La Bella Vita

Have you ever heard of the notion of GOÛT DE TERROIR (gü-d?-te-rwär)?

It is a French term, which means, “Taste of the earth”.

The French usu­ally use this term when refer­ring to wine mak­ing but this notion can also apply to food. Gout De Ter­roir is the belief of the sur­round­ings of a farm/garden or a vine­yard influ­ences the final out­come of the food and the wine. What is in the ground, the air and what is grow­ing around the crops are what influ­ences the taste. This also applies to meat. If the ani­mal is raised in a happy envi­ron­ment, fed an organic diet, and are kept clean you can taste it in the meat. This is often referred to as bou­tique meat.  Happy ani­mals make for tastier meat!

I am a firm believer in the notion of GOÛT DE TERROIR that is why I find it so impor­tant to use organic/farm fresh/local ingre­di­ents when­ever pos­si­ble and hav­ing no waste to throw in a land­fill.  I com­post and give back to the earth so the earth can give back to me in the form of whole­some food full of nutri­ents and that taste amazing.

I am also a big believer in small, indi­vid­u­ally owned and oper­ated busi­nesses and the idea of keep­ing it small and keep­ing qual­ity high. It’s about qual­ity not quan­tity. The qual­ity of food and the qual­ity of life.

This is about my quest for more, to do more, to learn more and to live more. I am a Home Maker, a Gar­dener, a Chef, a Doula, and an Entre­pre­neur. I have had many dif­fer­ent jobs dur­ing my career and have met many inter­est­ing peo­ple. I am start­ing over and writ­ing my own rules…

Take lots of pictures

Enjoy the moment

Eat fab­u­lous food

Come along for this jour­ney I’m about to embark on and lets see where it takes us…

I love my friends, I love food, and I love wine, hence the name

Friends, Food, Wine

The three must go together. Food is just nutri­tional sus­te­nance by itself. Wine is just a med­i­c­i­nal drink by itself. Friends are just good peo­ple you can count on. The three together is the heart of life… la bella vita (the beau­ti­ful life).

–Me

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