Cooling off.

Cooler temperatures mean the beginning of the fall entertaining season. Here are a few pictures from recent events.

Simple Joys.

Grill Marks

Nice night for an outdoor grilling class at the Bryson City Place.

August 11 dinner in Dallas.

Enjoyed being together last night on a beautiful evening in Downtown.

Pictures.

Here are a few pictures from the last few FCC's.

Food Creates Community: Saturday August 11

Details: http://foodcreatescommunity81112.eventbrite.com/

Willows Inn

Just returned from a tasteful time in the Northwest. We had the opportunity to experience the Willows Inn (check out new Food and Wine for a great article).
Here are some pictures:

Food Creates Community Spring Schedule!

FCC = Inspiring Delicious Conversation

Wow, its been a while: Along with being a new dad (shes now 8 months), we are still cooking and experiencing life around the table. We enjoyed providing FCC experiences for a number of private groups last fall, winter, and now this spring.

We are kicking off our FCC season this Friday in Abilene in Support of ACU's locavore club - most of the food will come from SlowPoke Farms in West TX. Here's the link:

http://aculocavorefundraiser.eventbrite.com/

Also Friday April 27th we will host a Food Creates Community in Dallas at 7:00 -

http://april27foodcreatescommunity.eventbrite.com

Check back for more dinners in May, June, and August!

Food Creates Community - August 13th!

Sold Out.

Look forward to being back together for a summer FCC.

Lots of great N. Texas produce to showcase and celebrate the best of the season!

August 13th - 7:30 - Garden Cafe

50 a person

BYOB

RSVP: http://foodcreatescommunityaug2011.eventbrite.com/

Food Creates Community - May 7th

Sold Out...
Come celebrate the taste of spring! RSVP - http://foodcreatescommunitymay72011.eventbrite.com/ Look forward to having you.

Inspired Eating.

Em and I just returned from San Francisco and Napa where we ate and enjoyed more than our fare shares worth of inspiring cuisine. At each of these wonderful spots I was struck by the purity of ingredients and the devotion to technique.

Here is the list:

Cafe Claude - The Slanted Door - Tartine Bakery - Bi Rite Grocery - Arlequin - Karas Cupcakes - RN74 - L Osteria del Forno - Chez Panisse - Boulettes Larder - Happa Ramen - Pizzeria Delfina - Cafe Fanny - Acme Bread - Ca Momi - Bouchon Bakery - The French Laundry

Because of the great DMN article we are excited to add more people to our FCC community! We look forward to having you at our table and providing tastes and flavors that represent the people and the season involved.

Early Spring - Food Creates Community - April 2.

Look forward to having you at our table!

This early spring event will feature 5 inspired courses sourced from the best of North Texas!

RSVP: http://april22011.eventbrite.com/ - SOLD OUT.

Saturday April 2 @ 7:30 - 50 a person (BYOB)

? - jswim@vestalsfoods.com

www.vestalsfoods.com

Food Creates Community.

Enjoyed our time together on Saturday night - hope you enjoyed all of the flavors and tastes.

Our next event will be Saturday April 2 - stay tuned to RSVP.

Have a wonderful week!

February 26 - Food Creates Community.

Looking forward to another year of Food Creates Community!
We are kicking off the year with a night filled with friends and flavors gathered around the bountiful table. The night will feature 5 courses sourced from the best of the area and prepared with passion for taste and nourishment. We will be back in the Lakewood community and offer two seating’s (6 and 8) on Saturday February 26. The cost is 50 a person and the event is BYOB.

RSVP 6 o'clock seating:

http://foodcreatescommunityfeb2011.eventbrite.com/

RSVP 8 o'clock seating: - Sold Out.

http://foodcreatescommunity8feb2011.eventbrite.com/

Look forward to having you at our table.

Questions: jswim@vestalsfoods.com or 214-755-3014

Mark Bittman: A Food Manifesto for the Future

Interesting read here by Mark Bittman who just transitioned from his role as The Minimalist at the NY Times to an opinion blogger:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/a-food-manifesto-for-the-future/?src=me&ref=general

I enjoyed his point about getting more people to cook at home, thus the need for further cooking education, it is fascinating to me that well educated people have such a fear of the kitchen.

Happy snow day.

February Event.

Wow, its been a while...Hope that you had a wonderful fall, holiday season, and new year!

We are setting the table for a new year of Food Creates Community; as always we are committed to providing unique dining experiences that celebrate people gathering around the seasonal table.

Mark your calendars for a FCC event the weekend of February 25th and 26th, more details soon.

Project Eden Dinner.

Food Creates Community is a proud supporter of Project Eden a community garden in Richardson that provides fresh produce for a North Texas Food Bank sponsored food pantry.

We are helping the garden raise some finds for future expansion, so mark your calendars for Saturday September 25th for 75 a person.

A fall FCC will happen later in October.

We are actually on Facebook.

Who would have thought.

See you soon,
Jordan

Summer.

We are off to a great summer of flavors, weddings, and TX tomatoes!

Last night we celebrated the opening of a community garden in Richardson: The Eden Project. We put together some burgers, summer corn and tomato salad, veggie chips, and frozen fruit bars for the eager gardeners and their friends. It is exciting to see the people connect over something as basic as growing their own food.

We look forward to having you at Food Creates Community on August 28th:
RSVP here - http://aug2010fcc.eventbrite.com/
We will be back from a culinary trip to Europe, so come enjoy the bounty of late summer in TX. 50 a person - BYOB

Pizza.

Vestals Flat Bread.

Caramelized TX Onion and Elephant Garlic.

Prosciutto, Paula's Mozzarella, 405 Oregano, TX Honey.