Still at the Fairchild Farm & Garden Festival… Ducked out of the lecture on preserving the harvest (sorry, Margie!) to catch Robert Barnum’s cooking demo under the big tent. Robert, as you might recall, is also known as the Cantankerous Chef. And Saturday he was downright crabby, showing his recipe for fried piper betel leaves [...]
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Good eats in the Garden
Posted in chef, events, farmer/grower, food, photo, recipe, tagged Claire Tomlin, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Farm & Garden Festival, Gabriele Marewski, Laura Lafata, Margie Pikarsky, Miguel Bode on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It was a great weekend for the Fairchild Farm & Garden Festival, sunny and warm but not yet excruciatingly hot. A lot was going on, and I was running from presentations in the Garden Room to various tents and back trying to keep up with interesting events. On Saturday morning, I dropped in at the [...]
Learning Luncheon at Paradise
Posted in agritourism, chef, events, farm, locavore, tagged Gabriele Marewski, Mary Siragusa, Paradise Farms on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Paradise Farms introduces the first interactive “Learning Luncheon” featuring Private Chef Mary Siragusa. Saturday, April 17th 11:00 am Arrival with sparkling organic juices, followed by farm tour 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Interactive food prep 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Luncheon 3 courses with dessert @ $45 per person. Sign up at www.paradisefarms.net Learn how [...]
Locavores on bikes
Posted in agritourism, chef, events, farm, food, locavore, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Donna Reno, Kira Volz, Kris Wessel, Slow Food Miami, Teena Borek on March 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
On a sunny, breezy Saturday morning last week, over 80 cyclists converged on Bee Heaven Farm for the Slow Locavore Farm Lunch, organized by Slow Food Miami (SFM). The Farm Lunch combined a 7.5 mile bike ride along Redland back roads, with stops along the way at several farms, and ended with a gourmet lunch [...]
