It’s finally May and the fantastic weather is upon us. Scratch that, I feel like I haven’t seen the sun in over a week. Yeah, yeah, I know we NEED the water, but I didn’t think we needed it all at once.
Regardless of the weather, this past weekend I had plans to stop by the Westside Provisions District Spring into Green Festival on Saturday, then head south to Serenbe for their May Day.
I was only at the Westside festival for an hour as I was also planting tomatoes that day, which turned out to be a total waste since it has done nothing but rain since that time. I do love any reason to pop in Star Provisions. This time I got a “piece” of frittata to eat, which they should really call a 1 kilo of frittata, because that’s a better approximation. This one was fresh out of the oven and chock full of mushrooms, potatoes, chevre, and asparagus.
I also stopped by the festival to support B.Right Scooters – 100+ MPG!!!
You must stop in The Local Farmstand if you are there – the selection is somewhat limited but they have some green’s mixes, radishes, and other dry goods that are worth a look.
My bounty from the festival – radish, Chinese cabbage, pork belly, and 1 pound of rendered duck fat. What do I do with rendered duck fat? Besides being great for my skin I’m told it will assist in creating an amazing char when cooking a steak. Confit may also be in my future…
Next up, Serenbe – the weather was a little nicer, at least we didn’t get any rain.
Nice to see H&F Bread Co here. I actually saw some people walking around, gnawing on large pieces of bread.
Steve Nygren was walking around with the pig below, named Hamlet.
There were a bunch of food options, including the shrimp and grits, which I did not eat…
… because we took a seat and ate at the Blue Eyed Daisy. Good sandwich/salads stuff, plus a good price on Sweetwater, who was also there pouring beers on draft. The pimiento cheese sandwich was the table favorite.
Baby goats and baby pigs, living together in harmony. Here they are all tuckered out from being poked and prodded by children (and Katie) all day.
It was a long day, but with a little urging we made it to Shaun’s for their Sunday night pasta deal – 3 courses for $12. The salad is served family style.
My main was Via Elisa ricotta ravioli with black kale pesto. A perfectly sized portion, fantastic pesto sauce, and of course Via Elisa is always the stuff. They also had a ziti with braised short rib main course. We also tried the chopped liver which I wouldn’t have guessed I would be a fan of, but turned out to be fantastic – sort of like a creamy chicken salad with much more depth of flavor.
A tiring, but fun weekend.
