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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for June 21 - June 26, 2004
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| A Wedding Buffet |
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It might seem odd to include this picture of a buffet with no food on it, but, to me, it shows a level of detail that you don't usually see.
Karen, as I told you last week, is an artist and a sculptor. Here is a buffet she put together just last weekend, all set and ready for the food. The great thing about this, I think, is that it looks beautiful all on its own and, once the food is added, becomes an interactive - and even more beautiful - piece. (The food was a delight. All the guests, from the New York area, said it was the best they'd ever seen.)
Wish you could have been there! |
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What's in this issue: |
1. A Wedding Buffet
2. Don't Postpone Joy
3. Dinners to Go
4. Casserole of the week
5. Talented individuals
6. 4th of July Special!!!
7. A Note from Laurey
8. Yum!
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| Don't Postpone Joy |
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I am delighted to be able to share big news with you. (I hinted at this a few months ago, driving some of you crazy because I would not reveal the secret!) Here it is:
We are now the very proud owners of the trademark for this extraordinary slogan! We applied two years ago, found out it did not "belong" to anyone, and began the surprisingly time consuming process of adopting it.
We're thinking of how to properly celebrate these words and how to have an appropriate fete. One thing seems certain: there are a LOT of stories that can be told about how this motto has affected people. So, here's an invitation:
Do YOU have a story? Is there a way you'd like to share it with other people? Would you like to create a piece of art incorporating our bumper sticker? How about this: you start thinking of how best to tell your story or how to make your piece of art. We'll give you time to do this and then, probably in the fall, we'll have a big party and will show all the art and tell all the stories and award prizes and have a grand time.
(We know a lot of you are going to travel this summer. Wouldn't it be grand to see a collection of pictures of Don't Postpone Joy bumper stickers all over the world ? We assume you'll be considerate and not stick them all over Roman Ruins, you know...)
Get your creative juices flowing, pull out your cameras, your journals, your paints. We can't wait to see how this all plays out.
(Don't Postpone Joy!) |
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The nightly dinners for the week (Call 252-1500 to order) |
Dinners-to-go are available Monday through Friday.
Here's how it works:
Just call us in the morning and we'll take your order. Then come back between 4:30 and 6:00 to pick up your dinner - all ready in a heatable container. Simple, yes?
Monday June 28 Elsie’s Chicken Baked in Wine 9.50
Tuesday June 29 Southwestern Chicken and Black Bean Salsa 9.50
Wednesday June 30 Braised Balsamic Beef and Onions 10.50 **
Thursday July 1 Blackened Chicken with Blueberry Mango Salsa 9.50
Friday July 2 BBQ Salmon Filets 11.50
** means you can enjoy this meal to your "low-carb" heart's content. Yum! |
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Dinners to go for the whole month |
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| The Casserole of the Week |
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Casseroles are made each Wednesday.
Call to order on Tuesday if you can.
Orders will be ready on Wednesday between 4:30 and 6:00.
Order a full pan for 9 (or so) or a half pan for 4 or 5.
This week's casserole (for June 30) is:
Chicken Cacciatore
Half 16.50
Full 33.00
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Talented and interesting individuals |
This is Kris, our new (well, not SO new anymore) baker. By now you have probably sampled her incredible sticky buns, muffins, or, perhaps her Lime Pound Cake with a Fresh Mango topping. Yesterday's Peach Pie flew out of here, as did last week's Chocolate Mousse with Fresh Fruit.
She's a spunky and energetic addition to our mix. Her interview included a "make-us-a-pie" challenge. She showed up with a still-warm Apple concoction. (Needless to say, she was hired on the spot.)
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| More Wedding Food |
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Ready for the guests!
This is our "Cold Mountain Smoked Trout" with capers and lemon. (We smoke 'em right here.)
Yum, huh? |
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4th of July Special Picnic Dinner (on July 3rd) |
Saturday night will be a grand time around here. Shindig on the Green starts (that’s the Old Time, Mountain music and dance fest that happens every Saturday night during the summer) and we thought we’d prepare a special picnic that you could, if you wished, take with you to Asheville’s front lawn. Of course, if you went up to the top of the Parkway you’d probably get a glimpse of fireworks in every direction too. How about this: we’ll make the picnic, you decide where to take it.
This year’s menu is a festive one, a Razzle-dazzle picnic jammed full of our favorite flavors, with special attention to what you might want to eat while you watch the fireworks.
At the start:
Our favorite: “Southern Antipasto”
(Pickled Okra, Baby Beets, and Baby Carrots, Oven-Roasted Tomatoes)
The Dinner:
Barbecued Chicken and Ribs
Summer Potato Salad with Boursin Cheese
Field fresh Summer Vegetables with a Lemon Cream
Blue Hill’s Polenta with Yellow Branch Farmstead Cheese
And then…!
A Red, White, and Blue Extravaganza:
Sweet Shortcakes with Vanilla Crème Fraiche, Blueberries, Raspberries, and Strawberries
The price will be a mere 19.50 (+ tax). Please call us with your order by Friday the 2nd (252-1500) and we'll have your Star-spangled Extravaganza ready on Saturday between 3 and 4. (We close at 4 on Saturdays by the way.)
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| A Note from Laurey |
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June 26, 2004
I lost a dear friend this week. And, in this week when I found out about the Don’t Postpone Joy trademark, it seems a good time to share some words about him with you.
Dooley is one of those people who really lived this motto. His house is full of these words. When we first made the terra cotta Don’t Postpone Joy tiles, he bought a full set and put them all over the place. In these past weeks, as he spent more and more time on his porch looking over his gardens, these tiles were never out of his sight.
He lived a great life, traveling a lot, developing deep and strong friendships, enjoying his home, his plants, how full things were for him. He found out that he was ill a few months ago and, shocked, began to put things in order. We had long conversations about how things were for him and how they were going to be for the people he would be leaving. I have rarely had the chance to share this kind of intimacy with anyone and I left each visit feeling deeply grateful.
Dools came with us on two trips to Europe: our first “Delicious Expedition” to Italy and our first to France. He presided over his seat in the van, falling asleep as soon as I started driving, and waking up as we pulled up to the day’s destination. He took a number of trips on his own too, pouring over train schedules and maps and opera seasons, planning himself a series of perfect trips, all via the internet. And, coming home each time, he crowed about how well he had planned. “I didn’t miss ONE connection!” he’d chirp. (I know he enjoyed the events and the travels but he was especially pleased with his organizational abilities.)
A year or so ago, he started joining me on Sundays at the early morning service of Jubilee (a quirky, offbeat church-like place.) He was a retired minister and the casual style and gentle messages surprised him, but he chuckled and danced around with everyone, smilingly pleased with it all. And he started joining me for breakfast at The Early Girl Eatery too, quickly becoming a regular there. “An omelet. Dry. No potatoes. An extra biscuit. Sugar substitute,” he’d order, until everyone there knew what to do without his requesting.
I took an Early Girl breakfast to him last Sunday and sat on his porch with him. We talked about what an enormous difference we had made in each others’ lives. We cried, knowing that he was leaving soon. We didn’t spare words. It was a remarkable time.
This weekend I’ll be away in New York, shopping for new gourmet products for our shop here. And next weekend my sister will be visiting. I have a few weeks of busy Sundays lined up so it won’t be quite so obvious that my Sunday morning companion is no longer with me.
But one lasting thought from him is a reminder of my own favorite motto. He left with no regrets. He left, knowing he’d done everything he had wanted to do, had been as open as he could, and had patched up all the disputes that might have been hanging around.
“Don’t Postpone Joy,” he would tell me. “You have no idea what these words have meant to me. No idea.” Actually, I think I do. Goodbye, dear Dooley. I will miss you.
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Yum! |
When we say "sandwich makings" THIS is what we mean. The meats are roasted right here, the lettuce and tomatoes are the best, locally-grown whenever possible, and the breads (not pictured here) are handmade from stone-ground, all organic flour.
Give us a call the next time you want a "let-'em-make-'em-themselves" lunch. Add one of our salads, some cookies and drinks and you'll be ready to have your meeting AND really great food too.
There really is a difference. But you already knew that, right? |
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Contact Info: |
Laurey@laureysyum.com
828-252-1500
67 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801 |
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