On a dark, chilly October night this past fall, we celebrated the tobacco smoking season and the fall bounty with Whites Family Farm. Springfield, TN is known as the dark-fired tobacco capital of the world. And the White family has been farming tobacco in Robertson County for generations.
Cooks, friends, neighbors, and Edible readers celebrated with a festive farm dinner under twinkling lights hung from a tent adjacent to the pumpkin fields. The food was served family style from bowls for a convivial dinner shared by folks young and old, black and white, city slicker and country folk.
Menu
Appetizers
Cup of Turnip Greens with Cornbread
(Demetria White of Whites Family Farm)
Caprese Skewers and Italian Meatballs
(Doug Voise of The Depot Bar & Grill)
Entrée
Smoked Brisket & Pork with Fig and Apple BBQ Sauce
(Justin Dorris and Caleb Starks of The Drunken Pig)
Sides
Potato Gratin with Smoked Gouda
(Angel Fish of Burdettes Tea Shop & Trading Company)
Farmhouse Kale Salad
(Doug Voise of The Depot Bar & Grill)
Sweet Potato Biscuits
(Charles Hunter III of The Salted Table)
Desserts
Caramelized Apple Cake with Mascarpone Cream
(Reggie Marshall and Reggie Marshall Jr of Reggie’s Veggies)
Macarons
(Sepia Baker of the Chocolate Aristocrat)
Sponsors included:
Avanti Cigars, Jackalope Brewery, Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery, Beachaven Winery and Whites and Associates Insurance.
We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.
—Dorothy Day