This weekend, David and I were part of a "thinking local" catering team for a friend's wedding. Lara and Grant had a vision for celebrating their special day with family and friends. It included being married at Wildwood, a park important to Lara as an environmental education site where she taught nearly 1000 times, if you can believe that! Their vision also included supporting friends, small start-ups and local producers by inviting them to create what they loved most for the day. We were honored to make three beautiful salads made mostly from Fawnwood Farm ingredients. The salads were accompanied by Ancient Heritage Dairy cheeses and mixed crackers. Other folks provided beautiful cakes decorated on site with edible flowers and mints, homemade wines, cordials and homemade preserves. Finally, Grant found a small local company that provided pulled pork for sandwiches from responsibly raised pigs. All in all, it was a beautiful and very Northwestern Oregon day. The rain, not often welcome on wedding days, was much loved and appreciated by this couple. When I first arrived at the site, Lara said, "What a beautiful day!" and she meant it. How great is that? And about as local as it gets!
Featured Salads: Super Slaw, Thai Cucumber Salad
& Fawnwood's End of Summer Salad