so, we have had some great athens-related food/book news as of late…
in addition to hugh’s book, former athenian tamar adler also released her first book, an everlasting meal, last week.
{tamar was the founding head chef at farm 255…}
yesterday, on a perfect fall day, a group of us gathered in the country and ate good food and listened to tamar read from her book, under huge oak trees.
some of us played on tractors, too.
’twas a great day on the farm.
last week, we had a visitor- this lady came to town, so we headed out to full moon farm early on a friday morning so she could get some country time.
we arrived just in time for the morning harvest. we began by walking the land with farm 255 GM olivia sargeant & her dog atticus, then wandered around & took photographs, and finally kneeled down and helped pick beans for the restaurant and the farm’s CSA boxes. the rest of the helpers were made up of staff from the restaurant, CSA box subscribers, and friends who wanted to start their day by getting their hands dirty…
dr. jordan, a UGA ecology professor and his family own the land and operate spring valley ecofarms, the non-profit umbrella organization from which full moon farms leases our crop and pasture land from, and partners in a collaborative land stewardship & sustainable ag education program. the farm is managed by; jason mann and tended by many local farmers and farm 255 employees.
what a wonderful day it was!
**please visit our other farm 255 related posts here and here
we are lucky to have the wonderful farm 255, a restaurant in downtown athens which brings in food from local fields and pastures (including thier own farm) to the plates of many, everyday. chefs edward russell and matt palmerlee, were kind enough to send us over a pickle recipe. this weekend i stopped by the farmers market and picked up some beans to try this simple recipe at home.
last week, we posted a story on the home of olivia sargeant; one of the owners of farm 255.
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