Selma Café: March 6, 2009

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Selma Café, hosted by Lisa Gottlieb and Jeff McCabe, is located at 722 Soule — directly in front of Eberwhite Elementary School. | Jeff McCabe is about to dig into a breakfast made almost exclusively with locally sourced ingredients. (And he knitted his own socks!)

After being online for nearly 18 months, it’s high time this blog got around to covering a food-related event — I mean, it’s called “Relish,” right?

So let me start with something über-cool: Selma Café. The best way to learn about this “breakfast salon” is to just show up on a Friday between 6:30–10am. You will be so glad you did! As the Repasts, Present & Future website puts it: “Eat local food, schmooze with local foodies, co-create the next wave of our local food community. No reservation needed, walk on in — come early, food while it lasts.”

Featuring all local ingredients and suppliers, including:

• Tantre Farms (organic produce)
• RoosRoast Coffee
• Arbor Teas (organic tea)
• Creswick Farm (organic bacon)
• Almar Orchards (organic apples and cider)
• Blueberry Heritage Farms (organic blueberries)
• Westwind Milling Company (Michigan hard-wheat flour)

Suggested donation: $10–$15 for breakfast, $3 for a cup of coffee or tea with biscotti. All proceeds go directly to the local farmers and producers who supply the ingredients and to non-profit groups working to expand access to healthy, sustainable food resources.

More info:

• Repasts, Present & Future » Selma Café general info | March 6 post-event wrap-up
• Ann Arbor’s Selma Cafe: Open for Breakfast, Community, and Conversation

I’m excited about this vast and energized (not to mention yummy) world that is opening up right before my eyes. Bon appétit!

Each week features a guest chef who works with seasonal, local ingredients. Today, diners enjoyed chef Scott MacInnis’s delicious creations. I can personally vouch for the bread pudding!

OMG, those waffles look amazing. Let’s go in for a closer look…

Yes! This diner slathered butter into every single Cartesian compartment — exactly how all right-thinking persons enjoy their waffles.

Gather ’round the counter for some great food and conversation.

The eggs served come from Jeff and Lisa’s chickens, which run free in their spacious backyard. | The mini-egg mysteriously came from a chicken, not from Cadbury.

Today’s all-volunteer crew: Shana Kimball (Gastronomical Three), Matt Burton and Garin Fons (both active with Local Food Portal and Local Food Summit), Scott MacInnis (tranche de vie), and Aubrey Thomason (Growing Hope, Zingerman’s Creamery, to name but a few of her many impressive community/food affiliations).

The chef on-deck for next week: Jeremy Lopatin, of Arbor Teas, who will be serving up a selection of sweet and savory crepes. I’ll be there!

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See also:

• Catching Up with Selma Café (Sep 19, 2012)
• Happy 1st Birthday Selma Café: February 19, 2010 (Feb 25, 2010)
• Hoop House Dreams (Aug 5, 2009)
• Selma Café: April 24, 2009 (Apr 24, 2009)
• Selma Café: March 27, 2009 (Mar 28, 2009)
• Selma Café: March 20, 2009 (Mar 20, 2009)
• Selma Café: March 13, 2009 (Mar 13, 2009)