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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for August 9 - August 14, 2004
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| Fizzy Lizzy sodas are here! |
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You simply HAVE to try these new drinks.
They are terrific. Imagine a sparkling fruit drink that actually tates like the fruit! These do.
We're also attracted to the story. Two gals who decided to make great-tasting sodas. Small company. Local distribution. Discovery by the foodies at The Fancy Food Show. Fame. Etc.
We're delighted that their distribution network now includes the South and US! You can read all about themin our notebook up in the front of the shop. But words can't do justice to the taste of these pops. Trust me on this one!
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Fizzy Lizzy |
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What's in this issue: |
1. Fizzy Lizzy
2. Dinner and Conversation - August 18
3. Dinners to Go
4. Casserole of the week
5. Talented individuals
6. Yum # 1
7. A Note from Laurey
8. Cool totes
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| Dinner and Conversation - August 18 |
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“A Dinner with the Growers”
in The Garden Room at Laurey’s
at 7:00 pm
Okay. If you haven't called in with your reservation, now is the time.
We have a nice line up for you. Tom Sherry, our garlic and tomato grower, will be here. Sal and Holly, our squash, elderberry, nasturtium, chard growers will come too.
We think the evening will be inspirational and stimulating (and delicious too.)
25.00 (+ tax) gets you dinner, wine, and hearty conversational opportunity. If you have called, we'll see you on the 18th at 7. If you haven't - please do! 252-1500. |
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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 for that night's meal. Then come back between 4:30 and 6:00 to pick up your dinner - all ready in a heatable container. Simple, yes?
Monday August 9 Red Chile Marinated Chicken with Roasted Peppers 9.50
Tuesday August 10 Scallop Fritters with Avocado Tomato Salad 12.25
Wednesday August 11 Greek style Moussaka 10.00 **
Thursday August 12 Chicken and Mushroom Pie 9.50
Friday August 13 Crabcakes 11.00
** 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.
Wednesday, August 11
Shrimp and Penne Pasta Niçoise
a taste of Southern France
Full 39.50
Half 19.75
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Talented Folks! |
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I depart from individual profiles this week just to say a word about the amazing pool of talent here these days.
This is a shot of our kitchen this morning. Katie (the one in the red apron) came in at 5, the others (Richard, Martha, Donna, Adam, Emily, Bronwen, Anne, and Charles) were early birds too.
We have a big day here today: a wedding lunch for 250, a wedding for 300, another wedding for 60...a big day.
I showed up with donuts. "A dozen hot ones, please," I said to the Krispy Kreme gal at 6:30, but things were well underway here when I showed up and no one needed the blast of hot sugar (except me, perhaps.)
These are the kinds of days that make me feel so happy to be able to do this work. Can you imagine the pleasure of such a chirpy bunch? It's a pretty grand thing, I can tell you.
Might-y fine!
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| A Note from Laurey |
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August 7, 2004
One of the parties we are doing today has a very sweet story. It is a wedding, but the bride and groom are not the usual couple. I won’t say their ages because, actually, I don’t know what they are, but suffice it to say they are older than most of the wedding couples I meet with.
She, for many years, was married to a gentle fellow here. They, as a couple, were regular clients of ours. They lived, it seemed to me, a lovely life. They were, I thought, a grand model of how a relationship should be. But then he got sick and that was that. A sudden end to it all.
Tonight’s groom was also married. And that couple, from what I am told, had a similar loving and wonderful life together. But then she got sick and, well, that was that for them too.
One of our other regular clients, a fellow named John, who is one of the folks who comes here for lunch a few times a week, knew both couples. Tonight’s groom was visiting John and his wife here. They had planned to go out to dinner. John and his wife knew tonight’s bride and invited her to dinner also. I guess they hit it off enough for tonight’s groom to ask tonight’s bride to dinner – just the two of them.
At that dinner they had a long and comfortable conversation. She told him about a tragic story that involved a plane crash and included the part about how much our motto “Don’t Postpone Joy” had meant to one of the people in that crash. Something clicked for tonight’s bride and groom in the course of that conversation. And tonight they will be married.
I met with them a few months ago, delighted by their happiness and thrilled that I would get to be a part of tonight’s celebration. Their menu will be a blend of our favorite offerings – with lots and lots of local produce from our local growers – and some things from their lives outside of here. We’re making a tomato relish, for instance, from their favorite restaurant in Florida, where they will be living. But their cake will be one of our favorites: a Miracle Meringue Cake. We made one of these cakes for their families one time, maybe when the families met each other for the first time, though I'm not sure. Anyway, it is fun to hear them say that everyone is looking forward to the cake portion of tonight’s dinner!
It is these kinds of stories that make me smile. This is a quiet and lovely little story, but it is a grand story too. Hope does really spring eternal. Yes, sure, Don’t Postpone Joy. And by the way, you just never know what kind of turns a life might take. Sweet to think about, yes? |
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Don't Postpone Joy bags |
Aren't these bags great? This was Emily's suggestion originally. (She's so smart!)
Need a new beach bag? A new shopping bag? A back to school tote? A novel gift bag? A different sort of birthday present? Here's your answer. We all have one. Now you can too. |
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Contact Info: |
Laurey@laureysyum.com
828-252-1500
67 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801 |
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