Simply Savory to Benefit ProJeCt While Offering a Taste of Fine Area Restaurants

If you need a solid excuse to go out and have a good time on a Monday evening, supporting a worthy local cause is probably one of the best.

ProJeCt of Easton’s signature fundraising event, Simply Savory, will be held Monday, October 7 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Hampton Inn in on Route 248 in Lower Nazareth, and reservations are now being taken for the delicious evening.

Enjoy an evening with friends savoring fabulous food, wine and beer of the Lehigh Valley's finest palate-pleasers, including: Baker Street Bakeshop, Beyond Cakes, Blue Grillhouse, Constantino’s, Cozze Cakes, deLorenzo’s, Divine Dining, Elizabeth Mulrine Culinary Events, Franklin Hill Vineyards, Green Harvest Food Emporium, Leaf Restaurant & Cigar Bar, Marblehead Chowder House, Marianna’s Pizza Café, Maxim’s 22, Miguel’s, Northstar Catering, Pearly Baker’s Alehouse, Sette Luna, Thyme Restaurant & Bar, Two Rivers Brewing Company, Valenca, Vintage, Vintner’s Circle and Weyerbacher Brewery.

"We are so pleased with this year’s line-up of culinary specialists for Simply Savory and know it will be an event to remember," said ProJeCt Executive Director Janice Komisor. “This is an important event in that the funds raised go toward our mission to help people help themselves."

Live musical entertainment will be provided during the evening by the Easton High School Flute Quartet, and a silent auction and a raffle are also planned.

The raffle features four prizes including a greens fees for four and cart from Riverview Country Club, a wine and cheese tasting for up to 12 people from Vintner’s Circle, a pearl and gold necklace from Beverly Palm Jewelers.

ProJeCt is a community benefit human service agency founded by local clergy and community leaders in the wake of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination and in response to the rising tide of poverty and social unrest of 1968. Its purpose was to advocate for action and to provide service to an under- served poor population in Easton.

Today the agency provides assistance to more than 5,000 people a year, both in Easton and the surrounding communities in Northampton County.

Services include an emergency assistance and food program, case management support services that assist people in developing life skills and moving to self-sufficiency, and educational programs that include adult basic literacy, English as a second language, GED preparation, family literacy and supplemental education programs for school age children.

Reservations to Simply Savory are $75 and can be purchased in advance at www.projecteaston.org or at ProJeCt's offices at 320 Ferry St. Tickets may also be purchased at the door the night of the event.

All proceeds from the Simply Savory benefit ProJeCt of Easton.