A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting George Schenk, founder of American Flatfread bakery. He is a man with a mission beyond making the most delicious organic, natural pizza. He handed me a handmade cookbook that was hand bound and done in handwriting – his own.
Try the Compound Salad recipe, which was published in Relevant Times magazine, now found on RelevantTimes.com . Even the packaging has a story to tell – about artisan bread making, about organic goodness, and about the benefit of supporting your local farmers!
I spoke to George recently and I was reminded of his warmth and passion for local food activism that I believe helps make the pizza so special. George is an avid localvore (eats locally produced food) and back in 2006 produced a wonderful act of civil disobedience through his chicken event.
Their home-base is in the beautiful mad river valley in Vermont, but they have hearth-side dining in three locations in Vermont, one in Virginia, and in order to be sustainable about their production, which is booming, they’ve opened a bakery in California to accommodate the stores that carry the pizzas in the west.
You can find the pizzas in many stores – go find one!
hey surf’s up braaa . . . good GD quote! hey, it looks like they sell these pizzas @ our favorite whole foods in your hood – can’t wait to come out there again. here’s a link to see ALL the listings in CA – http://www.americanflatbread.com/stores/index_west.htm#CA
GDMeg
Dude, hook a brother up and tell me where the bakery in California is?
As a famous wise man once sang….”There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night, and if you go, no one may follow, that path is for your steps alone.”
PIZZA PIZZA and organic to boot. Yes they should start up in NJ
Any chance they’ll make their way to New Zealand? Plenty of organic farmers here!
Hey Megan,
Great site and mmmmmmm you get me hungry!
MMM.. I love pizza I think this company should open up a pizzeria/dough factory in NJ/NY!!! they would have one good customer in me!
thanks Kendra. i was having some kind of mental black hole. i knew it was there yesterday . . .
Yeah, I’m interested in this chicken event you mention, too. Here it is:
http://www.vermontlocalvore.org/events/chixevent.htm
there is information on their website, but for the life of me, i couldn’t find it when i needed it for this post! if you find it, let me know. perhaps i can go back and add the link.
GD Meg
Megan, I’d love to know what this civil disobedience “chicken event” you speak of is. Do you have any more information on it?