It's a free-range organic chicken from a small, obscure farm, roasted in a fancy high-tech oven imported from Austria.
One contains hot cashews, picked and roasted at a farm in Mombasa, the other cocothende, a fabulous biscuit covered in a layer of sugary crust you first suck off slowly.
THE artist John Currin was mid-speech at the Art Production Fund gala last month when platters of roasted Norwich Meadows Farm heirloom carrots and barbecued Piedmontese beef brisket suddenly appeared from behind a white wall, carried by a brigade of artisanally handsome L-train-esque waiters.
Last October, a shop opened upstairs housing two eco-friendly businesses: Lohasly (86-21-6426-0526; lohasellsorganicich sells organic teas and rice from around China, and Nap Cafe (86-21-5213-3067; nap-cafe.com), which specializes in coffee made from roasted beans from farms with good environmental practices.
"We are committed to making our products using ingredients that are simple and easy-to-understand, like fresh milk from local farms, roasted California almonds, cocoa beans and sugar – ingredients you recognize, know and trust," the company said in a news release.
I was born and roasted on a dusty peanut farm down South, and my earliest memories are of being attracted to a macadamia named Jimmy Ray.
A TRIP to the North Fork means berry picking, an ear of roasted corn at a roadside farm stand and local wines enjoyed on a deck overlooking the vineyards.
While the poularde, for two, costs $55, it could feed almost three people, and the regal bird, impeccably roasted, is from a Pennsylvania farm.
Herbivores can choose from such delights as wood roasted ratatouille topped with a farm fresh egg.
North Fork farm stands feature "roasted corn".
