Pam’s Corner

1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.

2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.

3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.

4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).

5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.

6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).

7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).

8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.

9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.

10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).

11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.

12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).