Thank you to everyone who made Stew Fest 2024 a great success! We had over 120 attendees and raised more than $3,500! See you next year at Stew Fest 2025!

An annual event to support scholarships and operations at the Stew Makerspace.

About:

STEW FEST ‘24 - February 3rd, 5:30 PM

GRINNELL ARTS CENTER, 926 BROAD ST

Help support the Stew Makerspace at this delicious fundraiser!

Entry: $15

Community chefs will cook a variety of stews, soups, chilis, and more for you to sample! Also crackers, chips, and lemonade. Bring your appetite!
Vote for your favorite stew!
Bid in a silent auction featuring the work and services of local artists!
Wine available (for donation)

Schedule:

Doors open at 5:30 PM, food served until 7:00 PM
Stew Chef coronation 7:00 PM
Silent auction bid winners announced 7:15 PM

All funds raised from this event go to support the Stew Makerspace, which helps us keep patron fees low for community members and free for Grinnell High School students.

The Stews:

V = Vegetarian Vg = Vegan

Broccoli cream soup (V) - by Grace Couture
- A hearty, healing vegetarian stew packed with veggies, cream, and love.
Christmastime Potato Leek Soup - by Jordan Esbrook
- A decadent holiday tradition from our family with love!
Mystery Mushroom Medley (V) - by Lisa Bacon
- Foraged fungi provided by forests, farms and food purveyors from the banks of the Mississippi to the shores of the Pacific. Presented in an homage to Eastern European style cuisine.
Minnesota Wild Rice Stew (V) - by Kathy & Brian Sogard
- Creamy Minnesota Red Lake Nation Wild Rice Stew with mushrooms, carrots, celery, and onion.
Peanut Stew (Vg) - by Judy Hunter
- A vegan melange of peanuts, sweet potatoes, peppers, lime juice, and other secret seasonings.
Spiced Tavern Chili - by Kate Baumgartner
- Spiced, meaty, and fit for a hero! (recipe from "Heroes' Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook")
Lentil Sausage Soup - by Rebecca Sallee Hanson
- A flavorful fantasy of pork sausage crumbles and plump lentils in a succulent tomato-based stew.
Butternut, Sweet Potato, Lentil Stew (Vg) - by Mary Lindberg
- A beautiful, hearty, vegan stew that is as pleasing to look at as it is to eat.
Butternut Squash Soup (V) - by Kendra Vincent
- Enjoy this cozy, hug-in-a-mug, warm you to your toes Butternut Squash soup. This soup features roasted butternut squash and veggies along with a variety of warming spices like cinnamon, cloves, and fennel and red pepper.
Loaded Baked Potato - by Rita Mertens
- This is a warm comforting potato stew with all the fixings. Great for a cold day in February!
13 Spice Vegetarian Chili (V) - by Rebecca Loew
- A satisfying blend of spices, beans, and chilis with a hint of chocolate and lime reminiscent of molé and hot summer nights.