Is there nothing that Nick Roumel can’t do? Attorney, writer for Current Magazine, foodie and cook–he’s a modern day renaissance man, and Friday Mornings @Selma benefited from him shining his creativity and energy in our direction.  And if that weren’t wonderful enough, Nick brought Olivia May back into the kitchen as his sous chef.  Olivia was in charge of the savory bread pudding, and it was deeply rich and delicious.  Full of mushrooms, caramelized onions and kale, and served with home cured bacon and hoop house greens, this special took bread pudding to new heights.  Nick was in charge of the eggs benedict with a way cool twist.  Under the perfectly poached egg topped with luscious hollandaise sauce was a sweet potato croquette and a slice of Sparrow Meat’s ham.  Big thanks to Sparrow for donating the ham!  This special was so good I ate it once at the start of Selma service, and then asked Nick to make me one to take with me to eat later at work for lunch.  We had nearly 100 people for breakfast, and Nick and Olivia kept the food coming with ease and big grins.

It’s been really great to have a steady stream of volunteers for both Thursday evening prep and Friday morning service.  Thursday helpers were Garin Fons, Remi Holden, Mary Wessel Walker, Claire Maitre, Amanda Schott, Kate Mathews, Jennifer Jensen, Anita Sherman Moran, Michelle Fortin, Christine Deucher, Evan Dayringer, Robbie Moore, Nevon Clark and Katherine Yates.  Thank you for pulling it all together and making it so much fun.

Friday morning volunteers were Remi Holden, Garin Fons, Rob Foley, Courtney Peterson, Rex Roof, Arthur Peterson, Kate Long, Evan Dayringer, Anita Sherman Moran, Chris Kaul, Adrienne Berry, Jennifer Jensen and Nevon Clark.  These folks worked non-stop from start to finish, and left the kitchen clean and in beautiful order.  Thank you!

If you have been thinking it might be a good thing to come around on a Thursday evening to help out, or show up on a Friday morning to eat and then stay and clean up, whatcha waiting for?? As Claire Maitre said about volunteering, “It’s great to come eat breakfast, but volunteering is a whole ‘nother level of fun.”  I couldn’t agree more.  Give it a try. It’s a great group of people making delicious food all for an excellent cause.

Whether you come to help out, or just come by to eat, I look forward to seeing you around the kitchen soon.

~Lisa