Halibut with Asparagus

After a fun and exciting trip to Vermont, it feels good to be back home. I have spent the last couple of days getting life organized and nursing a cold that I picked up during my travels. Now that I am unpacked and my body is beginning to revive, I am looking forward to getting out to the farmer’s markets and back in the kitchen.

Even with a few sniffles I managed to throw together a nice dinner last night that was inspired by a dish my friend Kerri enjoyed at The Kitchen Table Bistro in Richmond, Vermont. The Kitchen Table Bistro is a chef-owned restaurant run by a husband and wife team who met while training at the New England Culinary Institute. Their experiences working in some of the best restaurants in San Francisco and Napa inspired them to open an upscale but casual restaurant with an emphasis on the use of seasonal and local ingredients.