Yesterday on our daily (hourly?) walk, we passed by the place with all the sunflowers. Seduced by the scores of people in the small shop and the piles of sweet corn on the sidewalk we wandered in and met the owners. Siena Farms is a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shop much like Maxwell Creek was back at Sodus. Here, you don't have to subscribe to the service and can just pick up items from the store a la cart. The store not only sells fresh local produce but herbs, flowers, honey, cheese, milk and pastry items.
The owner of the shop was telling us how local chefs use their products and often show up buying their daily provisions. She told us that the chefs of one of the restaurants actually uses sunflowers in his dishes. Just as we were leaving, the chef walked in and we were introduced. He explained that the sunflower has many edible parts and actually can be used to make a cocktail... go on...
He gave us the web site that has videos of how to make several of the dishes. Here is a video of how to use the sunflower like you would an artichoke. What an imagination!
So enchanted we made dinner reservations for next Sunday. Each day is a different menu, so we will report back. From pictures of customers, wild boar braised in fresh herbs is apparently popular. He and his dishes are from the Piedmont region of Italy.
Here is the link to the restaurant.
P.S. My bracelet said I walked over 7 miles yesterday, obviously we did more than go to Siena Farms, cause it just right around the corner.
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