Jug-a-rum, jug-a-rum, jug-a-rum. I don’t think much of the Westchesters who own the vacation house next door. But I think a lot about their pond. My bedroom windows are up against the state forest, and as I fall to sleep at night, they channel in the songs of the thrushes. The clerestories above me […]
Archives for June 2018
Guide to Choosing Grassfed Steaks
We just got two gorgeous beef back from the butcher in time for July 4th grilling. Our freezers are packed with the widest selection of steaks that we’ll see all season, from chuck eyes, skirts & flanks, to porterhouses and filets. That means we have cuts and prices to suit every budget and every taste…Trouble […]
Sap Bush Cafe Prix Fixe Brunch Special Sat-Sun June 30-July 1
Summer hours are here!!! Sap Bush Cafe will be open Saturdays & Sundays 9-1 for July & August. Winter hours will return Labor Day weekend. We’ll have our fresh pastries, heavenly coffee and summer breakfast menu starting at 9am. Beginning at 10:30, we’ll offer this week’s prix fixe brunch: Curried Chicken Salad With Sap […]
Please.
“There are several words for thank you, there is no word for please.” I am reading Braiding Sweetgrass*, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation, is talking about table manners in her native tongue. “Food was meant to be shared,” she explains. “No added politeness needed; it was simply a cultural given […]
Sap Bush Cafe Prix Fixe Brunch for Saturday, June 23, 2018, 9-12
Here it is, our most popular dish…. Chicken Pot Pie Made with local and organic vegetables, our pasture-raised chicken and homemade bone broth gravy Summer Squash Slaw Fresh-baked pie GF & Prix Fixe 19.95 Chicken pot pies tend to sell out! While we don’t reserve tables (one will eventually open up, we […]
Lucky Dog
It’s nearly 11 o’clock at night. Bob and I pay for our food, push aside our plates and make our way to the exit of Gene’s, a brightly lit restaurant on the outskirts of Moncton, New Brunswick. We are the only customers there at present. A man watches us intently from behind the counter. I […]
Sap Bush Cafe Brunch Saturday June 16, 2018 9-12
Sap Bush Hollow home-smoked pulled pork sandwiches choice of regular or gluten-free roll Creamy bbq slaw Homemade GF Pie GF & Prix Fixe 19.95 As always, we open at 9 with our fresh croissants, baked goods, coffee and our breakfast menu. Prix Fixe Brunch service begins at 10:30. As long as you’re in the […]
Sap Bush Cafe brunch Saturday, June 16, 9-12
Celebrate Fathers’ Day with us on Saturday! Home-smoked Sap Bush Hollow Pulled Pork Honey-mustard bbq sauce Choice of regular or GF roll Creamy bbq slaw Homemade Pie GF & Prix Fixe 19.95 As always, we open at 9 with our fresh croissants, baked goods, coffee and our breakfast menu. Prix Fixe Brunch service begins at […]
Sap Bush Cafe Prix Fixe Brunch Special Sat Jun 8, 9-12
Hearty portion of homemade lasagna made with Sap Bush eggs & ground beef Fresh greens with balsamic vinaigrette Homemade pie GF & Prix 19.95 As usual, we’ll open at 9am with our full coffee & breakfast menu, and our fresh-baked pastries. Our brunch special will be available starting at 10:30. We close at […]
Whiskey for Breakfast
It’s noon on Friday, and I’m pounding on the back door of the Green Wolf Tap Room. Bob and the kids are next door at the library with a homeschool group, and I’m demanding that Justin, the owner, open up early and serve me whiskey for breakfast. I haven’t eaten since lunch the day […]