Green Diva’s Guide to Delicious Living - Pizza with Passion
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!
Hello to those interested in the American Flatbread Chicken Event. I helped George organize that event and also organized Chicken Event II. I was actively involved in the legislative process to change the regulations that prevented restaurants from serving chicken from local farms which happened in one short year thanks to a farmer advocacy group Rural Vermont and a proagriculture legislature.
Here is a great article that George wrote about the importance of Local Food:
http://www.vermontlocalvore.org/events/localfoodlogic.htm
Here is information about Chicken Event II:
http://www.vermontlocalvore.org/events/chixevent2.htm
Robin
Are we inventing new words here in this blog? Really people is “localvore” a real live organic word or is this just a made up world by some alleged green diva?
Not sure about “localvore,” but the Oxford English Dictionary officially recognized “locavore” in 2007.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
Hats off to the Green Diva
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
hey, mr. poopi pants, the word was used by mr. schenk himself. i probably just had a typo. THANKS beth for chiming in! dude, please don’t post if you are going to be nasty and negative.
Great website and great article by Megan McWilliams….look forward to spending some quality time reviewing the site.
Megan, good going. I’ve bookmarked your site. Look forward to future postings.
Pizza is great invention. First pizzaria of the Italian Oven pizza chain started in Somerset PA. Used wood-fired oven shipped from Italy. Scrumpdilyicious! Good chow. Ciao! Renton
Great article! If you’re looking for good restaurants in the area check out http://www.foodjoker.com. Great selection of places to eat and great site.