Thursday, March 13, 2008

Pizza with Purpose

a couple of years ago, i had the pleasure of meeting george schenk, founder of american flatbread 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 one of the recipes, which we published in the mag, now found on our website! even the packaging has a story to tell - about artisan bread making, about organic goodness, and about the benefit of supporting your local farmers!

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!

:) meg

5 comments:

Green Divas said...

testing out my new comment moderation thing.

Green Divas said...

DITTO! Love the American Flatbread and George. If you are ever in Vermont, you must visit - I think they're in Warren. The place is so special - great energy - a beautiful wooden building. The food was great, but the greatest memory was of the circle of tree stump seats around the fire outside the restaurant. Great setting! - :) Jen

desiitaly said...

Waw, lovely blog and..this entry inspires me a lot, as I'm Italian and you know..pizza is a must over here ;-)
Thanks for your comments, if you want I can give you the code for what you asked, where do I have to send it?
Let's keep in touch, I really esteem your work, I dream to become a WAH editor and writer like you, I'll start to follow your blog!
Greetings from Italy, ciao!!

Green Divas said...

so thrilled you chimed into our humble blog. please send code to megan@relevanttimes.com.

Yes, let's correspond. i want to hear more about what is going on in italy & europe and about your writing aspiriations.

perhaps you should do a column for us for our website about european sustainability!?

:)
meg

Kim said...

Yum I love American Flatbread pizzas.