Feastival Food

It took me a while to fully understand how much more healthy and delicious local, organic food is, as opposed to most everything else that we buy in supermarkets across this country.  This summer, while I was living in Idaho, I had the great fortune to live with people who were very earth conscious, health conscious, and full of life and love.

The third weekend of September this year, marked the second annual Feastival.

Feastival is a weekend dedicated to bringing people together, sharing a love for the outdoors, dancing, camping, fishing, yoga, eating together, and making new friends.  Everyone that comes to Feastival brings a small side dish or dessert to share with everyone else.  It is our job to cook the main meal for the 150+ people that attended this year.

This is the first of a two part series about Feastival.

Look at this delicious food!

[caption id="attachment_1465" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Keri and Ian, going to town cutting up veggies"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="630" caption="Scott. Master of the compost."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Sauce from giant heirloom tomatoes."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="630" caption="Scott prepares to juggle some cucumbers."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="First day of feasting."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Feast and Flounder"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="630" caption="Have you ever seen a carrot like this?? How beautiful is this thing??"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Flounder, making carrot art."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Carrot flowers"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="The end result"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="I need garlic like I need cowbell. More."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="630" caption="Harvest presentation"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="The base for our Squash Soup"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Soup display and descriptions"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Mat. The father of our feast."][/caption]

-JoeySee