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“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” 



And that's what exudes from Jan Buhrman and her culinary team - passion. Nothing short of the true love for food, we attended the Pork and Knives Dinner last week, part of the Swine and Dine weekend here on Martha's Vineyard. Catered, executed, and delivered to us by the team at the Kitchen Porch Catering and the Harbor View Resort chefs, this was a meal unlike any other.


The ambiance was set and this would be the culmination of a weekend filled with pigs and pork. Hosted at one of the best (if not the best) hotels on Martha's Vineyard, we dined at the Water Street Restaurant, part of the Harbor View Hotel and Resort in Edgartown.

Arriving at the Harborview at 6pm, we mingled with a few familiar and local faces, such as our friends from the Port Hunter, and got to meet some new foodies as well. But enough about the people we are here to talk about the food!

A little background on Jan Burhman and why the pigs. She's been the island's go-to caterer since 1985, where she creates menus for everything from summer BBQs to fine dining events; at the Kitchen Porch, you'll also be able to receive culinary classes (I'm eyeing the Easy Holiday Entertaining this December). During her catering orders, Jan realized all the food that was going to waste and had the marvelous idea to start raising pigs. Waste food would feed the pigs, and in turn, the pigs would feed us. Genius right?!


1st Course (Amuse Bouche): Blood Sausage
The first event of this weekend was a slaughtering of four pigs lead by Master Salumi Artisan and expert Francois Vecchio and students had a chance to learn how to bleed, gut, and process the animals. This is were blood sausage comes into play as our amuse bouche. Blood is typically seen as a waste, but combined with a few spices and made into sausage, the blood is saved and transformed into an unctuous delicacy. Using Jan's special ras el hanout spice mix, it was the perfect start to our meal with notes of nutmeg and cinnamon.


2nd Course: Crepinette, Foie en Mousse, Boudin Blanc & Coppa di Testa, Mostarda with Grilled Ciabatta - Paired with either a Gisselbrecht, Gewurztraminer or a Guiness Pub Draft
A full charcuterie platter, this was a delight to explore. Our favorite was the Boudin Blanc, delicate in flavor and color, it stood out from the crowd of meats.


3rd Course: Capesante e Lardo Mantecato - Locally foraged bay scallops roasted in shell with whipped lardo, parsley & rosemary - Paired with either a J.Scott Cellars Rousanne or a Shipyard Pumpkin Ale
The Vineyard is known for its bay scallops and these were perfectly cooked. Whipped lard was placed on the raw scallops and then briefly thrown in the broiler to melt and cook the scallops in fat. The result? A sweet morsel of the sea drenched in the earthy fat. Creativity was displayed in the plating of this course, setting the scallops on wood chips, coarse salt, and peppercorns, engaging the senses even more.


4th Course: Farrotto & Salsicca Fresca - Farro cooked with onions and pecorino, fresh herbs and local pork sausage. Paired with either a Campo Viejo Rioja, Reserva or a Mayflower Porter
Hands down my favorite dish of the entire meal and the first time I've ever had farro. It's on my to do list to email Jan and ask for this recipe! Farro, cooked down with onions and pecorino in a risotto style with herbs and sausage made from scraps of the weekend. Another great display of "waste nothing", the farro was meaty in texture and flavor, but oh so good. My mouth waters just writing about it. I promise to be back with this recipe for you guys.


5th Course: Porchetta Toscano with Local Roasted Squash & Arugula. Paired with either an Allegrini, Veronese, Palazzo della Torre or Smuttynose Brown Dog Ale
Wrap a pork tenderloin in the belly and you've won me over. This dish was simply plated by topping the porchetta with a slice of local roasted squash, sweet and earthy. A crisp and bitter salad of arugula and topped with cracklings (which is not pictured because I ate mine as soon as the plate was set down), it was a course were we really enjoyed the flavor in the fat of the pig. Fat IS flavor, so don't be afraid of it!


6th Course: Torta di Mandorla - Pine Nut, Rosemary and Caramel. Paired with a Chateau Bel Air, Blanc, Sainte-Croix du Mont
A truly rustic ending to this meal, a thin torta of pine nuts and caramel, delicately spiced with rosemary was the culmination of this night. The tart crust was obviously made from the lard of the slaughtered pigs, giving the dessert a savory note that paired well with the herb in the caramel. Served alongside a lemon sorbet/sherbet, it cleanses the palate wonderfully.


Craving more information? Be sure to check out the links below:
Visit Martha's Vineyard and stay at The Harbor View Hotel & Resort
Learn more about Francois Vecchio 

Disclosure: Thank you to our generous friends at the Harbor View Resort and The Kitchen Porch for the invitation to this event.
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10 Easy Steps to Succeed in Your Online Classes

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Valuable questions to invite your trainer come with the next

How versatile are you with time limits How versatile are you with grownup freshmen What applied sciences do you employ within the route How to be had are you through e mail and different sorts of verbal exchange How do you put up an internet neighborhood and what are the expectancies for participation in it In addition, since instructors are to be had to lend a hand all over the classes, its all the time just right to have had private touch with the trainer early on. This method, when you wish to have lend a hand, its more straightforward to achieve out and get the help you wish to have.

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five. Be arrangedand keep arranged. Students whore taking conventional, campusbased classes most often have a constant time table to observe each and every week, through which study room instruction is adopted through assignments out of doors the category. However, for online classes, scholars will have to search out their very own techniques to stick on most sensible in their paintings. It is crucial that you just be arranged from the start of the semester with the intention to achieve success in an internet route. For instance mark task due dates on your calendar, discover a submitting machine for each online subject material and bodily subject material that is helping you stay monitor of the whole lot simply, and shed light on find out about schedules that duvet sections of the route one by one so youve got an arranged tactic to protecting the semesters subject material as you pass alongside.

  1. Have a blank, quiet, and constant workspace. One factor online and inclass classes have in not unusual is that scholars all the time want a spot to review or whole assignments this is blank, quiet, and constant. You can select the place that is for youwhether or not its at a espresso store, a college library, a devoted place of business, or at house. Wherever you select to review and whole assignments, you must make it a constant location that doesnt have out of doors distractions. It is basically key that where is quiet and lets you focal point in your paintings with out distractions.
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  1. Connect together with your friends. Establishing sturdy connections with friends and professors is a very powerful facet of tutorial luck, in addition to skilled development. One of essentially the most rewarding reports in schooling is finding out thru collaboration. Forming significant relationships together with your friends and professors can can help you be told extra, keep motivated, and feature an outlet to specific your personal working out of subject material. So, keep attached thru message forums, chat rooms, e mail, and different digital assets. And take note lots of the other people you meet in faculty shall be conceivable process assets down the road so determine connections and keep in contact

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