Our No Fools April Fools Edition
We start with two questions. How will you answer?
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No fools here.
Actually, that's not quite true.
I feel foolish frequently and often, and have become convinced: it's good mettle for me. Builds humility. Reminds me of all I don't know. But that's a story for another day. (Or not.)
Onto our no-fools April Fools edition. We start with two questions:
* Will you join us for our fourth fabulous Evening of Amaro with Raven Humphrey?
Raven — again, she's fabulous — will tell stories, histories of amaro, the ancient digestif.
On Thursday, April 9, join us at Calliope's private dining room as Raven shares tastings from secret and special bottles never served before for our event, which begins at 6 pm.
The night features multiple tastings, tons of laughter, and Calliope small bites.
Tickets can be found here. These events usually sell-out.
* Next question, and it's a doozy:
Just how important are farmers?
Simce day one, we've been arguing: among the utmost important folks as anyone in America.
We've been working to uplift farmer stories for more than two years, arguing that society and especially media overlook agriculture in crazymaking ways that only contribute to our cultural lostness.
So yes, farmers are as important as anyone we lionize in America.
But in this new video on The Beth's urban farm — it's spectacular and beautiful — the one gut-punch part comes when Matty Sonnier — who's actually a chef — says, well ... see for yourself.
* Madison Baldwin was our guest writer for Sunday, reporting on her Ag Day on the Hill experience.
You can read Madison's other work on her Substack.
At the end of her Sunday piece, the good news: a Tennessee lawmaker introduced a Food-to-Farm-Bank bill that would fund, in similar ways to the infamous , more regional produce within Tennessee food banks.
You can read Jess Wilson's excellent Substack on this here.
* Dr. Mark Johnson's new book American Bacon is set for release.
He's holding a book signing on April 6 at Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Guerry Center.
Mark's an entertaining historian and a history-rich expert on bacon. We are fortunate to have him here in Chattanooga.
* Had the best experience recently.
The Tennessee Environmental Council celebrated its 12th annual Tree Day by selling discounted native trees. I bought a bunch: pines, sweet pecans, oaks, elderberries and persimmons.
On the weekend the saplings were ready, the good folks at True Choice Realty had a drive-thru service at their Dayton Boulevard offices. Big hellos, three minutes later, I had two dozen tiny trees riding shotgun.
Spent the weekend planting, and planting. Overall, the numbers are whoppingly good: 62,000 trees to more than 7,000 Tennesseans thanks to 10,000 volunteers.
Thank you to all involved for offering such a gift to Tennessee.
* We're four days from Easter.
Looking through our library, I kinda think we've been telling Easter stories most of our time together.
What do I mean by this? Maybe that's also a story for another day.
Also, for your Sunday supper, consider Main Street Meats, which is offering a whole Easter menu option.
- Finally, a big shout-out to Jon Stewart and daughter Carlee Hayse who ran the Chattanooga Marathon last weekend.
Jon — husband of our good friend Shannon Stewart — ran the 13.1 half-marathon, which ain't no easy thing at all. Big cheers to Jon and Carlee Hayse.
A few folks may have been faster, but we'd dare say no one looked as good: check out his Food as a Verb hat.
It's the same hat wore by our major dude-friend Alan Outlaw from Fast Break Athletics.
Why are we selling hats?
That's a story for another day.
Hope you all have a beautiful start to your April. Go Braves. See you this Sunday, on a most meaningful Easter morning.
Story ideas, questions, feedback? Interested in partnering with us? Email: david@foodasaverb.com
This story is 100% human generated; no AI chatbot was used in the creation of this content.
food as a verb thanks our sustaining partner:
food as a verb thanks our story sponsor:
Main Street Meats
No fools here.
Actually, that's not quite true.
I feel foolish frequently and often, and have become convinced: it's good mettle for me. Builds humility. Reminds me of all I don't know. But that's a story for another day. (Or not.)
Onto our no-fools April Fools edition. We start with two questions:
* Will you join us for our fourth fabulous Evening of Amaro with Raven Humphrey?
Raven — again, she's fabulous — will tell stories, histories of amaro, the ancient digestif.
On Thursday, April 9, join us at Calliope's private dining room as Raven shares tastings from secret and special bottles never served before for our event, which begins at 6 pm.
The night features multiple tastings, tons of laughter, and Calliope small bites.
Tickets can be found here. These events usually sell-out.
* Next question, and it's a doozy:
Just how important are farmers?
Simce day one, we've been arguing: among the utmost important folks as anyone in America.
We've been working to uplift farmer stories for more than two years, arguing that society and especially media overlook agriculture in crazymaking ways that only contribute to our cultural lostness.
So yes, farmers are as important as anyone we lionize in America.
But in this new video on The Beth's urban farm — it's spectacular and beautiful — the one gut-punch part comes when Matty Sonnier — who's actually a chef — says, well ... see for yourself.
* Madison Baldwin was our guest writer for Sunday, reporting on her Ag Day on the Hill experience.
You can read Madison's other work on her Substack.
At the end of her Sunday piece, the good news: a Tennessee lawmaker introduced a Food-to-Farm-Bank bill that would fund, in similar ways to the infamous , more regional produce within Tennessee food banks.
You can read Jess Wilson's excellent Substack on this here.
* Dr. Mark Johnson's new book American Bacon is set for release.
He's holding a book signing on April 6 at Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Guerry Center.
Mark's an entertaining historian and a history-rich expert on bacon. We are fortunate to have him here in Chattanooga.
* Had the best experience recently.
The Tennessee Environmental Council celebrated its 12th annual Tree Day by selling discounted native trees. I bought a bunch: pines, sweet pecans, oaks, elderberries and persimmons.
On the weekend the saplings were ready, the good folks at True Choice Realty had a drive-thru service at their Dayton Boulevard offices. Big hellos, three minutes later, I had two dozen tiny trees riding shotgun.
Spent the weekend planting, and planting. Overall, the numbers are whoppingly good: 62,000 trees to more than 7,000 Tennesseans thanks to 10,000 volunteers.
Thank you to all involved for offering such a gift to Tennessee.
* We're four days from Easter.
Looking through our library, I kinda think we've been telling Easter stories most of our time together.
What do I mean by this? Maybe that's also a story for another day.
Also, for your Sunday supper, consider Main Street Meats, which is offering a whole Easter menu option.
- Finally, a big shout-out to Jon Stewart and daughter Carlee Hayse who ran the Chattanooga Marathon last weekend.
Jon — husband of our good friend Shannon Stewart — ran the 13.1 half-marathon, which ain't no easy thing at all. Big cheers to Jon and Carlee Hayse.
A few folks may have been faster, but we'd dare say no one looked as good: check out his Food as a Verb hat.
It's the same hat wore by our major dude-friend Alan Outlaw from Fast Break Athletics.
Why are we selling hats?
That's a story for another day.
Hope you all have a beautiful start to your April. Go Braves. See you this Sunday, on a most meaningful Easter morning.
Story ideas, questions, feedback? Interested in partnering with us? Email: david@foodasaverb.com
This story is 100% human generated; no AI chatbot was used in the creation of this content.
Food as a verb thanks our story sponsor:
Food as a Verb Thanks our sustaining partner:
Food as a verb thanks our story sponsor:
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