Breakfast rules! Breakfast over the weekend? Even better, because the weekend gives me time to cook up something special.
One element always included as a side to my experimental egg dish is toast & jam. These days, my new favorite at Provenance Food and Wine is June Taylor. Her variety of artisanal jams elevate a supporting role on my plate into a breakout star. June Taylor works directly with small family farms in seeking out heirloom & forgotten fruits (ie. tayberries). Her traditional methods of preserving, small batch production, and infusion of flowers & herbs into the fruit create some of the most delicious jams I've ever had the pleasure of tasting - I've tasted a lot! My mind is now ripe with ideas for this weekend's breakfast - perhaps a frittata with La Quercia pancetta, red onion & mint, wilted spinach with a shot of garlic & lemon, and thick-cut toast topped with June Taylor's Strawberry and Provençal Lavender Conserve. Yes! I can already hear the coffee brewing and the aroma wafting through the house...is it Sunday yet?
- from staffer Nicole Benjamin
