
Presented by Chef George Jones

3:15 Creamed Carrots
Presented by Perishables Manager Jim Watson

3:45 Edna Lyman’s Scalloped Apples
Presented by Chef Marc Gadoury

4:15 Apple Bread Pudding w/Kentucky Brown Sauce
Presented by Chef Marc Gadoury

Plus, we still have apples for picking in our orchard. Varieties include Empire, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Crispin, Rome, Jonagold, Braeburn and Ida Red! Pick Your Own Orchards are open 9am-4pm.