From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Strawberry Festival Saturday, 10 a.m. to dusk!

June 24, 2010

Some of the info about the upcoming festival from the Country Chicken Girl blog: I am especially excited for the upcoming Strawberry Festival at the Wind Harvest Farms this Saturday, June 26th from 10am to dusk. The festival will host a day full of strawberry picking, a Farmers Market from 10 AM-1 PM featuring local producers [...]

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Bless This Food

June 19, 2010

The family tradition of saying grace before meals is universal.  This weekend, I wanted to share one of my favorite passages from Bless This Food by Adrian Butash.  It is the first verse in a prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson: Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank you for this place in which we [...]

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The Folk’s Place Cafe and Bakery

June 13, 2010

Kinda’ looks like hanging out in a friend’s cozy kitchen over a long lunch, doesn’t it?  That is…a friend who is an extraordinary cook with a menu posted daily. Well that is how it feels and tastes too when you dine at the Folk’s Place in Mitchell.  I wasn’t planning on putting anything about restaurants [...]

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Bring It!

June 5, 2010

We picked up our first CSA tonight. If you signed up for the Mitchell Valley Farm CSA this year, then you received a questionnaire from Dan Weitzel.  He thoughtfully sent out inquiries to get a better sense of his customers and work to meet their needs.  I was tickled by one of the questions:

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