A year ago, a little seed was planted after a visit to SELMA Cafe in Ann Arbor. (Read cool, recent article about SELMA here.) Jane and Janice proposed the same crazy idea for Chelsea: a weekly breakfast fundraiser to (1) cook up local ingredients and share farm resources with Chelsea residents and (2) raise funds for a nonprofit organization to grow agriculturally-minded businesses from the farm up. More than $10,000 was raised in one year. The new Chelsea Community Kitchen was the recipient of the goodwill and net proceeds.A little group of volunteers who repeatedly expressed, "We think we can, we think we can..." bonded together to keep Yellow Door truckin' for a year. A garden was planted by 7 Dirty Virgins and, along with dedicated promoters, shoppers, cooks, servers, greeters, Flos, silverware organizers and cleaner-uppers, Yellow Door presented Thursday delicious dishes for the Chelsea community.
Now, it's time to celebrate Yellow Door's one year of, "We did it!" Everyone who comes for breakfast gets a yellow market bag, big enough for leftovers, your mutt Millie and a bushel of apples. Dress code: yellow, if you have it. Casual, as always. No RSVPs required.
The BIG Breakfast REVEAL for Thursday's 1st Anniversary Celebration:
Peachs N' Cream Stuffed French toast
- Stuffed with local cream cheese
- Topped with homemade peach preserves
- Michigan maple syrup
- Calder Farms butter
- Homemade crème fraiche
- Bacon
- Spicy roasted red pepper sauce
- Brown butter thyme cornbread
- Apple slice garnishes
Pumpkin Bread and Yogurt Smoothie
Beverages: Local apple cider and grape juice; coffee & tea
Ingredients from:
- Greystone Creamery
- Calder Dairy
- Ernst Farm
- Tantre Farm
- Kapnick Orchard
