by Douglas Brown | May 3, 2019 | asparagus, sheep
It happens every spring: days of warmth and sun, followed by snow, mist, rain, fog, a swirling cloak of gray that sticks around for a patch of days. Were you, too, humming “Here Comes The Sun” yesterday when we woke up to that great fiery star in the sky? Rain is...
by Douglas Brown | May 3, 2019 | Wheat
One of our projects this week revolved around wheat. Did you know that all of the wheat flour we use in the restaurants comes from our own fields and mills? That’s right, the bread we bring to your table comes from homegrown wheat. It wasn’t the case until just a few...
by Douglas Brown | Apr 27, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, organic, pig, sheep
We have considered it for years, and finally it is a lively reality at the Farmers’ Market: Just as we craft and serve food in our restaurants, now we are doing the same at the Market. Pork burgers from our heritage Mulefoot pigs. Lamb ragout, from our big flock of...
by Douglas Brown | Jan 23, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, organic, pig, sheep
They have been arriving nearly every day since December, the tiny lambs. Their moms, the ewes, have been heavy with offspring, in many cases twins, for months; the gestation for lambs is 152 days, give or take. Now lambs totter around the fields on those unsteady,...
by Douglas Brown | Mar 24, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, sheep
If you listen closely, you might hear the soil singing this morning. It’s a Beatles song — “Raiiiiiiiin | I don’t mind” The soil, in fact, is rejoicing. And so are the sheep, the lambs and our lead guard dog Chloe, an Akbash, which is a breed...
