by The Chef And The Writer | Jan 8, 2017 | #BestofBlueRidge, #ChefDannyMellman, #MasseriaKitchen, #SustainableFarming
This New Year brings us exciting news. We worked to create a vision for the next 10 years for our company and part of that was building our restaurant properties to a place where we could own the land beneath our business. Along with that goal, comes many other...
by The Chef And The Writer | Mar 14, 2015 | #BestofBlueRidge, #ChefDannyMellman, #Homestead, #MasseriaKitchen, #SustainableFarming
I sit, watching the sky darken, and contemplate the task of mucking out our sow’s stall. I need to dispose of the straw she’s kept so warm for her litter this winter, the lice have not died off despite bone-chilling weather. I’ve finished my basic daily chores. I...
by The Chef And The Writer | Apr 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
So it’s been a year now since I quit my full-time writing gig. I don’t know what I thought when I quit. That I was going to write the Great American novel in twelve months? Great books have been written in less time. Great books have been written in more time. And...
by The Chef And The Writer | Aug 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I was drenched in physics today. And chemistry. And a bit of mathematics. All subjects that normally make my head spin, but today it was delicious learning. No, I was not reliving the drudgery I experienced with college science classes, instead I baked my way through...