It was a busy, busy morning here at Selma Cafe.  So busy that I couldn’t take as many photos as I would have liked.  By the time I got around to capturing the deep red beauty of David Klingenberger’s The Brinery goods, this is the tiny bit that was left.  This end-of-the-jar is the very special and delicious Spring Storm Cloud Zapper beet kraut that David is creating and selling at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market.  This, along with David’s kim chee was  spooned and slurped up right along with his lovely spring fritata.  The fritata was packed with onions, asparagus, morels, shitakes, cheese and eggs, and served with a side of nettle pesto.  David cooked up the fritatas in a skillet and finished them in the oven.

The morels were a perfect spring time addtion to the fritatas.

The garnishes were extra pretty this week as well, with johnny-jump-up flowers and chive tops direct from Tantre Farms.

Along with David’s fritatas, I made individual ramekins of spinach souffle, in a bechamel base, seasoned with nutmeg.   One of my favorite things about the souffle recipe is that it calls for more egg whites than egg yolks.  Why, you might wonder, do I want extra egg yolks?? The answer of course, is it takes egg yolks to make pudding.  And we love pudding around here.  So, each souffle special had a little dollop of vanilla pudding on the side, made with Tantre Farm milk, Dry Bucket Farm eggs and local honey.  We offered bacon with each of the specials, along with lovely hoop house greens.

It  was really fun to have David in the kitchen. He has a sweet and positive attitude that pretty much rubs off on everyone. And, he had his own little posse of Tantre friends who came by to support him.

All in all it was a really great week at FM@SELMA.  Thanks to everyone who came out to help with prep Thursday night: Noah Miller, Nevon Clark, Michelle Fortin, Charles and Simone Racine, Nicole Aruda, Jennifer Jensen, Susie Baity-Stearns, Mike Woodruff and Olivia Gramprie.  Thanks too, to our Friday morning set-up, server and clean-up volunteers, including Anne West, Cassie Peabody, Siri Gottlieb, Mike Christianson, Carolyn Miller, Jennifer Jensen and, especially Michelle Fortin, who worked into the afternoon to bring order back into our kitchen.

Next week we have Nora and Suzy from Taste our Goods back in the kitchen again with some breakfast sammies to amaze and delight us.

See you then! ~Lisa