About 85 restaurants, farms and other establishments will participate in the state's first-ever "Farm-to-Chef Harvest Celebration Week" Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, offering special home-grown food menus to celebrate the year's bounty and help observe the state's 375th anniversary, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Wednesday.
Chefs from participating restaurants will cook with Connecticut-grown ingredients at a kick-off event Sept. 26 at the Coventry Farmers' Market - from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Nathan Hale Homestead - and will provide free samples to the public.