Neighborhood Restaurant Group and Fresh Farm Markets Team Up To Bring A Fresh Farm Dinner Series-Dining Farm to Fork
I know many Houndstooth Gourmet readers enjoy local ingredients and seasonal cooking as much as I do, which is why I’m excited about a dining event series which I discovered when reading The List Are You On It (registration required). The series joins the Neighborhood Restaurant Group (NRG), local farmers and you-to dine together. This is an excellent opportunity to support our local farmers and restaurants who support sustainable growing, humane farming and quality food.
Vermillion, Rustico, Evening Star Cafe and Tallulah will all be offering “Farm to Fork” dinners- kicking off with Rustico on Slater’s Lane in Alexandria. The four course dinner with one seating at 7pm on Feb. 6th, offers a delicious sounding menu crafted by Executive Chef Frank Morales. Featured farmers, who will talk about their products ,will include Babes in the Wood, Tree and Leaf and Firefly Farms.
Executive Chef Frank Morales will speak about how local farm products and relationships with farmers influence his cooking and menu choices.
First Course
Cauliflower Bisque with Preserved Fruit and Hearth Roasted Ciabatta
Second Course
Roasted Butternut Squash, Firefly Goat Cheese with Apple Butter Bernaise Relish
Third Course
Roasted Pork Loin Canneloni, Winter Cabbage and Glazed Carrrots and Rosemary Honey
Fourth Course
Pumpkin Creme Donut with Heavy Seas- Peg Leg Imperial Stout Hot Chocolate
$49pp + $15pp optional beer pairing. Tax and gratuity not included.
Babes in the Wood raises their pigs on 75 acres of pasture and woods in Dillwyn,VA. The pigs are given freedom to forage and roam in a low stress environment, and are not raised with antibiotics or hormones. According to Babes in the Wood, this gives their pork a distinctive flavor which superceeds intensively produced pork.
Firefly Farms from Maryland’s Allegheny Plateau is a familiar site at the Dupont Farmers Market. They make artisinal cheeses such as chevre, bouche noir, blue and most recently, New French-a St. Andre style cheese.
Tree and Leaf Farm, also a staple at the Fresh Farm Market, sustainably farms vegetables, herbs and flowers in Virginia’s Loudoun County. In addition to bringing their vegetables and herbs to our farmers markets, Tree and Leaf has a 21 week CSA which serves Loudoun County and the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington D.C.
[...] who has joined with Fresh Farm Markets to do dining events focused on local foods and providers (written about previously on The Houndstooth Gourmet). Each dinner brings farmers and diners together for an opportunity to learn about the farmers, their [...]