The Christophers: Farm Fresh Feast

Today's "Three Minutes a Day" reflection from the Christophers:

July 23, 2010

Farm Fresh Feast

A handful of chefs are busy - on a truck with a stove, a smoker, refrigeration and a sink. It’s time for Dinners at the Farm.

The brainchild of Connecticut chefs Drew McLachlan and Jonathan Rapp, the events serve up gourmet meals from local foods. The tab paid by diners benefits local non-profits.  Some 160 people turned out for the first dinners held in 2006, netting $17,000 for charity. These days, dinners happen three days in a row each month for four months.

“It’s a win-win to have local produce, local meats and so forth, as well as you’re helping something local out,” says Brian Carey, a contractor, who attended two dinners. Adds Pauline Lord, whose farm served as a host, “It’s such a great combination of elements.”

Each of us is created to contribute just the right ingredient to make the world around us a better place.


"To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one. . . wisdom, and to another. . . knowledge. . . to another faith. . . to another gifts of healing." (1 Corinthians 12:7,8,9)


Prayer: You give us from Your bounty, Eternal Father. May we reverence the works of Your hands.

For more information about Dinners at the Farm, visit:

      Dinners at the Farm

(This year's Dinners at the Farm will be held at Barberry Hill Farm in Madison on the first two weekends in August and at White Gate in East Lyme on the last two weekends in August.)