The Corvallis Carrot

The Corvallis Carrot Our meals are fully prepped and ready to be cooked at home. Alice Waters is amazing. If you haven’t heard of her, stop reading this and Google her right now.

In less than 30 minutes you will have a healthy, homemade, locally sourced and organic meal on your table and ready to eat. I’m serious. I’ll wait. Or, you can go to the book store right now and buy “The Art of Simple Food”. My blog will be waiting. The reason why I urge you to read this woman’s work is because it has guided my way of cooking for over 10 years. Simplicity is the key to cooking. In

2001 when I was working at Craft, in New York, I met Alice Waters. She asked to speak to the person that had made her dessert. I begged the server to ask the chef to go up to talk to her, but he told me that she insisted to talk to the person who had actually made her sorbet. Walking through a busy dining room, in my dirty uniform, made my hands shake uncontrollably. I tightly grabbed my left hand with my right in hopes to control them. People were staring at me, perhaps thinking,“Is that a chef?” and “no” is the answer. I was a pastry cook, big difference. At this point in time I had never heard the name Alice Waters, I just knew that she wanted to speak to me. She took my hand and shook it, looked into my eyes and said, “Thank you.” I nervously laughed and told her that she was welcome. She went on to tell me that she had never tasted sorbet that was truer in flavor and that the strawberry tasted exactly like a ripe strawberry. I told her that the secret was only using 10% sugar, and that we got our strawberries from a nearby farm in upstate New York. She thanked me again and I retreated back into the basement. (For all of you people who don’t know, most New York kitchens are in the basement of the buildings, so that means your server is running up and down stairs to bring you your food, please tip generously.) As I reached the kitchen I was approached by my sous chef, “What’s she like?” I really had no idea how to respond, “She’s nice, who is she?” He was a little shocked and replied, “Seriously? Alice Waters? She’s basically the founder of the farm-to-table movement!” I really had no idea, but thought, “That’s pretty cool.”

So here I am, 12 years later, with a life much different than the one I lived in New York. I have a husband and little girl and we live in Corvallis, Oregon. I have never lived in an area that had so much wonderful food. The Willamette Valley is amazing. We really have everything here; the dairies, produce, fresh eggs, if you want fresh mushrooms all you have to do is go into the Cascades and grab a bunch. It’s, well… amazing. That is why I’m starting this blog, to let you know how to utilize these local ingredients to their fullest potential.

07/21/2020

Starting in August 5% of all profits will go toward helping fight hunger in our community and an additional 5% of profits will be donated to the Central World Kitchen, helping fight hunger around the world. Thank you for your patronage!

Tonight's Dinner: Black Lentils with Seasonal Veggies and Golden Brown Rice. The herbs for tonight's meal were picked fr...
07/21/2020

Tonight's Dinner: Black Lentils with Seasonal Veggies and Golden Brown Rice.
The herbs for tonight's meal were picked fresh from my garden this morning and were still warm from the sun when I added them to the sauce. I'm not going to lie, the sauce is delicious.

https://www.thecorvalliscarrot.com/black-lentils-with-veggies

The Summer Menu is up and running!
07/02/2020

The Summer Menu is up and running!

Here is a video that my husband made. I feel it is important to spread the message.
06/18/2020

Here is a video that my husband made. I feel it is important to spread the message.

Make sure you support your Oregon Legislative POC Caucus before the special session on June 24th. Make sure you write to your representatives and to your gov...

06/15/2020

I am currently working on the summer menu. There will be no meals June 29th-July 2nd as there are 5 weeks in June, but will return July 6th.

05/30/2020

Summer is almost here! I have 2 available openings for July. Please let me know if you would like to get signed up for meals.

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