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The Garden Bistro – a review

Posted on November 20, 2010 by | Comments Off on The Garden Bistro – a review
The best of fresh food, dinner and lunch

The Garden Bistro in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

I get to Eureka Springs, Arkansas once or twice a year, it seems as though new restaurants come and go as quickly as I do. Or, as Dorthy said, “My! People come and go so quickly here!”

My point is, there was a decent restaurant in this location the last time I was in Eureka Springs­, but now there is a different great restaurant at 119 North Main. The good news: everything I had at the Garden Bistro was good. Bad news, I only “discovered” The Garden Bistro on my last day in Eureka Springs.

Chef Lana Campbell brings garden-fresh dining to Eureka Springs via the local farmers markets. The menu is seasonal. Meaning the menu in spring is different than the menu in fall, all based on what is fresh and local. The Garden Bistro serves the best of locally grown and produced fruits, vegetables, herbs, eggs and meats.
Diners at the next table allowed me to share their opinions and photograph their food. They were pleased with their entrees, none of us had dessert. Portions are very generous.

Strawberry Lavender Soup

My fellow diners started with a fried green tomato appetiser followed by a dinner salad. I started my meal with a fabulous strawberry lavender soup*. Campbell also makes the bread. The heavy yeasty rolls are rich enough that I did not not even want butter.

My entre choice was a pecan encrusted salmon. It was a generous portion of perfectly cooked and beautifully served salmon. Side dishes are served family style, and include a vegetable and starch.

Herb & pecan encrusted salmon, hot bread, green beans, baked potato

There is a new restaurant in town every time I come to Eureka Springs. I hope The Garden Bistro makes it. It will become a favorite, like Ermilios and Mud Street Cafe.

Getting there:
119 North Main, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 Contact:Phone:(479) 253-1281.Website: not yet
Hours:Tea Room style lunches from 11 am – 2 pm Thursday through Monday.
Casual fine dining dinners from 5 pm – 9 pm every Thursday through Monday.
Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays

The recipe for Strawberry Lavender Soup from The Garden Bistro in Eureka Springs Arkansas is on my Herb Companion Garden Blog

The restaurant review for The Garden Bistro in Eureka Springs Arkansas is on my Blog, Oh Grow Up!

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Micro Greens for Holiday Meals

Posted on November 13, 2010 by | Comments Off on Micro Greens for Holiday Meals

or, Vegetable Intervention 101

I am not going to reinvent the wheel. This is a great idea. It’s not mine.

By mid winter, I’m ready to impale sweet potatoes with toothpicks and it takes all my strength to keep from buying chia pets in bulk. I want to grow Something. Anything. So this winter, I will be prepaired, thanks to Botanical Interests, Inc.

This is a great idea from a respected source for the best quality seed a gardener can buy. Read this, Micro Greens for Holiday Meals and save yourself from suspended vegetation.  In fact, let’s just make a pledge: NO MORE Avacado Piercing.

How about an ity bity salad?

I’m ordering Micro Greens Mild Mix now.  This mix includes: Beet Bulls Blood, Pak Choy, Cabbage Red Ace, Kohlrabi, and Swiss Chard Lucullus.

This would be great on a turkey sandwich.

And, maybe even Micro Greens Spicy Mix which contains: Sawtooth Mustard, Peppergrass Cress, Cabbage Red Acre, Mustard Red Giant, and Radish China Rose.

Yes, this is way better than sprouts.

Thanks, Botanical Interests!

BTW, the very best way to sprout an avacado seed, is to bury it in your vermicompost and forgetaboutit. One day you will open the lid of the vermicomposter to feed the worms, and there it will be! A sprouted avacado, ready to pot. Just one more reason to compost indoors.

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Get a Gator Grabber

Posted on November 13, 2010 by | Comments Off on Get a Gator Grabber
Great for picking up pinecones and black walnuts

Great for picking up pinecones and black walnuts.

Gator Grabber is a back-saving tool that is useful well beyond fall leaf cleanup. After I tried it, I asked the neighbor to give it a try. We both agreed that using Gator Grabber was handy and timesaving.

If you have balance problems or just don’t want to bend over 150 times to pick up all the pinecones in your yard, consider the Gator Grabber. I also use it to pick up a gazillion black walnuts.

Buy these ergonomic grip garden tools online or use the store locator to find a retailer. Gator Grabber is made by the folks that make the tools with Large “O”-shaped handles in “can’t-lose-in-the-garden” green.

Back-saving Gator Grabber great for repetitive jobs.

I have the Radius Trowel with that comfortable curve providing more leverage with less wrist stress. These aluminum blade tools are both light weight and very sturdy. I’ve been using this trowel for two years. It’s the kind of tool a gardener only has to buy once. Well, maybe twice, if you have a tool borrowing spouse.

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