Peachy the Magazine October/November 2013 | Page 43

FARM-TO-FORK

WRITTEN BY Jane Mekik
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Keith Carter

Harvest Feast
It’s that time of year again. The days are getting cooler, the nights are getting longer,
and here at Peachy, we like to celebrate the season appropriately: with a feast.
Luckily, the Autumn harvest is a bountiful one. Local farms everywhere are full
of wonderful ingredients, just begging to be stewed, roasted, and simmered into
delicious, warming meals. Think squash gratins, beet salads, and baked apples a la
mode…the stuff Fall is made of.
This year, we wanted our harvest feast to truly be one for the books. So we called on
our friends over at FM Provisions in Dallas, TX, for a little inspiration, and boy did
they deliver. First, a little bit about them.

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How many times have you gotten home
after work/kids/etc. and realized you
had absolutely NOTHING in your
kitchen for dinner? We know. All too
often. From there it’s a slippery slope
to mediocre take-out at best, and fast
food at worst. Ideally the fridge would
be forever stocked with local this and
farmer’s that. But then who really has

time to cook? Every night? Enter FM
(farm-to-market) Provisions. This is one
of those gems that every city wishes it
had. Dallas, well done.
The seed was planted for Chef Bruce
Pollett when he was a child. His Grandmother Era was a phenomenal southern
cook, and she heavily influenced and
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