"For one man to feed close to 4,000 guests a year from a 12-acre wooded property boggles the mind."
If we hadn't previously eaten at this place -- admittedly, it was a decade ago when the experience was much less involved than it sounds now -- we might have suspected that Susie Davidson Powell's article in the Times Union about recently eating at Damon Baehrel's eponymous restaurant in Greene County was a satire of modern forage-focused cuisine and the eccentric chefs who produce it. As she writes: "Parallels with fictional Willy Wonka's self-imposed retreat and mysterious chocolate factory operations are unavoidable." [TU+ (link around)]
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That was such a great article. I was desperate to read more about that guy.
... said Ryan H on Apr 25, 2016 at 5:36 PM | link
Thanks for the link around!
... said Barold on Apr 26, 2016 at 10:07 AM | link