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Food
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. Links to Food & Dining On-Line The
amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. And, to put it all in context, best estimates say
that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there is actually making its
way to the search engines. Why
stop with fresh produce? ...
The Vermont Fresh Network exists as a way to save family farms while insuring top quality products. As the Vermont Fresh' mission puts it:
And that quality is
beginning to be recognized widely: This past January, the Vermont Fresh Network was voted to the Saveur 100 -- a list of Saveur magazine's favorite foods, restaurants, recipes, people, places and things from around the world. It is an honor that is judiciously added to the résumés of only the best of the best world-wide. Other past honorees have included restaurants, like La Bola in Madrid or the Canlis in Seattle ... chefs, like pastry chef Claudia Fleming of Gramercy Tavern, ... and other farm producers, like Nick Sciabica & Sons of Modesto, California, producers of fine olive oils and other Italian specialties, or Muir Glen of Washington state, whose crushed tomatoes Saveur listed among the "Ten Things We Always Buy at the Supermarket." Participating Farms and
Restaurants ... The chef end of the farm & chef partnership includes restaurants, outlets, inns, and bed-and breakfasts, including such names as Roland's Place in New Haven, the Waybury Inn in East Middlebury, Mary's at Baldwin Creek in Bristol, the Basin Harbor Club, the Whitford House Inn in Addison, Pizza on Earth in Charlotte, Bittersweet Farm Bed & Breakfast in Bristol, and Martha's Catering out of Weybridge ... Café Shelburne, The Inn at Shelburne Farms, O Bread Bakery, the Sirloin Saloon and Perry's Fish House in Shelburne ... the Daily Bread Bakery and Cafe in Richmond, Also close by are the Blueberry Hill Inn over in Goshen, The Common Man in Warren ... The Tavern at the Inn at Essex, Butler's at the Inn at Essex, NECI Commons in Burlington, and La Brioche Bakery and Cafe in Montpelier, all of the New England Culinary Institute ... while up in Burlington and South Burlington, you'll find Vermont Fresh products at Isabel's, Pauline's Cafe, Leunig's, Sweet Tomatoes Trattoria, the Five Spice Cafe, Sweetwater's and the Fresh Market / Cheese Outlet. In addition to all this, at least one school -- Middlebury College -- has made a commitment to serve Vermont Fresh on their Proctor Dining Hall menu.
Given how obvious that is, it may sound strange to hear it said. But we don't always make the connection, not consciously. Sure, if we go to the local Farmers Market or to a pick-your-own, the connection is likely to be a conscious one. But when we go to the supermarket or sit down to dinner on a night out, odds are, unless we're farmers ourselves, we don't always tend to think about how the food came to be there -- in the produce area or the cooler, or right there on the dinner plates before us. ... But we need to remember. ... Here at home, we try to remember the connection each and every evening when we sit down to dinner and begin with a simple prayer:
That's one simple way of remembering. And it doesn't take much. But the Vermont Fresh Network remembers in another way-- with on-going organization and support for both Vermont farmers and the restaurants and other food vendors who serve or sell some of the best home-grown food to be found anywhere. So ... Thanks to those our food comes from and through to get to our table. And thanks to the Vermont Fresh Network Farm & Chef Partnership for producing quality products. ... If you'd like to learn more about the Vermont Fresh Network, check out their web site. The link appears below. .. ******* ******* If you know of any links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ... links@downstreetmagazine.com ... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
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