YJDKIY & Co. headed northwest for an hour or so early Saturday morning to take a tour of Sanders Ridge organic farm, vineyard, winery and restaurant. Cindy and her two pups greeted us and we set out to look at the goods.
carrots!
can't remember if this is peppers or okra
greenhouse tomato with butterfly
mammoth crinkly leaf basil
cucs
delicious lemon cucumber right off the vine
chickens
novelty cows
A few miles down the road is the vineyard/winery and restaurant stocked by the farm.
Chef Starr gave a little demo on making gazpacho and then it was time to dine on our own, with salad (and tofu!) and a glass of 2007 Voignier.
It was super tasty and fresh, but also not so filling, so we headed outside and ordered lunch #2!
Apple, brie and chicken and sundried cherry mayo sammie!
On the way out, we got a nice loot of tomatoes that have been deemed 'Yadkin Salsa'.
And then, as if we weren't full beyond our fullest, on the way home, after diligently passing by THREE times previously, we stopped at infamous Ketchie Creek Bakery. I've been hearing about this place since I moved to the area in 2001. Nine years later, I finally got a fork in some of their pink lemonade cake. YJDKIY isn't much of a cake eater, but it was worth the wait! Perfectly tart/tangy/sweet.
What a foodie day! Needless to say, no dinner tonight!
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