For the debut of Soul Food Farm’s new series of cooking workshops, personal chef Melissa Fernandez will teach a select group of 10 how to make authentic Oaxacan black mole with roasted chicken (guess whose?) and homemade tortillas.
A cook for the past 15 years, Melissa spent the first 7 of those working in kitchens in [...]
The Soul Food Farm CSA launched October 7, 2009 with our first delivery at my house in Emeryville, during a very difficult time — about a month after the devastating fire that crippled the farm. It’s still a work in progress, jerry-rigged from Google Docs and emails and the vast patience of our 150+ subscribers. [...]
Daniel Patterson (Coi), a longtime Soul Food Farm supporter, has chosen to use the farm’s chicken in a high-profile fundraiser with Manresa Chef David for the Bocuse d”or Foundation. From SF Weekly:
Patterson and Kinch to Team Up for Epic Bocuse d’Or Dinner
In December, the Bocuse d’Or USA Foundation announced the 12 semi-finalists for the next [...]
The UK’s respected Financial Times newspaper has a delirious review of Frances, Melissa Perello’s new restaurant. Melissa is a highly recognized chef who also happens to be a staunch farm-to-table supporter.
From the review:
Named after the chef’s grandmother, it is a family effort. Perello’s father helped her with the walls and the wood finishing. Her mother [...]
Mark your calendars:
Monday Jan 25: Chez Panisse is having a special Soul Food-themed dinner downstairs featuring the chicken and cured olives that Eric did just for this, plus an egg dish and maybe some of the wild bay leaves and lemons from Pleasants Valley Road. Make a reservation
Saturday, Feb. 20: Alexis is doing a [...]
Alexis had a terrific long interview air in December with KCBS Food Editor Narsai David. He talked to her about the fire, the dismal economics (but joyous rewards!) of raising pastured poultry, and much more. You can listen to it via the Pastured Polutry and Eggs link here or download the MP3.
Anita and Cameron, of Married …with dinner San Francisco food blog fame, have been staunch supporters of Soul Food Farm throughout this difficult year — coming out to the farm to build chicken houses after the fire, serving as a CSA pickup site for our first San Francisco drop, and helping to publicize the CSA [...]
Chirstine Muhlke’s profile of Soul Food Farm for the New York Times Magazine just came out this past Sunday, on Thanksgiving weekend. Titled “Field Report: Learning about Community Supported Agriculture the Hard Way,” it focuses on the dismal economics of a small farm like Soul Food, and how something like a comparatively minor fire can [...]
A couple of CSA members have asked me about freezing/storing the fresh chickens. They are fine in the fridge for 3-5 days, I have cooked mine up to 7 days after getting. I always rinse inside and outside and pat them dry before cooking regardless. If you are going to freeze, I think best to [...]
Soul Food Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture program has just completed seven weekly deliveries, and so far most have gone smoothly. (There was that one time the Bay Bridge was closed unexpectedly due to a rolled truck, and Eric had to turn around and drive all the way through Marin to get to Potrero Hill.) Our [...]
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