Dedication Listing

Haiti - Nous n’ignorons pas

January 20th, 2010

I take my bread and wine at ease
while Haiti stands and starves.
I take my warmth and comfort at home
snug and safe under clean sheets
and layers of perfect quilts.
Haiti’s shelter is but stars
it’s  bed but broken streets.
I drink crystalline pure water, cold and delicious
Haiti’s water pools in downhill gutters
befouled beyond the palates’ of vermin.

I sit whole and without [...]

Forever Yours: Toward Responsible Nuclear Energy

August 7th, 2009

August 7th, 2009
Forever Yours: Toward Responsible Nuclear Energy
As I begin this essay I am aware of an underlying fear that I am reaching beyond my known grasp.  Maybe it is that some subjects compel us to speak even as caution counsels silence…

This coming year the Vermont legislature will decide whether to extend the operating [...]

November 22 & 23, 2002: Thanksgiving

June 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Friday and Saturday November 22 and 23, 2002
Tonight’s Menu and Baking are dedicated to
 
Thanksgiving
 
Feeling very holiday-ish, as well as very thankful today, I did a little research and was pleased to find Thanksgiving such a long standing tradition in our country- stemming back to its earliest settlers.
The origin of Thanksgiving [...]

December 13 & 14, 2002: Dead Sea Salt Bread

June 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Friday and Saturday December 13 and 14, 2002
Tonight’s Menu and Baking are dedicated to
 
Dead Sea Salt Bread
First Draft
 
Special thanks to Jen Moffroid for getting the salt to Waitsfield, to Don Sydney for his internet research, and to Beea Benedict, who made the first batch of dough.
 
            New ideas or initiatives often [...]

October 25 & 26, 2002: New Oven Arch

June 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
Friday and Saturday, October 25 and 26, 2002
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
 
New Oven Arch
 
            Yesterday morning I received a call from Camilla, “You might want to come in on your way to Burlington (I was off to the 14th Vermont Traumatic Brain Injury Conference) and have a look at [...]

October 4 & 5, 2002: Share the Harvest Benefit Bake

June 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, 2002
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
 
Share the Harvest Benefit Bake
 
            This Friday, American Flatbread is happy to join other restaurants throughout Vermont in supporting “Share the Harvest”, a NOFA (Northeast Organic Farmers Association) initiative to help low-income Vermonters access fresh, local, seasonal vegetables, [...]

November 8 & 9, 2002: Bake Against Violence

June 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
Friday and Saturday, November 8 and 9, 2002
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
 
Bake Against Violence
 
I usually don’t bake against something.
But tonight I am.
I am against the convulsive response
That has caused an uncounted anguish.
Uncounted, and only uncountable
Because it’s true measure would overwhelm
Our souls.
The sounds of war drown out the [...]

September 27 & 28, 2002: Sharing Experiences

June 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
Friday and Saturday September 27 and 28, 2002
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
 
Sharing Experiences
 
What a cozy it was today.
 
A good day for appreciating the shelter and heat sources we have.
 
I spend the afternoon painting banners with Jan and Rosemary Morris at Jan’s house. The Banners are for the upcoming City [...]

November 1 & 2, 2002: Thank You

June 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2, 2002
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
 
Thank You
 
            Here are some of my thank you’s for today.
Thank you Paul Krcmar for curing tonight’s salmon special with a blend of dead sea salts; half from Israel, half from Jordan. This is some of the earliest [...]

September 15 & 16, 2002: As Your Dedicated Customers

June 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Friday and Saturday September 15 and 16, 2002
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
 
As your Dedicated Customers,
We have to say:
 
Coming to American Flatbread is an amazing experience
Each time.
 
Each time leads to a new story.
 
Birthdays, Anniversaries, and many more special occaisions, we’ve smiled and celebrated here. It’s funny, because we [...]