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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for May 7 - 12, 2007
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| A trip to the market |
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Glorious times! The tailgate markets are back and here and full of promise. Last Wednesday I wandered across the street (how much more convenient can you get?) and meandered through the stands of plants that my friends have coaxed into life. Thought you might like to see what I saw.
Here's some lettuce.
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Baby Red Sage |
Frank, our friend who brings us "cute baby squash" (I called them that so much that he now has printed that name on his signage), is the father of these cute baby shoots of this and that. Sweet, yes?
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| Thyme |
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He's got all kinds of herbs, of course, but these caught my fancy.
When I first went to France I visited markets, gasping at the plenty I found. This is fully equal to that, and there's no jet lag.
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Dinners to go |
Dinners, as you know, come with a freshly-made green salad, salad dressing of the day, and made-right-here bread of the day. We take reservations until noon or so. Please order by phone (252-1500), by FAX (252-02002) or stop in to speak to one of us in person.
As a reminder, every time you order a dinner to go you are eligible to enter our drawing. Just drop a card in our drawing jar (a business card works or fill out one of the cards that we have right here) and, at the end of the month, we'll pull one card which will be good for two free dinners-to-go.
Maybe you'll win next month.
Order a lot? Enter a lot!
Good luck!!
Here's this week's menu:
Monday May 7 Mojito Chicken with Yucca Fries 9.95
Tuesday May 8 Spring Paella with Shrimp and Scallops 12.75
Wednesday May 9 Old-fashioned Meatloaf with Summer Succotash 10.50
Thursday May 10 Braised Ribs in Chipotle Molasses Sauce 10.75
Friday May 11 Crabcakes, Laurey’s Style 12.25
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Our website |
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| Special casserole of the week |
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We make a special casserole each week. Order before noon on Wednesday and we'll have yours ready to pick up between 4:30 and 6:00 that very afternoon. Order a full for 9 portions or, if your gang is smaller, opt for the half-sized one, which serves 4 or so.
This week's offering is:
Wednesday, May 9
Shrimp and Grits
Full 45.00
Half: 22.50
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Rainbow Chard |
These are bright and sweet too. Imagine what we'll have in a month or so. (Actually I'm happy to dream about it, no rush needed. The time is going to rush past fast enough as it is.)
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| Nasturtiums |
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Have you tried these on a salad? The blossoms are peppery and sneak in a snappy surprise. And they're not bad to look at either!
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Red Cabbage |
Yet another thing of beauty.
I guess I might encourage you to go to the markets soon. It's time to plant. Next week is when tomatoes should go in around here, so they say. All these folks have heirloom sets all ready to go for you. If you don't feel like planting, do be sure to support these farmers by buying their produce when the time comes. They work so very hard growing this food, saving our precious land, making a gigantic difference. They need all of our support. (Of course once their fields begin producing and they start selling to us you support them simply by eating with us. It's all a good thing. Thank you.)
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| A Note From Laurey |
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May 5, 2007
Hiya,
Ooh it’s a nice rainy day here. Speaking simply for myself, I’m delighted at this wet weather. Last week was so dry that it seemed like all my new plants would just wither up and die. It rained on Thursday and again yesterday and is drizzly now too. There’s a big sports festival here this weekend and I’m sure they’d rather have dry weather, but those folks are the rugged type, so they probably don’t even care.
We were not allowed to read comic books when I was little. The result of that was, of course, that I snuck around looking for them, reading them, hiding them whenever I found them. I didn’t like them, but forbidden has quite an appeal so, if I got my hands on one, I devoured it.
One summer, after I had moved away from Vermont but when I was still a kid, I lived with a family who had four children. I traveled with them to Maine one week, to go to a wedding of one of their family members. We all stayed in an old cottage on a quiet lake, all the kids camping out upstairs. One day, a very rainy day, found us all there with not much to do except scrounge around in the dusty corners under the eaves.
We found a whole box of comic books!
I seem to recall all of us stretched out all over the place, all reading comics, the rain making a comforting noise on the roof, dripping off the shingles onto the porch, lulling us into quiet. Later Lee and I snuck away and smoked the cigars that we had pocketed at the wedding and I, for one, got quite sick, but that is another story.
I like the noise of the rain, even if it means that the streets might not be teeming with potential customers today. We were very busy yesterday and we’ll be busy again when it is time to be busy. For now, I’m really quite happy sitting here at my desk, musing about the rain and comic books and gardens and families and such.
The mother of that family stood in for my mother at that time. It was a tricky time for me. 13. No mother of my own. I think of that at this time of year. Maxine is still in Vermont. Her children (me included) are all grown, bringing ourselves to the world in our own ways. Some of her children have children now. It will be fun to see them when I bring my book to Vermont in July this year, telling my stories to my friends in my home town. Yes, that will be good.
Oh – if you can make it, I’ll be reading in Brevard today. 1pm at Highland Books.
I’ll be in touch next week.
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Next Sunday is Mother's Day |
We thought she might like a basket with a copy of my new book (about my mother) and a couple of other nice gifts from here: one of our new Don't Postpone Joy towels, a mug, some chocolates, and some of our Blueberry Jam...all tucked into a cute old-fashioned white enamel tub that can easily become a planter.
We've got 'em right up front in the shop.
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