Vermont Yankee Verbatim
By George Schenk
August 10th, 2009
It is easy to get stuck in our own reinforcing circles of conservation. I wanted to hear what Vermont Yankee had to say about nuclear waste, so I gave them a call and spoke with the manager of communications, Larry Smith.
Larry Smith (L.S.) George Schenk (G.S.)
G.S. Good morning. [...]
American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
Friday and Saturday July 12 and 13, 2002
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
On This Perfect Summer Day
On this perfect summer day
I awoke to a cool breeze
Blowing in my bedroom window
I rose and washed and went downstairs
And kissed my son good morning
On this perfect summer day
I made breakfast [...]
American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
Friday and Saturday June 21 and 22, 2002
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
Summer Solstice
Oh, sun,
We welcome you!
Hot as you are- with your solar storms
And not-quite-perfect temperatures.
We welcome you today,
Stay as long as you like.
For we know that today we have the pleasure
Of your company for longer than [...]
Friday & Saturday December 5 & 6, 2003
Tonight’s menu and baking is dedicated to:
Blueberry Lake for All
When I was a little boy, my parents, sister and I journeyed by car from
Connecticut to Salt Lake City and back.For three weeks in the summer of 1959, I looked out the
rear side window of the family car in [...]
Friday and Saturday January 30 & 31, 2004
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to:
Poetry
DUST OF SNOW
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
- Robert Frost
P.S. Megan always makes me smile…thanks Megan.
Thank you everyone for coming in [...]
Friday and Saturday March 5 & 6, 2004
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to:
Vermont Fresh Network
Being that I am fresh from a two-day retreat where 12 food professionals and enthusiasts outlined the 2004-2005 initiatives for the Vermont Fresh Network, I am inspired to use this space to share that work with you!
Nine years ago a [...]
Dedication
Friday and Saturday June 11 & 12, 2004
Tonight’s Menu and Baking are Dedicated to
One Big Table
Yesterday, at the upper end of Church St. in Burlington, the Vermont Foodbank celebrated America’s Second Harvest “One Big Table” event, the purpose of which was to raise awareness of hunger in our communities.
Deborah Flateman, who is the Executive Director [...]
Dedication
Friday and Saturday June 11 & 12, 2004
Tonight’s Menu and Baking are Dedicated to
The Vermont Fresh Network
Oh what a beautiful June we have had. This land is amazing.
Hay Farmers are cutting their first hay. The forecast calls for perfect haying weather this weekend– dry and sunny but not too hot. Haying in 90 degree plus [...]
American Flatbread Kitchen and Bakery
December 3 and 4, 2004
Tonight’s Menu and Baking are Dedicated to
Keeping Track
American Flatbread is very pleased to host a benefit bake for Keeping Track this Friday evening. Keeping Track is a local organization that works to inspire community participation on the long-term stewardship of wildlife habitat. They work to teach adults [...]
American Flatbread Flatbread Kitchen
The second weekend of June, 1998
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
CONNECTIVITY
As I observe the ebb and flow of my own life I see connections everywhere: my car was made a thousand miles from here, my food is trucked across the continent and floated across the sea, my conversations are transmitted [...]
