Fresh! Food Field Trip: Jet Setting

I’ve spent this past month it seems traveling. First Seattle with all its wonderful sights, sounds, and flavors. Then my plans were Chicago, Denver and on to Salt Lake City. Chicago was unseasonably cool and of course windy. While I was in Chicago I ate like a princess! Grilled chicken linguine with arugula, lemon, garlic and pine nuts, an asparagus and mushroom risotto that was creamy and delicious, grilled brie and apples on cinnamon raisin bread, and an amazing sampler platter: artichoke and cheese “beignets”, a refreshingly light crab salad, and duck and apple sausages served with a blueberry sauce. DELICIOUS!!


Then in Denver I got the flu. UGH! But not before I went to this WONDERFUL little market, EVOO Marketplace, LLC, on 15th Street near the convention center. WOW!! This incredible little store allows you to try all the oils and vinegars that they have for sale before you buy them. Balsamic vinegars like chocolate, fig, strawberry, and honey ginger! A variety of first pressed extra virgin olive oils, as well as flavor infused oils like, chipotle, wild mushroom and sage, and garlic. In addition they have dark sesame, truffle, and walnut oils. I tried some combinations like the Persian lime olive oil and White Peach balsamic. I ended up bringing home only three bottles. The blood orange olive oil, lavender balsamic vinegar, and cinnamon pear balsamic vinegar. I’m going to try the vinegars over fresh or grilled fruit, the olive oil and lavender balsamic as vinaigrette on salad, and the olive oil to make scallops or shrimp and to roast sweet potatoes as fries.

Alas, I was unable to continue to Salt Lake City and enjoy the sights and smells in that delightful place. The flu took over and I caught the next flight home.

Next Fresh! Food Field Trip: Washington DC for KC’s birthday!