The Oregon Grille has an Herb Garden next to it. Treated wood is holding the dirt in, don't know how safe that is?

I just spent a weekend at a B&B that grew their own herbs. There was mint as a garnish every day. I guess in that respect it definitely makes sense.

Vapiano, in DC, has pots of herbs as well but I don't know if they are just for decoration or if they actually harvest them.

Cafe Bretton, on Baltimore-
Annapolis Boulevard in Severna Park, not Glen Burnie. French cuisine. Last I looked, still had garden.

Thanks very much. I didn't realize it was still open. How is it? EL

Went to Three... last night. I wanted to order the duck egg crepe, but they didn't have any duck eggs. The ducks at Springfield Farm escaped into the woods and a forest creature got to the eggs before they could. Those dastardly ducks and their exploring ways!!!

Tersiguel's has a farm. A Tersiguelean told me they raise all their greens there, including the dandelion leaves that I had in one of their salads.
Me personally, when I'm home, I rarely eat anything that's more than ten steps from the couch. That's local.

Me personally, when I'm home, I rarely eat anything that's more than ten steps from the couch. That's local. I'm not sure frozen pizza counts, but its certainly local for me.

OK, slightly off-topic. Mrs Zevonista and I are currently in Marseille, France...and we stumbled upon a wonderful tapas place last night. We somehow ended up in a rather bohemian part of town - plenty of theatres and music venues - and found "La Tasca." It's the first place we hit where nobody spoke a world of English...and that just made it more fun. Great calimari, and the chorizo was to die for. And of course, plentiful (and cheap, compared to the food) wine.

I'm going to have a hard time coming back to Maryland!

Amherst Chinese Foods, in Massachusetts, was my favorite cheap eats in college, when it was in a hole-in-the-wall storefront. Long after I was gone the owner, Mr. Chang, found some land nearby (in the Connecticut River Valley onion fields) and started growing his own organic oriental fruits and vegetables, especially Sandra berries from which he made a terrific juice.

The restaurant, affectionately known as AmChi, and farm expanded hand in hand over the years to include the two adjoining storefronts, linen table cloths and a greatly expanded menu. Rumor has it that Uma Thurman waited tables there when she was a student nearby.

I recall going back in 2002, 25 years after I had left the valley, and after dinner Mr. Chang came up to me and said, "You were here before. You liked the Kung Pao chicken. I put in extra carrots for you." He was exactly right!

AmChi is still around? It was awful, greasy, inauthentic, cheap college town food when I was in the Happy Valley. Although it sounds, MD Canon, like we were there roughly the same time.

Organic veggies at AmChi...this is beyond trendlet, beyond trend, even.

Zevonista--

Why would you be looking at Baltimore blogs whilst in Marseille? Enjoy the time there. There will plenty of time for net-surfing when you return. Lucky!

Why would you be looking at Baltimore blogs whilst in Marseille?

Trying to make the rest of the Sandbox jealous, obviously!

Friday night, we ate at a place on the Med in Cassis - called "Le Grande Large." Seemed redundant to me, but perhaps it translates differently! Maybe they're distant relatives of E-Liz! :-)