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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for June 1 - 5, 2009
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| Sunday's special |
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Usually the chef makes me a sample of the special. He's very busy today, cooking food for a long list of events. Fortunately he is just as interesting as any old plate of eggs Benedict might be. And, seeing the camera, our Sunday shop manager hopped in too.
Chris (with the tongs) and Austin are here every Sunday. This has become MY favorite breakfast place and will, I hope, become yours too.
There's a special dish each Sunday but you can always create your own omelet, have the cooks fry up some local eggs (we ONLY use local eggs), local sausage (ditto), scones (we bake 'em right here) or french toast (my personal favorite.)
Come see. Sundays 9 - 2.
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Dinner and Conversation with our Farmers - June 11 |
Okay. We're getting set.
We have three farmers lined up to come and spend the evening with you:
Barry and Laura from B+L Organics
Anne and Aaron from Gaining Ground
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Nicole and Gaelan from Green Toe Ground Farm
These three folks farm in different areas, use different methods and have their own reasons for doing what they do. These are all farms we buy from and I think it will be an interesting, not to mention delicious evening.
In this picture, Anne is arranging some Butter Lettuce. The amazing thing to me is that this produce all comes from a farm that she and Aaron just started farming THIS YEAR. Well, they'd been preparing the soil, but this produce is from their first crop. The seeds were started in February.
I will not set the menu until right beforehand. I plan to buy almost everything from the three of them and I won't be shopping until June 10th at our Wednesday afternoon market. Do come join. I'm sure it will be a fun and informative night.
The price will be 37.00 per person (+ tax). Add $10.00 if you'd like wine with your meal. The dinner will start at 7pm right here. Want to come? Please call to reserve your spots 252-1500.
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| Espresso! |
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Thanks to your requests we now have an Espresso for you from Counter Culture Coffee. These are the folks who blend our house coffee. You might remember that they took Adam, our cafe manager, to Nicaragua to meet the growers and to learn about their coffee.
This espresso is inspired by "caffee dolce" the sweet coffee known to aficionados of Siena and Tuscany in general. This one has "note of caramel, hazelnuts, and dark chocolate."
That sounds pretty good now, doesn't it?
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Dinners to go for this week |
Dinners 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 (252-0200) or stop in to speak to one of us in person.
Dinners are ready to pick up between 4:30 and 6:00
Monday, June 1 Chicken Marsala with Peppered Almonds 10.25
Tuesday, June 2 Scallops and Snow Peas in a White Wine Sauce 13.25
Wednesday, June 3 Flank Steak with a Brown Butter Bourbon Sauce 12.75
Thursday, June 4 Local Lamb-stuffed Peppers with Lemon Linguine 13.25
Friday, June 5 Salmon Corn Cakes with a Citrus Aioli 13.50
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| Special casserole of the week |
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We make a special casserole each Wednesday.
Give us a call on Tuesday before we close and we'll fix you up.
Order a half if you have around 4 folks, or, if you have a bigger group,
Or just like leftovers, order a full sized one.
Then come pick up between 4:30 and 6:00 on Wednesday.
North Carolina Sausage, Spinach, adn Artichoke Lasagna
Full: 39.00
Half: 19.50
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Delights for our Garden Room |
Oh how nice. These flowers graced our windows last night for a rehearsal dinner. It's such a nice thing to be able to make our place your own. I'm very happy about that.
We've been the venue for more and more interesting groups these days. We have a french group that meets here once a month. We have a group of women who have dinner and then go to the movies. We have non-profit groups of all kinds who come, have dinner, meet, and leave. We have a business group that meets here every week for breakfast.
We're open to all kinds of things. If you'd like to meet here, just let us know. All you need to do is buy some food (as you might expect) but it doesn't need to be a whole served, fancy event. Give us a call and we'll help you out too.
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| Blue Cheese from Spinning Spider |
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Our friends at Spinning Spider do not sit around wondering what to do. Here is a Blue Cheese from them that is fabulous! (Blue Cheese is almost my very favorite thing in the whole wide world and this is an outstanding version.)
Theirs is aged, crumbly, rich, sharp and completely pleasing (that's fancy food vocabulary for you. You're welcome.)
Come give it a try, why don't you? (This is just one of the local cheeses we offer. The selection changes to keep you happy. Yum.)
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Yu-UM!!! |
Who doesn't like potato salad?
Who doesn't like bacon?
Who can't imagine anything more delicious than potato salad made with bacon?
(Not me.)
One of today's offerings in our deli case. The choices change every day and depend on the weather, the ingredients, and our moods. Makes it all very interesting.
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| A Note from Laurey |
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May 30, 2009
Hey, guess what? I finally feel like I have come home. Sheesh! What a time this past month has been. I’ve been swirling around, trying to land, trying to get my legs to stop their desire to pedal, trying to get my face to stop missing the wind that had blown into it for the previous two months.
With all the rain we’ve had, things at home are lush and rich and lovely. THIS is the kind of growing season that even I can feel proud to be a part of. The other week, when Annie was here, I got out my rototiller and tilled a funny, freeform squiggly thing in the lower lawn. As I may have mentioned, I’m not the best planner in the world. I get a notion in my head and then, well, hop in.
I have had a notion to turn that lower lawn into a labyrinth for some time. But it got complicated as I imagined it and so I just never did anything about it. The other day though, with a couple of fistfuls of seeds, I just let go and followed the tiller, seeing where it went.
The result is a funny thing, vaguely horseshoe-shaped. Annie and I planted zinnias, nasturtiums, sunflowers, and some perennials too. Know that my usual tendency is to BUY seeds and not plant them, which seems foolish, but that’s a true confession. So I was proud of myself to have actually gotten the things into the ground. Annie, let me say, IS a planner and IS a gardener and does NOT buy seeds that she does not plant. That’s a good thing and it is really thanks to her that this is now a full-fledged garden.
So yesterday I went to look at this new squiggle garden and am delighted to report that everything is up and is coming right along. Little nasturtium leaves are poked out of the ground. Tiny sunflowers have started. The zinnias are growing. And the perennials look vibrant too. This, my friends, is going to be a nice garden!
The fountain that I rigged last week, the one that was leaking, is now fixed and is now filled with water hyacinths and they are growing too, filling in. I have the fountain hooked up to a switch in my kitchen and when I turn it on, little globe lights come on too. My front step is a fine place to sit these days as the sky darkens. The lights are now hidden in the foliage and there is not a prettier place to slow down at the end of what are busy, good days.
I’m beginning to work on a book idea about the bike ride and about re-entry and about inspiration and about following the mysterious path that we call life. Live. Love. Bike. Following the Golden Thread.
I’ll be in touch next week.
Cheers,
Laurey
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Laurey bikes (the "blog") |
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Be it ever so humble... |
Oh I love this little cabin of mine. And it's really sweet to have two little shadows, two beings who think that a fine afternoon is one spent following me around. The bigger one likes to go for a walk at the lake but the little one hates cars so he just waits at home for us to return.
Tye usually lies in the doorway, surveying things. There's a lot to see these days. Bees, flowers, birds. Life is good for all of us.
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