Spuds and Suds is Back in Bath Saturday, August 20th
The Greater Bath Area Chamber of Commerce (GBACC), a proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, is thrilled to be bringing back the famous Spuds & Suds festival after a pandemic hiatus!
Starting at noon on Saturday, August 20th, over forty vendors will be packing the streets in downtown Bath – one of the largest events of the year!
Spuds and Suds is Back in Bath Saturday, August 20th
You’ll find everything from crafters showing off their stained glass, hand crafted jewelry, craft soaps and bath products, and more!
And the food… Spud-tastic menu items from your favorite local food trucks will feature potato based dishes, of course!
Pierogies, French fries, smashed garlic potatoes, chocolate covered potato chips, potato croquettes, and a baked potato bar… From sweet to savory, our food vendors will fulfill all your potato cravings.
Of course, there will also be a main stage.
Kicking off the party will be local legends, The Wonton Soups, with their mix of fun, toe tapping covers you’ll love!
Spuds and Suds is Back in Bath Saturday, August 20th
Following the soup course will be Chasing Daylight, another local Lehigh Valley favorite, coming off of Musicfest to join us.
Closing down the evening will be our headlining band, The Weekenders will rock the night out!
Finally, Spuds & Suds is proud to add a car show component to the event as well! Come and see some of the most beautiful machines on four wheels and vote for your favorite while you enjoy the music and food.
Greater Bath Area Chamber of Commerce Council Member from Terraform Engineering, Terry DeGroot said, “We are eagerly looking forward to the Spuds & Suds event after a hiatus of two years.
We have over 40 vendors!
Alcohol vendors include Birthright Brewing, Seven Sirens Brewing, Mishka Vodka, and Lucchi Family Wine Cellars. We also have food and craft vendors for every taste. Terraform is proud to sponsor this excellent street festival to highlight what Bath Borough has to offer. Come and join us for great day of music, crafts, food, and drink!”
“I am so incredibly happy to know our streets will once again be filled with food, music, fun…and, smiling faces at the return of SPUDS & SUDS! I am very grateful to The Chamber and the members of the Spuds & Suds committee for their dedication to this annual festival…and, to the sponsors for their continued support!” said Mayor Fiorella R. Mirabito.
Spuds and Suds is Back in Bath Saturday, August 20th
Of course, events like this would not be possible without the Power of Partnerships at work in our communities and businesses with:
The Borough of Bath, A.J Trunzo Inc., Tony Tibaldi with State Farm Insurance, Signal of Eastern PA, Muschlitz Excavating, Huratiak Homes, Kratzer Septic Service, My Place Pizza Restaurant, Colliers Engineering and Design, iHeart Radio, S. Seem Antiques and Artisans, Stephani Insurance Services, Barry Issett and Associates, Terraform Engineering, Truist Bank, Keystone Cement Company, ESSA Bank, Bensing Funeral Home, Bath Truck Caps, D Koder Marketing, and All Air Solutions.
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Election Day 2024: Elixir Health and Wellness Offers Free Red Light and Compression Therapy to Encourage Voter Turnout on Election Day
Election Day 2024: Elixir Health and Wellness Offers Free Red Light and Compression Therapy to Encourage Voter Turnout on Election Day
ELIXIR Health and Wellness, Bethlehem’s premier destination for non-invasive, anti-aging therapies, is excited to announce a special Election Day initiative to promote community engagement and support voter turnout. On Tuesday, November 5th, all voters across the Lehigh Valley are invited to stop by Elixir Health and Wellness, located at 1021 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA, for a complimentary session of red light or compression therapy between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
“At Elixir Health and Wellness, we believe in the power of caring, both for the body and the community,” said Yuliya, owner of Elixir Health and Wellness.
“We’re thrilled to offer this special opportunity as a way to give back to our neighbors who make their voices heard on Election Day. Voting is one of the most impactful ways to shape our community, and we want to support everyone who takes the time to participate.”
To take advantage of this Election Day offer, individuals simply need to show proof of voting, such as an “I Voted” sticker. Those who voted early are welcome to participate as well. Elixir Health and Wellness will be open all day to provide red light and compression therapy sessions that can help rejuvenate individuals after casting a ballot.
For those registered near Elixir Health and Wellness, the nearest polling location is:
College Hill Moravian Church
72 W. Laurel St.
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Whether you’re looking for a wellness boost or a relaxing break, Elixir Health and Wellness invites the Bethlehem community to experience its renowned anti-aging therapies and celebrate the importance of civic engagement.
For more information about Elixir Health and Wellness and this Election Day event, please visit our website at www.elixirlv.com.
Lehigh Stunned by Sweet Innovation From America’s #1 Cookie Brand
Biggest Cookie Innovation Ever, Chips Ahoy Big Chewy Cookies! From America’s #1 Cookie Brand
The cookie experts at Chips Ahoy! are at it again – this time showing up bigger than ever before.
Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie
Introducing the Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie – an entirely new product line from America’s #1 chocolate chip cookie brand.
Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie
As the brand that is “Here for Happy,” this innovation from Chips Ahoy! brings cookie lovers an offering that is over three times the size of Chips Ahoy! Regular Chewy in an individually wrapped pack, making it the ideal go-to snack for splitting with a friend.
These new Chips Ahoy Big Chewy Cookies will up the ante in snack aisles and convenience stores across the country. Designed with Gen-Z Chips Ahoy! lovers in mind – this oversized treat is perfect for on-the-go snacking during their busy lives or to split with a friend.
Boasting chocolatey chips over four times larger than the iconic Chips Ahoy! Chewy cookie for a bigger, more chocolatey bite, the cookie itself clocks in with a diameter over three times the size, and will be available in three delicious flavors:
- Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie: Delivering classic Chips Ahoy! Chewy flavor now bigger and with the just the right amount of chocolatey chips to compliment the larger cookie and its soft-baked texture.
- Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie, Chocolatey Brownie: A decadent brownie-flavored base takes indulgence up a notch and delivers an extra chocolatey bite for even the biggest sweet-tooth.
- Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie, Chocolatey Caramel: Delicious caramel-flavored chips blend with the iconic sweetness of the Chips Ahoy! chocolatey chips to create a delicious mash-up of caramel and chocolatey flavors to deliver a big, indulgent bite.
“From our original cookies to our newest innovations, Chips Ahoy! fans have long enjoyed our iconic brand and mouthwatering flavors,” said Jen Levin, Senior Brand Manager for Chips Ahoy! US. “For over 60 years, Chips Ahoy! cookies have been the go-to cookie for chocolate chip cookie lovers of all ages. Now, with the launch of Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookies, we’re excited to be their on-the-go cookie choice as well, offering indulgence and happiness in each big, delicious bite. And perhaps the best part of all? Their bigger size means you have enough Chips Ahoy! deliciousness to share with a friend!”
Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie will begin rolling out to retailers nationwide starting in October. Each 2.5 oz pack will be available for an SRP $2.29 at convenience stores. For more information on Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie, follow @chipsahoy on Instagram and @theofficialchipsahoy on TikTok to follow the latest Big Chewy Cookie news.
Lehigh Invaded with Scary-good whiskies this Halloween: J. Mattingly 1845 Welcomes Fall with New Whiskey Offerings
Scary-good whiskies this Halloween: J. Mattingly 1845 Welcomes Fall with New Whiskey Offerings
J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery is debuting scary-good whiskies this fall, with its first fall spiced Bourbon 31 Blended Bourbon and the ability to customize your own whiskey for your Halloween festivities through its J. Mattingly 1845 craft your bottle program.
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Bourbon 31 Blended Bourbon is a play on the brand’s Bourbon 30 Bourbon brand and this limited-edition release was created for the Halloween season.
Bourbon 31 is a blend of three whiskies which have all undergone J. Mattingly 1845’s Double Staving™ process and the blend consists of 51 percent Bourbon, 29 percent Light Whiskey and 20 percent Rye Whiskey. Double Staving is a proprietary process used by J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery that gives the whiskey inside the barrels additional surface exposure to charred barrel staves to impart more flavor and color.
The Double Staved Classic Bourbon used in this blend has just scored a 96 from famed Whiskey Bible author Jim Murray.
The Bourbon 31 Blended Bourbon was created by J. Mattingly 1845’s team of expert blenders to reflect the flavors typically associated with fall. “When we blended these three whiskies, we were looking for a flavor profile that reflects flavors typically associated with fall, such as pumpkin and cinnamon while matching the light-hearted fun we’re having by changing the brand name from Bourbon 30 to Bourbon 31 to celebrate the Halloween season,” said Harry Richart, president, J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery.
Tasting notes for this bourbon describe it as having a nose of nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla and walnut, with the flavors of brown sugar, cinnamon, and fall baking spices on the palate. On the finish, pumpkin bread, baker’s chocolate and seasoned oak are prevalent.
Bourbon 31 is available online and at the J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery in Frankfort, KY. Suggested retail pricing is $60 for a 750 mL and it is 98 proof.
J. Mattingly 1845 Custom Whiskey Program is the “Choose Your Own Adventure” of the whiskey world by allowing the buyer to choose between double staved™ bourbon, light whiskey or rye whiskey recipes, select their bottle shape, customize their own label, and even choose their own wax color from every color of the rainbow! This program is available online and in person at the Distillery and can result in some frighteningly fun labels and Halloween-themed wax colors. Imagine expressing your innermost devilish (or angelic) thoughts on the bourbon bottle you give your favorite boo.
Pricing for the custom bottles start at $120 for a 750 mL bottle and shipping is available to 46 states.
About J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery
The Mattingly family has been synonymous with distilling in Kentucky for more than two centuries, having a hand in the development of at least nine separate distilleries in the Commonwealth.
It all started in 1845, with John Graves Mattingly’s first distillery in Marion County, Kentucky, Registered Distillery #2.
In 2010 Jeff Mattingly took up the family mantle and started his own craft bourbon business. Today, Jeff’s son Cameron has joined the team as Vice President of Production, continuing the legacy into the latest generation for J. Mattingly Distillery 1845 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Together father and son offer their proprietary double staving process as well as a custom bourbon blending experience unparalleled in the spirits industry, available on-site in Frankfort or online at https://jmattingly1845.com/build-a-bottle/
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Lehigh Valley loves Chocolate: Taste Hand-crafted Artisanal ‘Bean to Bar’ ? Honeymoon Chocolates Cam Loyet explains
Chocolate fans, Do You Understand ‘Bean to Bar’ ? Honeymoon Chocolates Cam Loyet explains it
Honeymoon Chocolates was founded in a dorm room back in 2016 making bean-to-bar craft chocolate sweetened solely with raw honey.
Years later, bean to bar is only getting more popular. But what does it actually mean? Do you know where to go? What to look for or ask for?
So we asked Cam Loyet from Honeymoon Chocolates
What does “Bean to Bar” Craft chocolate mean? Is it as simple as a one sentence answer? Or Is it more complicated?
It’s far more complicated. In itself, it’s a little bit selfish in my opinion. There’s a lot of benefit employing those who work in origin to also manufacture the chocolate. That’s something that we’d be interested in down the road. We just can’t afford it so right now we take all the effort, all the energy and time to do it here in St. Louis.
It’s a really fun process. But you do end up taking a lot of the credit where the credit isn’t necessarily due. A lot of the credits due for the fine cocoa farmers at origin.
Can you walk me through the basic concept?
So in our industry it’s wherever you receive the dry, unfermented cocoa beans. and you roast them. What you’re doing is crafting this flavor and you’re manufacturing a product that otherwise wouldn’t wouldn’t necessarily exist.
If you have the ability to roast [in-house] and you start [you’re own manufacturing process] ]there, you’re ‘bean to bar’.
It just gives a little bit more local sense to chocolate. Whenever you open up a bar, and you don’t know where it’s manufactured and how it’s manufactured, you lose a bit of that local sense. It becomes more of a global or nationwide feel.
l got it. So the beans come from somewhere else, they arrive under your roof and the manufacturing process happens under your roof. So beans come in and a bar comes out, but it all happens under the same roof.
Yes. And it’s traceable. That’s also very important.
So when I’m at a Whole Foods, or any high-end retail groceries, there are many craft chocolate bars. What am I looking for to know the difference?
I love the idea of when a consumer looks at a list of 9 bars, they instantly go ‘is it a dark, milk or or white. If it’s dark, what percentage do I like?’
It starts with, what percentage do they like? And then from there you go into this dialogue with the consumer when they try your product.
But it really does start with what the consumer likes. You can’t necessarily force an 85% bar onto a consumer that enjoys white chocolate.
But you look at the ingredients on them. There are some good makers that use Lecithin just because it makes the product easier to work with, but it does make it less of a clean label product. So you look at the clean label from nutrition.
You are gonna look and see if it’s single origin to check to see where the cocoa comes from. Just because it does highlight the farmers’ work a little bit more. There’s some big makers that combine origins because they have more of a fruity flavor versus a more chocolate-forward cocoa bean. So then they combine them. But I do find that it kind of does take away from the efforts that do happen earlier on in the supply chain.
Thank you, Cam.
Visits Honeymoon Chocolates at: https://hmchocolates.com
On Instagram, at: www.instagram.com/honeymoonchocolates
On Facebook, at: https://www.facebook.com/honeymoonchocolates
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Join Your Community for 1st Annual Allentown VegFest April 29 at Cedar Beach
1st Annual Allentown VegFest April 29
Are you looking for a fun healthy family activity that will be sure to please?
Join Your Community for VegFest at Cedar Beach
Join your community on Saturday, April 29th from 11-6 for the First Annual Allentown, PA VegFest at Cedar Beach!
1st Annual Allentown VegFest April 29 at Cedar Beach
A fun day with VegFest at Cedar Beach
Vendors, Food, Music, and adult beverages will all be present, all we need is YOU!
We will also have various workouts and classes throughout the day, including a free family friendly yoga class provided by Yoga Therapy of the Lehigh Valley & Lehigh Valley Osteopathy for Everybody, LLC.
We are so excited to bring this event to Allentown to highlight vegan and vegetarian vendors and promote health and wellness in the Lehigh Valley. The Allentown Chamber of Commerce is proud to partner with the City of Allentown and we would like to thank them for their support for this event. Entertainment by Mystik Fool.
When: Saturday, April 29th 2023 | 11 am – 6 pm
Where: Cedar Beach Park (2600 Parkway Blvd, Allentown, PA 18104)
Pricing Information: Free to attend | Food and beverages available for purchase
Vendors: 22 Peppers LLC, Animal Defenders Greater Lehigh Valley, Beauty by Monette, Buff City Soap, Boomfit Strength Club, Chocodiem LLC, The Flying V, Green Pond Packaging, Green Mountain Energy, Healthy Nutrition Knowledge, Henna Chakra, Jaaz Accessories, Noraa Body Love, Seasons Olive Oil, Solace Roots, Sundance Vacations, The Bake-A-Re, The Locals’ Bookshop, and MORE!
Sponsors: The City of Allentown, Capital Blue Cross, Curaleaf, Green Mountain Energy
More information can be found by visiting the Facebook page: Click Here
About the Chamber: The mission of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area. We accomplish this through business-to-business networking events and marketing products, affinity programs and exclusive, money saving member benefits, training programs, government affairs initiatives and public policy advocacy, and community development enterprises. With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 200,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top ten nationwide.
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Uptown Northampton Street Fair Returns Sept 9 for its 34th Year!
Uptown Northampton Street Fair Returns for its 34th Year!
The Northampton Area Chamber, proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce invites you to join the fun & festivities at Uptown Northampton Street Fair on September 9, 2022!
The 34th Annual Uptown Northampton returns to Main Street with a bang!
With over 100 craft and business vendors, live music, food trucks, rock climbing, giveaways, and more, the street festival has all the elements to bring an enjoyable afternoon to Northampton, PA.
“The Greater Northampton Area Chamber is pleased to once again bring the Uptown Northampton Festival to the Borough of Northampton,”
said Jessica O’Donnell-Gower
EVP of Affiliated Chambers, Easton Initiatives and the Northern Tier for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.
“This year’s festival continues a time-honored tradition with some fun new twists – live music at the Gin Mill, a Mini Moos Petting Zoo – plus some traditional activities, like tours of the Roxy Theater. Not only does this event celebrate our local businesses, it brings new faces to the Borough. We look forward to a great event!”
The festival, which will feature over 100 vendors and food trucks, is returning on September 9th, 2023
The festival, which will feature over 100 vendors and food trucks, is returning on September 9th, 2023, and will feature rock climbing from LV Rocks, Touch-a-Truck , two beer tents from the Gin Mill and The Chamber (benefiting the GNACC Scholarship Fund) and other adult beverages from Triple Sun Spirits, Clever Girl Winery, Lucci Family Wines and Sleepy Cat Urban Winery. Tours of the Roxy Theater will be held throughout the day, and the Main Stage, located next to the Gin Mill, will feature demonstrations from 3D Dance (11-11:30 AM) and Elite Mixed Martial Arts (1:30-2 PM), and live music from Third Hand (11:30 AM-1:30 PM) and Trick Stacy (2:30-4 PM).
“Being a part of a time-honored tradition in Northampton
is not only important to us as an organization,
but to the volunteers and staff who make this festival come to fruition,”
Kate Hartney
Coordinator of Affiliated Chambers for the Greater Northampton Area Chamber of Commerce.
Food trucks will also be present to provide great eats throughout the day. Participating trucks (as of August 29th) include: Mattie’s Strudel Haus, Mon & Mel’s Sweet Scoops, CurdZone, Island Expressions, Greek Street, Slide on By, Smokehouse Food Truck, Kalli Inc Sweet Treats Funnel Cakes, and Grub Night Food Truck.
This event would not be made possible without Greater Northampton Area businesses
This event would not be made possible without Greater Northampton Area businesses; participating sponsors include: Horwith Trucking (Entertainment Sponsor), The Gin Mill & Grille (Entertainment Sponsor), Holcim (Uptown Sponsor), Embassy Bank of the Lehigh Valley (Main Street Sponsor), Roxy Theater (Main Street Sponsor), Newhard Pharmacy (Main Street Sponsor), Foster Jewelers (Main Street Sponsor), A&M Service Center (Uptown Sponsor), Times News (Media Sponsor) and Livengood Excavators Inc. (Supporting Sponsor).
For more information, visit the Uptown Northampton webpage: https://www.lehighvalleychamber.org/uptownnorthampton
