My guest this week is Belinda Smith-Sullivan with her new book “Just Peachy.”
Chef Belinda Smith-Sullivan, granddaughter of Mississippi sharecroppers, is the go-to resource for everything peaches. Not only does she provide perfect peach recipes, but she also has information about the variety of peaches, history, growing and growers, as well as festivals. There are approximately 70 recipes for breads, breakfasts, appetizers, soups and salads, entrees, desserts, peach pies, sauces, preserves and condiments, and drinks in this beautifully photographed cookbook.
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Belinda Smith-Sullivan is a chef, food writer, spice blends entrepreneur, and a commercially-rated pilot. She has a culinary arts degree from Johnson & Wales University, and writes a monthly column for both South Carolina Living and Bella Magazine. She also is featured on South Carolina Living’s website with monthly how-to videos. Smith-Sullivan is an active member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, International Association of Culinary Professionals, American Culinary Federation, and Les Dames d’Escoffier. She lives in Trenton, South Carolina, in the heart of South Carolina’s peach country. Follow Belinda on Face Book. Learn more about Belinda at www.chefbelindaspices.com
Later in the program Tom Brown proprietor of Meadowlark Farm in Rose Hill will join us to talk about the Farm and the varieties of peaches being offered now to the crowds of You-Pick enthusiasts. Meadowlark Farm is on Face Book.
Since 2010 Tom and wife Gina have planted about 2000 peach trees and about 1000 apple trees. We planted many varieties of both, hoping that some would always flourish in the vagaries of the Kansas prairie climate. We also raise about 2 acres of strawberries which are harvested in May and June. We sell what we grow at our farm and Old Town Farmers Market in Wichita. We welcome visitors to the farm throughout the growing season. We offer pick-your-own peaches and apples as well as vegetables from June through October. We also have a pumpkin patch and corn maze in October. We want folks to come out to the farm for fresh and delicious fruits and vegetables and then feel free to stay for a picnic or a walk through the orchard. Tom’s hard cider is a must try adult beverage and is available at the Farm as well as most of Wichita’s local breweries. 😉
www.themeadowlarkfarm.com 11249 SW 160th St, Rose Hill, KS 67133
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
Meadowlark Farm Hard Cider
Hard Cider is legally a fruit wine; produced by fermenting fresh apple juice with specially selected cider yeast, and managing the fermentation to produce a refreshing and bubbly drink with an alcohol content of around 5%. Mewdowlark Farm’s hard cider is lightly carbonated and is sold in 12oz capped bottles. It is best enjoyed chilled poured into a large Bordeaux wine glass or something similar that allows the cider’s fruit aroma to collect just inside the rim of the glass.
- Meadowlark Red: A sweet hard cider with lots of apple flavor; great as an aperitif or with dessert
- Meadowlark Gold: A semi – dry and crisp hard cider with a subtle apple flavor; excellent with fish and chicken or paired with cheese and fresh bread.
- Meadow Hopper: A very dry, citric, thirst quenching refreshment. As hopped as an IPA but over an austere fruit wine structure.
- Meadowlark Peach: Our Hard Cider blended with peach wine that we crafted from our own peaches. A perfect, summery blend of apple with a strong, fresh peach aroma.