Recently, farmer Margie Pikarsky and her husband Nick, daughter Rachel and my friend John DeFaro joined me for lunch at the Mango Cafe, located at the Fruit and Spice Park. The Cafe is by the park’s main entrance, inside a rustic wooden house. We were there for the fruit sampler, made fresh daily from whatever [...]
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Fruit and Spice and everything nice
Posted in agritourism, location, photo, restaurant, tagged Chris Rollins, Fruit and Spice Park, Jon DeFaro, Mango Cafe, Margie Pikarsky on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Fun day at the farm
Posted in agritourism, events, farm, location, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Farm Day, Sakaya Kitchen on December 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
7th Annual Farm Day at Bee Heaven Farm Sunday, December 18th 11:30am – 3:00pm Activities: * Make Your Own Scarecrow (and take it home), and other fun stuff * Hay Rides – For all the kids at heart * Farm Market – Featuring locally-grown seasonal organic produce, dried tropical fruit, raw farm honey, heirloom tomato [...]
Giving thanks
Posted in events, farm, farmer/grower, food, location, locavore, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Thanksgiving on November 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. For several years running I’ve been one of many people fortunate to be invited to celebrate in the barn at Bee Heaven Farm. It’s an extra special dinner because almost everything is local or organic, and many people at table are farmers who grew some of the food. Thanks to [...]
Ramble 2011
Posted in events, location, tagged Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Ramble on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, November 11, 2011 – Sunday, November 13, 2011 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Now into its seventh decade, the Ramble is still going strong. The annual festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is billed as the largest plant sale in South Florida, with more than 15,000 plants up for grabs. And that’s just the [...]
Homestead Al Gusto
Posted in agritourism, events, farmer/grower, food, location, locavore, tagged Chef Adri Garcia on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Saturday, November 5, 2011 6:00 -11:00 pm Losner Park 104 N. Krome Ave. Homestead FL A brand new local food festival launches tonight in the heart of historic Homestead. Called Homestead Al Gusto, the event is the brainchild of Adri Garcia, executive chef of Greenrocks Foods. She brings together a number of different elements of [...]
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