DC Harvest

Last week we took delivery on a whole hog from Bill Jones of Dilwyn, Virginia.  Bill does business at the Charlottesville city market and makes regular deliveries to places closer to DC. I  met him a few years ago at the Alexandria farmer’s market and was immediately attracted to his product; “Babes in the [...]

I had hoped to hit a different market this weekend, but with house guests and a whole mess of other things happening, I had to go with the familiar. (Really, I needed one that was open at 9:00 on Sunday and was close to me).
Among the vendors in the bank parking lot, I cannot for [...]

Menu: Cibola Farms Bison Hot Dogs wrapped in Torpedo onions and beet greens from Tree and Leaf Farm and topped with Fields of Grace Gouda and homemade Green Tomato Ketchup. Tomatoes on the side from Bull Run Mountain Farm (also the source of the green tomatoes) with Fields of Grace mozzarella. The buns are Homemade [...]

The Menu:

Hot Dogs:  Cibola Farms Bison Dogs
Onions:  Tree and Leaf Farm torpedo Onions
Cheese: Fields of Grace
Buns: Homemade from Moutoux Whole Wheat Flour
Tomatoes: Bull Run Mountain CSA
Green Tomato Ketchup: Homemade from Bull Run CSA tomatoes

Too hot to use the oven, so I fired up the grill. Whole wheat crust made form Raphine Mill flour, beets from Bloomingdale farmers market, Goat cheese from Cherry Glen Farm, fennel from Bull Run Mountain farm. Wood from my shop and the neighbor’s oak tree