Saturday, February 27, 2010

a forty mile meal...........'defining local'


The New England Farm 2 Fork Project is an eco-gastronomic organization that supports a biodiverse, sustainable food supply, local producers, heritage food-ways and the pleasures that surround the American table and kitchen. Founder, Chef Sebastian Carosi and his band of 'Roving Rural Culinary Visionaries' presents 'a forty mile meal' Friday March 19th thru Sunday March 21st starting at 6pm sharp. This event will be held at Raven Hill Orchard, a MOFGA certified organic apple orchard, located in East Waterboro, Maine. Chef Carosi is working closely with many farmers and producers to raise local food supply awareness and to support sustainable agriculture and economic development throughout our little corner of America...


The New England Farm 2 Fork Project's 'a forty mile meal' dinner will consist of locally made artisan and farmstead cheeses, pastured local lamb, antique (heirloom) apples and many other locally raised products. Our gastronomic goal is to serve the best local, sustainably produced ingredients, and to treat them with respect and simplicity in our cuisine. This means using as much of a products resources as possible, be it the greens from garden grown organic beets, or the livers and gizzards of barnyard chickens. Our deep-rooted regional influences have shaped and continue to shape New England farm cuisine and inspire our cooking and food on a daily basis. Diners are generally served 6-8 courses, in small, manageable portions that allow them to sample the variety of edible commodities available to us in a particular season, from a local source, without relying on imported foods purchased from agri-business conglomerates...


'......a forty mile meal's.......' menu will feature:


spiced raven hill orchard antique apple soup with burnt local wildflower honey yogurt and bee pollen...


heirloom beet and farmstead local buttermilk 'panna cotta' with peppered homemade yogurt and candied beets...


'almost spring' pastured waterboro lamb pie with a crust made of our own lard, a toss of organic local greens and lamb gravy...


six hour smoked coffee braised local beef with butter smashed aroostook county grown taters and natural pan drippin's...


a study in cheeses gathered from the local country side with rosemary scented antique apple jelly...


-liberty fields farm..........................................saco bay mist

-pineland farm.................................................cheddar

-silvery moon creamery.................................rosemary's waltz


shaker spiced applesauce cake with antique black oxford apple marmalade, mulled heirloom cider syrup and frozen maple whipped creme fraiche...


*bond spring mountain water . orchard applewood smoked coffee

*steve's artisan organic 'seven-grain' rolls . sugah shack maple whipped local creamery butter...



Cuisine by Culinary Alchemist- Chef Sebastian Carosi


$40 p/p (plus tax & gratuity)


RSVP ASAP by calling the orchard direct 207.247.4455

only 30 seats available