{"id":3928,"date":"2014-07-22T00:20:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T00:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2016-04-06T11:28:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T11:28:08","slug":"farm-focus-8fifteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/farm-focus-8fifteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Focus: 8FIFTEEN"},"content":{"rendered":"Frog Hollow Farm is unlike any other farm, in that we ship our products nationwide, we sell at the farmers\u00a0markets, we have a CSA, and also a caf\u00e9 in the San Francisco Ferry Building. One of my main focuses this\u00a0year is to reinvigorate our Ferry Building Caf\u00e9 by bringing in new menu items through partnerships and\u00a0in house product development. For the past couple months I have been working with a small artisan food\u00a0company in Berkeley to develop a line of salads for the Caf\u00e9. All of the salads will feature Frog Hollow\u00a0Farm products and will be pre-packaged. Check out the story of our new partners, and please come visit us\u00a0at the Caf\u00e9!\n\nAnthony Jones, the founder and Executive Chef for 8FIFTEEN and his wife Gabby moved to the Bay\u00a0Area from Brooklyn a couple years ago to get a fresh start. \u201c8FIFTEEN\u201d is a reference to the day that\u00a0Anthony and Gabby met. Gabby and Anthony met on August 15, 2003, during the two-day blackout\u00a0that struck New York and much of the Eastern seaboard. It was a magical day when everyone took\u00a0a break and hung out with friends. Without electricity, many restaurants were forced to grill up food\u00a0on barbecues and give it away to the public. It was a day of camaraderie and love built around food,\u00a0friends and beer.\n\nAnthony had been working as an Attorney in New York but with the move to the west coast he\u00a0decided to take a leap and follow his passion in food. While he and Gabby were making the journey\u00a0to the West Coast they came up with Sandwich manifesto, which details the making of the perfect\u00a0sandwich. From this manifesto, the beginning of a career and a dream was born -8FIFTEEN.\n\n8FIFTEEN started as strictly sandwiches. The business gained recognition by selling at various\u00a0farmers markets and fairs within the Bay Area. The first market that 8FIFTEEN took part in was the\u00a0Kensington Farmer\u2019s Market where they learned how to prep ingredients ahead of time and were able\u00a0to test their products. Since Kensington, 8FIFTEEN has been a part of multiple Farmers Markets and\u00a0fairs including: Alameda Point Antiques Fair, Treasure Island Flea Market, and the Patchwork Show\u00a0in Oakland.With great demand for their product to be available on a more regular basis, 8FIFTEEN\u00a0has partnered with Rafa\u2019s Cafe where they sell their sandwiches pre-packaged.\n\nKnowing that 8FIFTEEN has experience packaging their products and has the ability to make\u00a0amazing things happen with seasonal ingredients, we asked them if they could try their hand in\u00a0preparing salads for Frog Hollow Farm Caf\u00e9. They eagerly accepted the challenge and came up with\u00a0some sensational products. For the past several months Anthony and his team have been working hard\u00a0to develop salads to be served exclusively at Frog Hollow Farm\u2019s retail location in the San Francisco\u00a0Ferry Building. The salads are inspired by classic recipes but have a modern twist. They are artfully\u00a0composed highlighting Frog Hollow Farm ingredients with bright and robust flavors. We can\u2019t wait\u00a0for you to try them!\n\nThere will be three salads to hit the shelves next Wednesday (7\/23). First we have the Spiced Egg\u00a0salad that will be served as an entr\u00e9e. The 8FIFTEEN version is not your average egg salad. It is\u00a0made with Frog Hollow Farm extra virgin olive oil, little gem lettuce, parmesan croutons, cilantro,\u00a0lime, and topped with Frog Hollow Farm tomatoes. This is a nourishing vegetarian option filled with\u00a0protein and plenty of vitamins and minerals. Next we have two side salads that can either be eaten as a\u00a0snack or enjoyed alongside Frog Hollow Farm\u2019s delicious empanadas for a satisfying lunch. The lentil\u00a0beet salad has pickled onions, parsley and Frog Hollow Farm dried apricots and is drizzled orange\u00a0vinaigrette. Another side salad option is the grilled corn salad with legendary Frog Hollow Farm\u00a0peaches, poblano peppers from our up and coming vegetable garden at the farm and some feta cheese.\u00a0Anthony will be offering tastings of the new salads at the Caf\u00e9 on Friday, July 25th from 12noon-2pm.\u00a0So do come by and meet the chef!\n\nQuote from Becky about 8fifteen:\n\n\u201cWe are very excited to work with 8fifteen Comestibles because they share our love for good food.\u00a0Their culinary creativity is a good match for our no-compromise attitude towards growing legendary\u00a0produce at Frog Hollow Farm. I am confident that they will artistically showcase our ingredients in\u00a0every food item coming out of their kitchen.\u201d","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frog Hollow Farm is unlike any other farm, in that we ship our products nationwide, we sell at the farmers\u00a0markets, we have a CSA, and also a caf\u00e9 in the San Francisco Ferry Building. 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