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Creemee stands, Flatbread farms, Craft beer and bears in the bunker



..... its all part of summer in Vermont.
We have just returned from an excellent 10 day break in the great Green Mountain State where the weather was kind to us, if of course you ignore the travel mayhem wreaked by storms on the multiple journeys to and from New York that were undertaken (or not) by various members of our extended Vermont family.
On the food front it was sad to see that a few of our regular haunts were closed (RIP The Common Man) but it was good to see the arrival of the excellent rebooted canteen Creemee in Waitsfield that served a very funky and totally of the moment Salty and Sweet menu that could have come out of Shoreditch. I can vouch in particular for the excellence of the chicken fingers with both Korean BBQ and Sriracha butter sauce.
The great American Flatbread at Lareau Farm is thankfully still going strong. Sitting outside with the fires burning on a summer evening is one of the great pleasures of life, doing so with friends and family just makes it all the better. We love the classics (new Vermont sausage, Pepperoni and peppers) but we always look forward to the specials featuring great combinations of local produce. 

The Prohibition Pig in Waterbury is also still going strong serving great food and interesting beer. Beer is BIG up here and this year I discovered the craft beer cellar shop in Waterbury ... what an amazing selection of beer! and a beautiful shop too.
Whilst in Waterbury the estimable Pricey sniffed out the excellent Henders bake shop we shared an delicious Salami and arugula baguette which was pretty damn fine but all of it looks good.
and of course we ate in (and at Lake Champlain) and sampled much of the valley's fine produce including the incredibly muscular Misty Knoll chickens, some damn fine lamb Ottolenghi style and Natasha's Grilled pork chops with grilled plum and bacon sauce.
Thank you Vermont we love you.
.... oh and those bears ... we played golf early one morning and on the way to the club we saw a bear cub cross the road .... at the 4th hole joe was in the bunker which was filled with baby bear tracks ... then he saw the mummy bear tracks ... OMG .. suffice to say we didnt look for any balls that went off the fairway and into the woods!

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