by Douglas Brown | Sep 13, 2019 | celery
Wan, insipid, the vegetable equivalent of a Ritz cracker designed for little more than holding schmears of dip. You encounter cold shafts of celery in crudite platters, piled beside the bowl of ranch dressing. It is time to experience what we consider real celery,...
by Douglas Brown | Aug 24, 2019 | corn
Lend us an ear, Black Catters and Brambleites. One of our favorite veggies in the fields is finally popping. It has become the country’s largest commodity crop, covering 90 million acres of farmland in the United States (most of it in the heartland). The mass-produced...
by Douglas Brown | Jun 15, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, organic, pig, sheep
We fill bins with brilliant-yellow mustard flowers that perch beside bins showcasing purple-hued heads of lettuce, tangles of serrated mizuna leaves, piles of white-blossomed fava bean tops. We spend atmospheric days amongst pigs and piglets — recently, we watched 11...
by Douglas Brown | Mar 26, 2018 | arugula, biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, pig
Stocking our restaurants with year-round farm food demands strategies — we do live in Colorado, after all. If something is capable of undergoing preservation in such a way that flavor is maintained (if not transformed in an excellent way), then we preserve. So...
by Douglas Brown | Jan 10, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, organic
Today marks two years to the day since Austin Elsborg started roasting beets, wizarding ambrosial barbecue sauce for pork and turning out some of the finest tavern food in Colorado at Bramble & Hare. All from a kitchen the size of a food truck. The anniversary is...
