BEST USA RESTAURANTS COMMITTED TO LOCAL FARMS AND FARMERS' MARKETS

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FARM TO TABLE

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Maurice Graham HenryBest farm to table restaurants in the United States

The American Farm to Table Restaurant Guide lists the very best restaurants in the United States that share an ongoing commitment to using primarily naturally-raised and organic ingredients sourced directly from local farms and farmers' markets. However, our main criteria for selection is not a strict adherence to some particular level of locavore/sustainable agriculture purity. Our most important priority when selecting restaurants is excellence: excellence in the cooking and in the service. We are convinced that our strong farm-to-table focus, while continuing to adhere to the preeminence of taste and service, is what sets this list apart from the numerous other "best farm-to-table" lists currently out there.

 

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Maurice Graham Henry
January 23, 2010

Read and Watch:

Chef Dan Barber, when describing what is grown at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in the winter months, speaks frankly about the need for restaurants like Blue Hill - ones that appeal to the most sophisticated and demanding clientele - to avoid rigid extremes in locality and sustainability in their food supplies. As Dan explains, it's a question of percentages.

Click here and select Dan Barber: What's in season now? about halfway down the list.

Straight talk about sustainable fish

"I've known a lot of fish in my life. I've loved only two." Chef Dan Barber speaks frankly about an unimaginable problem facing chefs: how can they responsibly keep fish on their menus?


Free Range Foie Gras?

Is ethical foie gras possible? Perhaps yes, thanks to the recent discovery of quality, gavage-free foie gras courtesy of a man who many, including Chef Dan Barber, call "the goose whisperer".

The Real Luau

Everyone has seen a luau in a movie or read about one in a Hawaiian tourist brochure.  But what makes a REAL luau?  Food lover David Katz provides the fascinating details.

 

Exceptional Farm to Table Restaurants
Reviews and contact information for a select number of the best USA restaurants featuring farm to table ingredients.

The Wandering Epicures' July 2010 lunch at Rouge Tomate in New York

"We really enjoyed all six courses of our lunch. The ingredients were top quality; the spicing and garnishes were well chosen. Some other bloggers have complained about blandness in the “health food” at Rouge Tomate, but we didn’t find that at all. The service was friendly and efficient. The pace was just right. The tables are widely spaced and the noise level is low."

 

Award-winning food stylist Katie Christ visits Frances in San Francisco

"I have a charming new neighbor named Frances. Most of us in San Francisco know about Frances, the sweet new restaurant of chef/owner Melissa Perello that opened a couple of months ago to a massively warm welcome."

© 2010 Katie Christ.. All rights reserved.

 

The Wandering Epicures' December 2009 dinner at Telepan in New York

"Bill Telepan knows how to buy top quality ingredients and to bring out their flavors with well-executed classic combinations."

 

The Inn at Little Washington : the Flavor Magazine article by noted cookbook author Mollie Cox Bryan

"At The Inn at Little Washington, Chef Patrick O'Connell's locally inspired elegant cuisine may attract visitors from around the world but it is firmly rooted by countless Virginia farmers and producers."

 

Food Snob reviews Manresa restaurant in Los Gatos California

"The cooking of David Kinch, precise and skilled, was informed by the chef’s comprehensive culinary experiences and preferences. It was a gastronomic journey that revealed where Kinch has been and what he has liked."

 

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Restaurants recently added:

Rouge Tomate

New York, New York
Chef: Jeremy Bearman

 

Susan Feniger's STREET

Los Angeles, California
Susan Feniger and Kajsa Alger

 

The Market Place

Asheville, North Carolina
Chef: William S. Dissen

 

Restaurant North

Armonk, New York
Chef: Eric Gabrynowicz

 

The Farmhouse

Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Principal Owner: Art Schmidt

 

ABC Kitchen

New York, New York
Executive Chef: Dan Kluger

 

John J. Jeffries

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Chefs: Sean Cavanaugh and Michael F. Carson

John J. Jeffries restaurant terrace

 

Black Cat

Boulder, Colorado
Chef: Eric Skokan

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