Date: August 11th 2010

FridayMornings@SELMA invites you to pull up a chair and share your vision for the future of food.

Dan Vernia is back this time leading the “Gang of Five” ready to dish up some spice and history.  These culinary nomads from afar (well, ok, around Rochester, MI), made up of members from restaurant venues too numerous to count on their remaining fingers, come armed with recipes from The Creole Cookery Book, published by the Christian Women's Exchange of New Orleans in 1885.  This amazing find and many others are part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive at the William L. Clements Library on the U of M Campus. One of the leading historical culinary collections in the country, donated to the Library by Jan and her husband Daniel Long one.  The Library's exhibition space is open to the public featuring special exhibitions from the permanent collection of primary source materials relating to the history of American cuisine.  So here it is:

·        An old fashion gumbo with pulled chicken and Jeff's Spanish chorizo, served over oven roasted tomato and topped with poached egg to help us remember our friends along the Gulf.

·        And for the vegetarians, we sauté up some spicy greens with mushrooms and chioga beets, topped with a tofu and roasted red pepper terrine and baked eggplant.

Both specials get a slice of Virginia corn cake from our featured cookbook.

Don't forget our fruit seasonal regular breakfast choices: Waffles with peaches or blueberries and…… Lisa being out of town (Kripalu Yoga workshop) isn’t even stopping her from making another killa’ peach bread pudding for y’all.

The news:

Common Cycle will be set up in the driveway this week.  These are the folks about town lately doing free bicycle repairs.  You may have seen them in action at the Sunday Artisans Market.  Ride on over and you might just get a complimentary adjustment or other dose of bike love.  Please check out and support their Kickstarter project to buy more tools and supplies.   Y ou can get a shirt out of the deal!  We need these people to be appreciated and supported in our town.

Yo volunteers!!  --  Summer Hoop builds are here!

We will again be building hoops with breakfast proceeds this August and September.  We will be building hoops for:

·        August 14^th - Fox and Janet Addelman of Portage River Farm in Pinkney (a monster 30’x144 footer).  This is coming up real fast, so we really need your help building this food palace!  Help!  Please sign up here.  And, please help us spread the word on this one y’all.   Oh, did I mention, !Help! ?

·        August 28^th - Jennifer Kangas of Capella Farm on Scio Church Rd.  A standard 30x96 midwall.  Volunteer sign up is now online.

·        September 25^th - Shannon Brines (Brines Farm) in Dexter – sign up sheet will be up soon for this one.

School Garden Workshop - Tues., August 17, 2010  6-8pm, Rain or Shine
Tappan Middle School Garden- on the hill behind the school
Address: 2251 E. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
The Agrarian Adventure is hosting a workshop at the Tappan School garden & hoop-house to share some of our experiences over the past 7 years of schoolyard food production and integration into classroom and school-day learning.  Get practical tips on planning, crop selection, how to start and maintain a school garden, school and community involvement, season extension, classroom and after-school lesson ideas.  More on the web.

Holler Fest 2010 is next weekend.  Mark your calendars for August 20-22 – for a three-day festival on Frog Holler Farm, supporting local musicians, sharing local food, and building local community!  Over thirty performers, organic meals from the farm, camping, lots of kid's activities, guided nature walks, yoga/t'ai chi.  Our own little Woodstock – local-foods style.  Lisa and I will be there, camping all weekend, and serving up breakfast Saturday.  Lisa will be teaching yoga as well.  Not to be missed.

Salsa Canning Work Day: Sunday, August 22^nd  Preserving Traditions will host a salsa canning work day from 1-5pm on August 22nd. We'll work together to turn tomatoes, onions, garlic, and peppers into five or six gallons of salsa (some hot, some mild). We'll contribute the ingredients collectively - ideally, from our own gardens - and split the finished salsa among us to stock our pantries for winter!

There are a few requirements you can check out at the above link. 
$5 or free for Grange members

A bit early for all of the details on this one, but I hope you will consider penciling in Sunday September 26^th form 5 – 8pm.  We will be launching the Farmer Fund (a way for folks in the community to be able to co-lend on all of our building projects) at a fundraiser event and Grange Kitchen and Bar. 

$50 – Brandon’s finest finger food and Michigan bubbly.

And finally…

So what the heck is this FM@SELMA thing anyway?

FridayMornings@SELMA is your local-foods breakfast salon.  The suggested donation for breakfast is $12 - $15.  All proceeds go to the farmers and producers of your food and our small farms-small farmers initiative.  FM@SELMA is here for you every week 6:30 to 10:00 am - 722 Soule - check out: Repasts, Present and Future for more information.  Early arrival is sugg ested for those on the go (we get wait-listed around 8:30).  FM@SELMA is all-volunteer.  We need your help to sustain this local-foods breakfast salon.  Read Lisa’s Repasts blog to get all the dish.  Please reply to this email or click here to let us know what you are thinking, and how you would like to participate.