This week I am lucky enough to get away for a bit and travel through Vermont, and while I don’t have a new recipe to share (boo!), I do have a neat restaurant review with a great story (yeah!). As you may have guessed from the picture above, the name of the restaurant is The Farmers Diner and it is located in Quechee, Vermont.

Quechee is a small town located on the well traveled Route 4 that connects the I-89 to the ski region of central Vermont. It is impossible to visit the area without checking out Quechee’s claim to fame, the Quechee Gorge, or Vermont’s little grand canyon. Becoming equally famous is the Farmers Diner, with reviews in USA Today, The New York Times, NPR, and Grist Magazine. For a restaurant garnering so much praise and notoriety you would think it was something fancy, but the Farmers Diner menu offers typical diner fare with an important twist: the majority of the ingredients are local, seasonal and natural. [click to continue…]