The Dogwood Restaurant: A BOLD Fine Dining Choice

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Last week, Be BOLD Baltimore! featured the Woodberry Kitchen on our blog as a BOLD dining opportunity for couples and families who want to keep their commitment to being BOLD, but also want to enjoy a nice evening out.

This week, we want to introduce you to the Dogwood Restaurant, a Hampden area restaurant that is proud to offer residents “sustainable American cuisine.” The Dogwood Restaurant uses natural ingredients in all of its meals and buys its ingredients from local farms whenever possible. It offers catering and private dining experiences, as well as a unique training program that up-and-coming local restaurant professionals should definitely look into.

The Dogwood Restaurant offers a wide range of locally-grown, organic dishes. During Baltimore Restaurant Week 2012, try a dinner featuring the daily soup selection and wild-caught Virginia catfish, and top it off with a slice of cranberry upside down cake for dessert. However, because the Dogwood Restaurant cooks only with foods that are in-season, its menu changes from time-to-time in order to make sure its customers are served nothing but the best, freshest foods the area has to offer. For the most up-to-date menu, visit the restaurant’s web site before you visit. 

Be BOLD Even When It’s Cold!

Many of you might be asking why the organizers of the Be BOLD Baltimore! campaign decided to start our campaign during the winter months – a time with few active farmers’ markets and few locally-grown foods available. However, as the video above shows, it is still possible to be BOLD during the coldest time of the year.

Produced by Watch Mojo, this two-minute video features an interview with the owner of the Green Panther, a restaurant that focuses on preparing meals with only locally-grown, organic ingredients. The video explains the benefits associated with eating locally-grown, organic foods and talks about the types of crops that thrive during the winter months.

So, what are you waiting for? Go pick-up some locally-grown, organic potatoes, squash, or leeks and make a BOLD and delicious meal your family won’t soon forget!

BOLD Dining at the Woodberry Kitchen

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Many people think that including meals prepared with locally-grown, organic ingredients in their diets will mean an end to eating at their favorite restaurants. Goodbye Cheesecake Factory! Goodbye Outback Steakhouse! But that doesn’t have to be the case.

There are a number of restaurants in the Baltimore area that are committed to preparing all of their meals with locally-grown, organic ingredients. One restaurant that we at Be BOLD Baltimore! like to visit is the Woodberry Kitchen.

Unlike many restaurants that use frozen beef patties or vegetables loaded with preservatives, the Woodberry Kitchen features seasonal food choices from local farmers. All of the meat used in their meals is organic and the restaurant itself is committed to sustainable agriculture.

Their menu includes snacks, salads, soups, entrees, and desserts that everyone in your family will love. Try the warm skillet cornbread with the Springfield farm chicken and biscuit topped off with some apple pie for dessert. Not a fan of cornbread, chicken, or apple pie? Don’t worry! The Woodberry Kitchen’s menu has something for everyone. Check out the full menu on the Woodberry Kitchen web site.

The restaurant is located at 2010 Clipper Park Road, No, 126 in Baltimore, MD. Stop in one day and treat you and your family to a delicious locally-grown, organic meal (one you don’t even have to lift a finger to cook!).

Fast (and Healthy) Food!

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No matter how busy you are, it's easy to be BOLD! If you don't have time to prepare a meal using locally-grown, organic foods at home, there are a few fast food restaurants from which you can choose and still continue your commitment to being BOLD and eating at least one locally-grown, organic meal each day. Some of the restaurants that we at Be BOLD Baltimore! have relied on for the past few years are listed below:

• Panera Bread: Offers many healthy menu options, including organic chicken.
• Jason’s Deli: All meals are prepared using organic ingredients. 
• Au Bon Pain: Offers low calories soups, salads, and sandwiches made with whole grains and organic chicken.

Do you have any favorite fast (and healthy) food restaurants you would like to add to our list? Drop us a note in the "Comments" section.