Everything but the oink
While winter is a fallow time for the produce farmer, for the meat artisan and chef, winter is the time to get busy so they can make use of cold weather to start cured products. Natural refrigeration makes it a…
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Spring has Sprung
A pleasant surprise During winter, vegetable farmers typically take a break and then begin planning for next year and working on infrastructure items like fixing and buying equipment. (Over the winter, Eric and Jill purchased a former RTD mini-bus to…
Farmers’ Market Participation Cancelled for 4/18/15
SORRY, THE BLACK CAT FARM WILL NOT ATTEND TOMORROW’S MARKET ON APRIL 18, 2015 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. Breaking in the new electric tractor When there’s the need to break up ground for planting, Eric is frequently the one on…
Upcoming Cookbook Tasting and BookCliff Vineyards Dinners
After a hiatus, the cookbook tasting dinners resume this Tuesday, April 14 at 6:30pm. The earlier dinners delved into the glorious produce that you can find at the Boulder Farmers’ Market in the late summer, fall, and winter via recipes…
Farmers’ Market Corner for 4/11/15
We are happy to announce that we will be attending our first market of 2015 this weekend. Eric and Jill look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. The Black Cat Farm booth at the Boulder Farmers’ Market…
A Tantalizing February 18th Cookbook Tasting Dinner Menu
The menu for this Wednesday’s February 18th, 6:30pm cookbook tasting dinner at Black Cat Farm-Table-Bistro speaks to the seductive and powerful influence of smell in cuisine. Lavender, black truffles, the French/Indian spice mix vadouvan, and bergamot all make an appearance.…
The Cookbook Dinners Continue on February 18th
Due to popular demand, Black Cat Farm-Table-Bistro will continue to offer cookbook tasting dinners. The plan is to hold them about every six weeks. Each dinner will have a different menu that consists exclusively of dishes from Eric’s cookbook, Farm, Fork,…
Black Cat Beef
Nearly every new vegetable or animal that the Black Cat Farm grows or raises starts with a trial run. One of the latest trial runs was a big one. Literally, a really big one. As a birthday present from Jill…
Winter Produce
If you dine at Black Cat Farm-Table-Bistro or Bramble and Hare, there’s a good chance that the greens or root vegetables on your plate have been freshly harvested on the Black Cat Farm. With the use of row cover cloth,…
Temporary restaurant closures on 1/5 and 1/12
Floors undergo some of the greatest amount of wear-and-tear that restaurants experience. After the holidays is a good time for renewal, not only for people but also for restaurants. The annual repairing of the Black Cat Farm-Table-Bistro and Bramble and…
Thanks for the 2014 Market Memories
Earlier this month, Eric and Jill staffed the Black Cat Farm booth at the Winter market at the Boulder County fairgrounds in Longmont, the last Boulder County Farmers’ Market event of the year. Much like at the Boulder outdoor farmers’…
Cookbook Tasting Dinner Redux: The Menu
This year has been a successful one on so many levels for the launch of Eric’s cookbook, Farm Fork Food: A Year of Spectacular Recipes Inspired by Black Cat Farm. Eric has been attending a steady stream of book signings.…