Ben Franklin Society BreadWorks Newsletter Fund-Raising Events “Philadelphia style with Carolina character” APRIL 2014 Urban elegance • Rural charm • Sustainable and organic foods Number 4

TH SUNDAY APRIL 13

BRUNCH AT 1:00PM

BRUNCH MENU Fresh Ham with Citrus Glaze $15 DONATION Scalloped Potatoes RESERVATION LIMIT - 32 Baked Fruit Mixed Green Salad

Dessert - Assorted Cookies

Coffees, Teas, Juices and Setups for Mimosa’s and Bloody Mary’s

Our Sunday Brunch offerings were tremendously popular in 2013. We will continue to offer Sunday Brunches each month in 2014. Plan to bring your friends and introduce them to a memorable BreadWorks Event. Let these Special Events become an opportunity for you to help build our Society Mem- bership, while enjoying the company of your guests. Anyone can attend by simply becoming an Associate Member for just $5 per year. Members thereaf- ter receive our monthly BreadWorks Newsletter describing upcoming Events. We believe that our setting, food quality and service exceeds that of most established restaurants in nearby metropolitan areas; however, we are a “private club” by NC statute, and as such, are not open to the public - only to Ben Franklin Society Members. For more details, see Page 2

TH SATURDAY APRIL 26

DINNER at 5:00PM / MUSIC at 7:00PM

DINNER MENU

$20 DONATION Roasted Tomato Appetizer RESERVATION LIMIT - 24 Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Wine Sauce

Wild Rice Salad FEATURING Fresh Asparagus PHIL AND CORA BETH Dessert - Fresh Strawberries with Balsamic Sauce LANIER B.Y.O.B. Wine and Beer GUITAR, MANDOLIN & FIDDLE Coffee and Teas BLUEGRASS, FOLK & COUNTRY

Join us for our new Saturday Night Dinner / Music Event format. We hope this alternative to Sunday Brunch will entice you to come and enjoy an eve- ning of food and entertainment! This is our fourth Dinner Event - following successful Events held since January. Dinner has waited service starting promptly at 5:00pm. Don’t forget to B.Y.O.B. - we provide glasses, setups and corkage. Our featured musicians this month are Phil and Cora Beth Lanier from Raleigh, NC. Again, this Event is only open to Ben Franklin Society Members. The $20 Donation covers both Dinner and Music. For more details, see Page 2

FUTURE EVENT DATES - MARK YOUR CALENDAR SUNDAY MAY 11th - BRUNCH @1:00PM - MOTHER’S DAY SATURDAY MAY 24th - OUTDOOR PIZZA PARTY @ 4:00PM - LIVE MUSIC - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP AND RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Call 252-767-1167 or Email [email protected] ( Now Accepting All Debit/Credit Cards )

Ben Franklin Society BreadWorks Newsletter Fund-Raising Events

“Philadelphia style with Carolina character” “ APRIL 2014 More Event Details and News . . . Number 4

SUNDAY APRIL 13TH SATURDAY APRIL 26TH

BRUNCH AT 1:00PM DINNER AT 5:00PM / MUSIC AT 7:00PM

WHEN WE FIRST INTRODUCED SUNDAY BRUNCH IN PHIL AND CORA BETH LANIER RETURN AGAIN TO PLAY FEBRUARY OF 2013, WE HAD NO IDEA HOW POPULAR IT A SELECTION OF EXCEPTIONAL BLUEGRASS, FOLK AND WOULD BECOME. SINCE THEN WE HAVE CONTINUED TO COUNTRY SONGS. REFINE AND IMPROVE OUR SUNDAY BRUNCH EVENTS. THEY LAST APPEARED LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2013 BRING FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO A BRUNCH AND INTRO- WITH HELP FROM CLIFF HALE. PHIL PLAYS GUITAR AND DUCE THEM TO A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AT OUR LOG MANDOLIN, WHILE CORA BETH PLAYS FIDDLE. IT IS RU- CABIN. SUNDAY BRUNCH ALWAYS HAS WAITED SERVICE MORED THAT DAVE DEBONZO MAY MAKE AN IMPROMPTU AND RECORDED MUSIC. APPEARANCE. SOUNDS LIKE A RECIPE FOR FUN TO ME.

THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT! COME JOIN IN THE FUN!

Ben Franklin Society NEWS www.BenFranklinSocietyNC.org

APRIL 8TH - QUARTERLY MEETING - GUEST SPEAKER “TOM MAGNUSON” The Ben Franklin Society is a Mark you calendar now, and plan to attend our next Society Meeting, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 7:00pm. Noted historian collection of independent and Road Scholar, Tom Magnuson from Hillsborough, NC will speak about “NC’s Oldest Roads”. This meeting is open to Research Projects. the public and being sponsored by the NC Humanities Council. Bring a friend. Introduce them to the Society.

EN RANKLIN OCIETY IBRARY B F S L Society Members work individu- We have begun a Society collection of historic NC and Franklin County Books and Maps. The Library is located in the ally, or in collaboration with oth- display case in the Cabin Headquarters Loft. Reference materials will permanently be on display. We also are having two noteworthy County Maps framed for permanent display: Land Surveyor, W. N. Fuller's, May 1869, hand-drawn Map ers, on Projects of their choosing and Henderson Land Surveyor, John E. Buck’s, 1931, Historic Map of Old Granville County . WWW.PIZZAQUEST.COM BY CHEF PETER REINHART The Society meets Quarterly, but Bob Radcliffe was invited by noted Johnson & Wales Culinary University (Charlotte, NC) educator and author, Peter each Project maintains its own Reinhart, to write a Series of Guest Columns for his website, titled “Tomato Pie, Rocky Ford, and Me.” A funny, but infor- activity schedule. mative, story of Bob’s lifelong odyssey to create the Tomato Pie he now makes for BreadWorks Events in his custom, wood-fired oven. Patterned after DeLorenzo’s Tomato Pie - a mecca in the landscape history of pizza in the USA - that were cooked in a coal oven at a tiny shop on Hudson Street in an Italian neighborhood in Trenton, N.J. - Bob’s childhood hometown. Visit the site. Follow Bob’s column and learn the amusing story behind Bob’s Tomato Pie. Project Leaders make Quarterly presentations to the FRANKLIN COUNTY GRIST MILL INVENTORY Society about their Research Project Leader, Bob Radcliffe Projects.

Over 60 documented Mill Sites have been researched and field verification work is underway. This winter over a third of

the sites have been field verified. Weather slowed our progress this year. If you would like to participate, Project Leaders are encouraged contact Bob for details at 252-767-1167. to utilize computer technology to EGGY S OLONIAL ITCHEN ERB ARDEN CTIVITIES assemble, communicate and P ’ C K & H G A publish their findings. Project Leader, Kerry Carter Phase II - Construction and Garden Documentation - continues. Gates and fencing are being installed. A documented Guest Speakers are featured at plant source inventory is being prepared. Media coverage will be sought. To volunteer, contact Kerry at 267-973-8143 each Quarterly Membership MURAL ARTWORK PROJECT INITIATIVE Meeting. A feasibility study has begun to propose a new Society Project that will orchestrate the creation of Mural Artwork at sites

with historic context. For details, contact Kerry Carter at 267-973-8143

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Ben Franklin Society BreadWorks Newsletter Fund-Raising Events

“Philadelphia style with Carolina character” “ APRIL 2014 Support our Affiliated Organizations . . . Number 4

www.FCACArts.org www.PerryLibrary.org www.CedarCrossRetreat.org

www.NorthWakeAWS.org www.Wine101NC.com www.GrainMill.coop

Tar River Center Capital City Camera Club for Raleigh, NC History and Culture www.louisburg.edu/tarrivercenter www.wfccnc.org www.capcitycameraclub.com

PERSON PLACE Friends of H. Leslie Perry Preservation Society Memorial Library www.personplace.org www.perrylibrary.org/friendsoflibrary.html www.louisburg.edu

Ben Franklin Society Headquarters HELP WANTED Affiliated Organization Memberships Lynch Creek Farm 1973 Rocky Ford Road WE ARE SEEKING PART-TIME HELP TO make Business sense Kittrell, NC 27544 SUPPORT OUR EXPANDED SCHEDULE OF  ONE FREE BUSINESS MEETING PER YEAR Contacts BREADWORKS EVENTS IN 2014  “BLANKET” ASSOCIATE MEMBER STATUS Bob Radcliffe or Kerry Carter 252-767-1167 (C) FOR ALL OF YOUR MEMBERS  KITCHEN PREP AND COOKING 252-492-2600 (B)  FULL SOCIETY PRIVILEGES TO PARTICI- Email  BREAD PREP AND BAKING PATE IN ALL BREADWORKS EVENTS [email protected]  WAIT SERVICE BreadWorks Dining and Entertain- Annual Membership Options  FACEBOOK MANAGER ment Fund-raising Events are sched- Associate $5 uled each month and provide a Individual $15 unique opportunity for members to Family $25 ARE YOU MOTIVATED AND PASSIONATE Non-Profit $50 socialize with friends. ABOUT FOOD SERVICE? Corporation $100

(Students, Children $0) UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND The Lynch Creek Farm Cabin

APPLY YOUR SKILLS serves as headquarters for the Soci- Subscribe or Un-Subscribe

ety, the primary venue for activities, to this Newsletter at: Contact Bob Radcliffe and a full-service Business Meeting www.LynchCreek.com 252-767-1167 and Event Center. www.BenFranklinSocietyNC.org

The Ben Franklin Society is a 501(c)(3), Non-Profit, North Carolina Corporation dedicated “to performing independent and collaborative re- search on matters of importance to Franklin County, NC”. Donations to the Society are tax-deductible. Society membership is open to every- one. Associate Membership is available for $5 per year. Franklin BreadWorks is the Society Fund-Raising Project that is a collaboration between the Ben Franklin Society and Lynch Creek Farm. BreadWorks Dining and Entertainment Events are announced in our BreadWorks Newsletter that is distributed by e-mail and posted on our website each month. BreadWorks Events are private. Attendees must be current Ben Franklin Society members. 20% of each BreadWorks Event is a tax-deductible donation with payment accepted by cash, check or credit and debit cards. No alcoholic beverages are served at BreadWorks Events, but you may B.Y.O.B. Parking is always free-of-charge.

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