What does a Bachelor's slow food table look like?

Day 1 - we're having dinner with my friend Will at his house in Winlaw, BC.  Will is an old friend that has a real passion for living locally and all things that are produced in the beautiful Slocan valley.  He is especially in tune with slow food - he grows his own veggies, and has even started keeping his own chickens.  This led me to the question "What does a bachelor's kitchen table look like?"

I've developed a real love for meals that are prepared with the slow food ethos: fresh ingredients that are produced locally and cooked with love and time.  Truth be told it's my wife's passion for this stuff that transformed my kitchen to make sure we ate with this philosophy in mind and I am quite sure I'm not the only fella out there that eats well because of his partner's passion for good, healthy, nutritous food.  So can a man accomplish this same end on his own?

The answer is a resounding yes.  We showed up at Will's really late and had to make dinner out of whatever miscellaneous stuff was in his fridge.  Turns out I was able to whip up a delicious omelette purely with ingredient's that Will had personally grown.  The eggs were fresh from his chickens (its been abit rough for him because the bears ate most of his chickens this year.  He's down to 3 and luckily they all lay eggs) and I was able to toss in some peppers, brocolli, cauliflower, and some assortted hearty greens all from his garden.

While it is true that Will is an exceptional man - I think we can still say that it is possible for a bachelor's kitchen to be slow food friendly and for his table to look pretty darn delectible.

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