Hand Me Downs

Have you heard of Outstanding in the Field?  They’re the touring rock stars of the local food movement.  They set up a literal “moveable feast” in farms, greenhouses, and other beautiful and fertile places all the world over.  Using the food and resources locally available, they create a special, one-time gourmet experience, with food as close to its source as possible.  Through class, excellence, and creativity, they are educating people (and at $180 a plate, we can assume we’re largely dealing with influential folks) about the goodness and and importance of supporting and celebrating one’s local food.

Thanks to local chef and maker of beautiful food and moments, Martha Stamps, Outstanding in the Field is coming to Nashville.  And we get to make music for it.  And eat, oh happy day.  What an amazing treat, and what a worthy happening for us to invest ourselves in.  Every time we get to play a “good food” event- the James Beard benefit dinner, Saturday mornings at the Nashville Farmer’s Market,  Outstanding in the Field- we are honored and feel like we’ve put our talents to good use.The event around here will be in Columbia, Tennessee on September 13 at Arugula’s Star Farm.  If you’d like to snag one of the remaining reservations, go here.

Thanks to Slow Food Nashville, to the East Nashville Farmer’s Market, thanks to Marne Duke and the folks at Local Table, thanks to Martha Stamps, thanks to Outstanding in the Field, thanks to the farmers, thanks to folks in grand, expensive, sweaty and dirty ways who are bringing good things out of the world we’ve been given.

Tags: Arugula's Star Farm, East Nashville Farmers Market, James Beard, local food, Local Table, Marne Duke, Martha Stamps, Nashville Farmers Market, Outstanding in the Field, Slow Food