Importance of Using Local Ingredients by the Roadhouse Chef

The Roadhouse of Wilmington, Vermont is owned and operated by a well-known chef, who is well recognized for his cooking, knowledge in wine and use in fresh, local ingredients. Whenever possible, the Roadhouse serves up dishes that are cooked with local ingredients. To the Roadhouse chef and staff, like Eric Trites and Jim McGovern using local ingredients is important for three reasons.

First of all, purchasing local ingredients is one way to help the environment and ensure the Roadhouse is doing their part of help increase sustainability. The more local the ingredient, the less distance it had to travel from the time it was being grown at a farm to the time it reaches the plate of a Roadhouse customer. This shorter distance saves on the amount of gasoline used as well as the amount of energy used transporting the local ingredient from point A to point B.

Secondly, using local ingredients supports local businesses. If the Roadhouse were to choose to get their ingredients from countries or states far away, then their businesses and ultimately money would go to those places. If the Roadhouse tries their best to purchase local ingredients from local farmers and families, then the Roadhouse can spur on growth in the Wilmington, Vermont economy.

Lastly, purchasing local ingredients often times mean the food tastes better. When ingredients are grown in far away places, the journey they take to make it from those places, into a carton, onto a truck, loaded and unloaded and eventually cooked and onto the plate of a Roadhouse customer, is a long, strenuous journey for the ingredient. Along the way, it is very possible that the ingredient gets beat up or sits for a long time and loses flavor.

Buy using local ingredients whenever possible, Roadhouse Wilmington Vermont able to ensure the best tasting dishes for customers. This had led to their well-known reputation for great tasting, high quality plates.