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Top: Mayor Barney Seney gives the Judges' Choice trophy to Terry from The Stomping Grounds . Above: Seney gives the People's Choice trophy to Sean from the Crossings Restaurant and Brew Pub. Photos courtesy of WINY Radio.
'Soulful' Singing
Souls on Fire entertained the crowd at the Savor the Flavor - Pasta event Sept. 8. Linda Lemmon photo.
'Savoring' the
fund-raiser
PUTNAM --- Savor the Flavor - Pasta raised funding for the Daily Bread pretty quick.
Recreation Director Wilfred Bousquet said the tickets sold out quickly and 500 people tasted the pasta offerings from competing restaurants at Rotary Park.
Bousquet said the ballots were changed, expediting the judging.
And when the tastings were done, ballots counted, the winner of the People's Choice was The Crossings Restaurant and Brew Pub followed by the Courthouse. The Judges' Choice winner was the Stomping Grounds and two restaurants tied for second, Renee's and 85 Main.
The change in the ballots allowed for only single servings.
Bousquet characterized it as "more of a sprint." The moral of the story, he added, is that the four-year old event is now more of a lunch event, maybe from noon to 12:30 for next year.
The first year, the fund-raiser started as a chili cook-off. Then Savor the Flavor covered corn, bacon and Sept. 8, pasta.
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