The Kitchen Garden Company

This is me, caught in the act, during the San Juan County Fair. I was cooking Paella and discussing the importance of local foods and the need to buy from Farmer’s Markets. You can hear me speaking at this event here.

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Here is a short video I made about hand making pasta.

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It has been a very busy summer. Between the usual dinners, parties and functions I managed to squeeze in an appearance at the County Fair doing an cooking demonstration using local foods, all while keeping The Gastrocast going.

Now, the harvest is almost over. We didn’t get as much as we’d hoped from the Kitchen Garden as it was so dry, but the Polytunnel surprised us with a bounty of Tomatoes and Chillies which are still coming. Hopefully we should be harvesting lettuces and herbs until Christmas, weather permitting, from the tunnel. All this has lead to an abundance of material for a second cookbook, if I can ever find some time for it. . . .
Meanwhile I should be spraying the Chicken coops down with EM and getting the Gardens and Livestock ready for Winter before the cold, rainy weather really hits us with a vengeance.

In addition, this week, I am working on a few mid-season events, getting ready for a television appearance and beginning to take bookings for the holiday season. Of course Rowan is right there taking it all in. I’m not sure if she’ll appear on TV with me just yet. I suppose it depends a bit on the weather. Even if she doesn’t I wager she’ll be underfoot “helping” get ready for it all anyway. At 13 weeks old she’s really keeping us on our toes. More on the TV thing later.

I am very sorry if you tried to access this site over the weekend between the end of September and Today. My webhost updated some software and the new system locked me out of my own site. After a bit of sleuthing I have things back up and running.

All the best,

Neal

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