Ok, there’s been a little friendly competition among the Selma guest chef’s over the months.  If you’ve been paying attention, we’ve had chefs now and then try and outdo one and other.  Maybe it’s the nature of people who are passionate about their art form to simply want to be the best of what they do.  This past week at Selma just may have raised the bar another notch.  Of course, favorite food means different things to different people–one persons best breakfast might include kippers and fried tomatoes, another person’s might be a cream filled doughnut.

Far be it for me to judge…but I will say this, I had Max and Eli’s special of a home made English muffin with a thick juicy slice of heirloom tomato, a perfectly fried sunny side up egg topped with salmon hollandaise sauce served with a side of garlicky home fries, and I can’t remember eating anything for breakfast quite as delicious as this…ever.  I don’t think I was alone.

Wait, I hear someone in the background–what’s that??  The French toast?? Ohhhh.  Apparently I am wrong.  It was Max and Eli’s other special of challah French toast served with a reduction of peaches, butter and maple syrup and candied peaches, served with a side of house made pork breakfast sausage spiced up with ginger, garlic and sage that was the best breakfast ever.  Can we both be right?  Absolutely–that’s the beauty of scrumptious food–everybody wins.  Regardless of which special was your favorite this week, we can bow down to Max and Eli, who made all the work of Selma extra worth it this week. Thanks boys!

Thanks also to the great crew who showed up to prep Thursday night: Garin Fons organized the wonderful volunteers that included JD Rubin, Amanda Schott, Rob Foley, Krista Stone, Laura Kowal, Nevon Clark and Olivia May.  Friday morning volunteers did an awesome job of everything–including the crew who stayed to wash the kitchen floor and put the dishes away! Thanks to Susie Baity-Stearns, Caroline Garret, Imogen Taylor, Leslie Isaacs, Kate Noll-Greene, Nevon Clark, Ines and Eric Storhork, Laura Kowal, Eva Stern, and Rob Foley.

An extra special thanks goes out to Matt Graff for donating a case of Clancy’s Fancy Hot Sauce to Selma at the end of the HomeGrown Festival last night.  Thanks Matt!

Come on by for breakfast some Friday soon!  We’re looking forward to seeing you in our kitchen, ~Lisa