{"id":107545,"date":"2021-08-05T21:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T01:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107545"},"modified":"2021-08-05T21:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T01:35:20","slug":"celtic-classic-irish-soda-bread-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107545","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Classic Irish Soda Bread Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania \u2014 Do you have a favorite recipe for Irish soda bread?\u00a0 Enter the Celtic Classic Irish Soda Bread Contest\u00a0to win a blue ribbon, prizes and bragging-rights on September 25, 2021, at Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>Open to amateur bakers and sponsored by King Arthur Flour, the Irish soda bread contest has no fee to enter.\u00a0 The top three contestants in the adult category will be awarded gift certificates in the amounts of $75, $50, and $25, respectively, to Kingarthurflour.com. The top three youth under 18 will be awarded a $40 gift certificate, $25 gift certificate, and a King Arthur tote bag (respectively.) Deadline to receive registrations is September 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The soda bread will be scored based on taste, overall appearance, creativity and texture by three judges:\u00a0Patricia Rice, owner of Victorian Delights and Superintendent of the Farm to Table Stage at The Great Allentown Fair;\u00a0Ken Walsh, President of the Lehigh County Division 1 Ancient Order of the Hibernians; and Kim DeLuca, a nurse and amateur baker.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Irish soda bread contest or to download the registration form, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticfest.org\/celtic-classic-irish-soda-bread-contest\/\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.celticfest.org\/celtic-classic-irish-soda-bread-contest\/<\/a>\u00a0 or contact Marcie Mulligan at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mmulligan@celticfest.org\">mmulligan@celticfest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic Classic runs from Friday, September 24 through Sunday, September 26, 2021, in downtown historic Bethlehem.\u00a0 For more information, directions, volunteering opportunities and the weekend\u2019s schedule, log on to\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.celticfest.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.celticfest.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628297525116000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHz9MswiU0GmmZciqagyUWitXnjlw\">www.celticfest.org<\/a><\/u>. For up-to-the-minute information and updates, follow Celtic Classic on Twitter (@CelticClassic) and friend them on Facebook (<u><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/CelticClassic\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/facebook.com\/CelticClassic&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628297525116000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFQHGhu-4UbVhFVlxxktsqEEqmoVw\">facebook.com\/CelticClassic<\/a><\/u>).<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMarcie Mulligan<br \/>\nCultural Outreach Coordinator<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celticfest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.celticfest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania \u2014 Do you have a favorite recipe for Irish soda bread?\u00a0 Enter the Celtic Classic Irish Soda Bread Contest\u00a0to win a blue ribbon, prizes and bragging-rights on September 25, 2021, at Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival in Bethlehem. Open to amateur bakers and sponsored by King Arthur Flour, the Irish soda &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107545\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celtic Classic Irish Soda Bread Contest<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/celtic-clasic-bread-contest.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}