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Discussion of Robin Garr's Harvest brunch review

by Robin Garr » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:08 am

Dining doesn't get more local than brunch at Harvest
Voice-Tribune review by Robin Garr

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Who doesn't like eating locally grown food? It's fresh, it's healthy, it's more or less off the industrial agri-business grid, and maybe best of all, it tastes really, really good.

Dining "locavore" is trendy, too, if being in on the hippest big thing is important to you. But allow me to suggest that there's something more important: Dining locally supports your local farmer. It gives you the opportunity to meet the people who grow your food face-to-face, to talk to them, to learn more about what they grow that feeds you. Says the Harvest website, "The food is ... a celebration of seasonality, so that you will never get a hard red-colored tomato or an asparagus in October,"

You'll also learn that farm produce is strictly seasonal. Like our grandparants and their forbears, once you embrace the local lifestyle, you'll eat lettuce and spinach in the spring, peaches from June through August; tomatoes from July into early autumn; potatoes and root vegetables through the winter. Shun food that travel miles to reach your larder and you'll find the calendar shapes your diet plan in ways you never imagined. But by eating in season you'll also be treating yourself to the splendor of perfectly fresh fare that didn't have to be doused in chemicals, bred for transportation and not for taste, or artificially ripened after weeks in transit.

This, indeed, is the model behind Louisville's growing cadre of farm-to-table restaurants. And while many of them are fine, I'd argue that there's none better than Harvest in NuLu, now the culinary home of farmer Ivor Chodkowski, whose Jefferson County farm, Family Field Days Farm, has long been one of the most popular spots at the Bardstown Road Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings.

Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes.com:
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/dinin ... at-harvest

Harvest Restaurant
624 E. Market St.
384-9090
http://www.harvestlouisville.com
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Re: Discussion of Robin Garr's Harvest brunch review

by Margie L » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:29 am

I love the trend towards locally sourced, seasonal foods. Tuesday I stopped by the farmers market downtown and saw chefs from Rye and Vincenzo's loading up.
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Re: Discussion of Robin Garr's Harvest brunch review

by Stephen D » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:33 am

Very nice.

I think that people instictively make selections based on seasonality. Who wants a heavy, warm bowl of chilli in the summer? In December, that's exactly what we all pine for.
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Re: Discussion of Robin Garr's Harvest brunch review

by Robin Garr » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:32 am

Stephen D wrote:Who wants a heavy, warm bowl of chilli in the summer?

Isn't that why air conditioning was created on the fifth day? :mrgreen:
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Re: Discussion of Robin Garr's Harvest brunch review

by Andrew Mellman » Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:20 pm

Did I miss a numerical rating, or aren't you doing that anymore?
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Re: Discussion of Robin Garr's Harvest brunch review

by Robin Garr » Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:52 pm

Andrew Mellman wrote:Did I miss a numerical rating, or aren't you doing that anymore?

Andrew, this one was for the Voice-Tribune, which prefers not to go with ratings. Also, when I do a limited review - brunch only, in this case - I generally forgo a rating.

In my last full review of Harvest, though, I rated it 94.
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Re: Discussion of Robin Garr's Harvest brunch review

by Tony G » Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:16 pm

While my reply here isnt restaurant related, it is local food related. We recently started to participate in the Grasshoppers Distribution program. I know that the owner of Harvest has some kind of vested interest in Grasshoppers. We are very very pleased with the quality and quantity of food that we get on a bi-weekly basis. Its all local....no antibiotics....no steroids....if you have never heard of them give them a look up. Oh...and if you choose to order anything, they now have a referral program. Tell them I sent you. TG
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Re: Discussion of Robin Garr's Harvest brunch review

by Steve H » Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:19 pm

My Seetie and I have been using Greenbean for weekly deliveries for several months. There have been a few hiccups, but it's worked fairly well overall. I think she found them via a Groupon originally.

I hadn't heard of the Grasshoppers folks. Guess now, I'll have to check 'em out!

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