The Fifteens
“Forget acting. I’m going to be an eco-saboteur.” She turns fifteen this month. These are the first words out of her mouth when Grammie brings her back to the cafe from wilderness survival summer camp. I think I’m holding my own at the espresso bar in her absense, but she gives me a light hip […]
Sap Bush Cafe Prix Fixe Brunch Special Sat-Sun Aug 4-5, 9-1
Split Pea Soup with Dad’s home-smoked ham hocks Barbers’ greens with balsamic vinaigrette Fresh cornbread w/grassfed butter Homemade pie GF & Prix Fixe 19.95 As usual, we’ll open at 9 on Saturday and Sunday with our full breakfast menu, espresso bar, specialty drinks and fresh pastries. We’ll serve until 1pm.
Unpaid Family Labor
“Jim!” George, one of Dad’s favorite customers, calls from the front of the cafe all the way to the kitchen in the back. “You got yourself a new job!” He waves and smiles. Dad must have his hearing aids on, because he looks up from the three bay sink, where he’s spraying down some bowls […]
Sap Bush Cafe Prix Fixe Brunch Sat-Sun July 28-29, 9-1
Garden-fresh tomato season is here! This week’s special: Tomato-garlic chicken salad Sap Bush pastured chicken and Barbers tomatoes and garlic, served over their greens with red wine vinaigrette Homemade cornbread w/grassfed butter Fresh berry pie GF & Prix Fixe 19.95 As usual, we open at 9am with our full breakfast menu, espresso drinks and […]
What would Henry David say?
“For my greatest skill has been to want but little.” When I read this line in Walden, I repeated it out loud. I wrote it down. I emblazoned it across my brain, forged it into my heart, considered tattooing it across my chest. I was a mother of two by then, but they were […]
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