He's Gone Mad....

A Radio Lab podcast about guts, wherein lactic acid in the gut as a result from eating fermented foods (or probiotic pills) is sorta proven to have a direct effect on mood in a positive way, inspired Mike to capture soon-to-be-out-of-season veggies in a delicious fermented brine.    Although Mike himself  was too grossed out by guts to actually make it to that part of the podcast, I filled him in.  Which led us to realize we could do with just a bit more kimchee....

Now radishes, kohlrabi, turnips, snap peas, napa cabbage and beets will live for many months in our jars and guts, helping us to live happier and healthier lives.

And we haven't even got Sandor's new book yet.....

Cinco de Mayo on the Ridge

May 5^th 2012

To Start

Handmade Tortillitas

With Sequatchie Cove Farm sour cream and scallions 

and William’s Island and Crabtree Farm  radishes

Baked Empanadas

 With Fall Creek Farm broccoli

 Spiced Peanuts and Almonds

With Signal Mtn Farm dried cayenne and herbs from my own yard

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Garbanzo Bisque

With Sequatchie Cove scallions and kale

The Feast

Creekridge Farm Chicken Mole

With last summer’s Pocket farm tomatoes, 

and chocolate from the farmer’s market in Dominica

Broccoli and Kohlrabi Enchiladas

Topped with Sequatchie Cove Creamery’s Dancing Fern

Pinto and Red Beans

With Riverview Farm corn flour dumplings

Fall Creek Farm Cabbage Slaw

    With Crabtree radishes

To Finish

Corn Cake

 With coconut milk, Sequatchie Cove Farm eggs and last summer’s corn; 

drizzled with a Velo coffee and Dominica nutmeg syrup

Featuring (and Many Thanks to)…. 

All beautiful and colorful wine and water glasses are made by Prentice Hicks and donated for use during this dinner.  They can be taken home to drink from and brighten your every day.  They are 2nds and specially priced.  Please ask for prices

Several small plates and a few larger ones, , and some serving bowls are made by Anderson Bailey, and are also donated for use during this dinner. They are the elegant, mostly white pieces.  They too can be taken home.  Please ask for prices.

Flowers are from my own yard, lovingly and beautifully arranged by Jennie Bartoletti

Of course this dinner would have been nothing but empty plates and stomachs without our dedicated and hardworking farmers and food artisans- William’s Island Farm, Sequatchie Cove Farm and Creamery, Signal Mountain Farm, Crabtree Farm, Circle S Farm, Pocket Farm, Riverview Farm, Creekridge Farm, and Fall Creek Farm were all extremely important in the making of this dinner.  They are all at Main Street Farmer’s Market- along with many other farms producing equally delicious produce and meat.

 And last, but decidedly not least- Many thanks to all of you- the  supporters of local farmers and craftspeople.  You choose to make this community better and more alive every day.  I look forward to seeing you all at the Main Street Farmers Market throughout the season!

Spring at Artifact

To Start

 Pimento Cheese

With Sequatchie Cove Creamery Cumberland and last summer’s tomatoes

            Served with Fall Creek Farms Cauliflower, Sequatchie Cove Farm Brocliettes,

         William’s Island Farm carrots and Niedlov’s baguette

Spring Rolls

With Williams Island carrots and broccoli flowers and 

Sequatchie Cove cilantro pesto and radishes

Sequatchie Cove Devil’s Eggs

dyed with pickled beet juice

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Alexzanna Farm Nettle Soup

With Fall Creek Farm potatoes and Sequatchie Cove onions

The Feast

Sequatchie Cove Farm Pork Shoulder

Braised with Williams Island carrots

Roasted Fall Creek Farm Potatoes

With Circle S Farm rutabagas

Spring Salad

With Tant Hill asian greens and Circle S lettuce

Chilled Black Eyed Peas

    With kale from Alexzanna Farm and Tant Hill

To Finish

Muscadine Squares

With handmade muscadine juice 

and flowers from Steve’s mum’s yard

Featuring (and Many Thanks to)….

All beautiful and colorful wine and water glasses are made by Prentice Hicks and donated for use during this dinner.  They can be taken home to drink from and brighten your every day.  They are 2nds and specially priced.  Please ask for prices

Cute and pretty tea cups, a few plates, small bud vases, and some serving bowls are made by Anderson Bailey, and are also donated for use during this dinner. They are the elegant, mostly white pieces.  They too can be taken home, inquire for prices.

Of course this dinner would have been nothing but empty plates and stomachs without our dedicated and hardworking farmers and food artisans- William’s Island Farm, Sequatchie Cove Farm and Creamery, Circle S Farm, Tant Hill Farm,  and Fall Creek Farm were all extremely important in the making of this dinner.  They are all at MainStreet Farmer’s Market- along with many other farms producing equally delicious produce and meat.

Thanks to our gracious hosts for opening the doors of their beautiful studio and letting us enjoy it for the evening.

 And last, but decidedly not least- Many thanks to all of you- the  supporters of local farmers and craftspeople.  You choose to make this community better and more alive every day.  I look forward to seeing you all at the Main Street Farmers Market throughout the season-which never ends!

* Thanks to the lovely Elspeth Schulze for the photos as well