Turnip Truck is committed to gender equity, currently stocking products from 30+ woman-owned businesses. Since opening in 2001, we have proudly — and intentionally — supported leading women in the local and organic sectors. From farmers to producers of health and beauty products, prepared foods, and other items, these women blaze trails. Like Rosine, featured on… Read more »
Author: Z Nelson
Turnip Truck Partnered with Fairtrade America to Create Mural
October is Fair Trade Month, and Turnip Truck founder John Dyke has teamed up with Fairtrade America to promote Fair Trade and Gender Equality. While 60-80% of the world’s food is produced by women, many still face gender inequity daily. Turnip Truck and Fairtrade America enlisted Nashville muralist Tarabella Aversa (www.tarabellaaversa.com) to paint West African… Read more »
Turnip Truck’s New Store Is Solarized
Turnip Truck’s New Store Is Solarized This spring West Nashville welcomed Turnip Truck to the neighborhood. The locally owned full service natural grocer opened its third store on Charlotte Avenue, just as COVID-19 was hitting and on the heels of a tornado which destroyed much of the store’s new equipment. “Against all odds, we opened… Read more »
Virtual Wine and Cheese Tasting 9/17
Virtual Wine & Cheese Tasting 9/17 Where: Instagram Live (@theturniptruck) When: September 17 at 6:30 pm Central time Hosts: Traci Hilton of Best Brands Inc and Pat Ford of BeehiveCheese What: Beehive Cheeses: Pour Me A Slice Promontory Barely Buzzed Wine: Nortico Alvarinho Fontanes Cabernet Sauvignon Enrique Mendoza La Tremenda BONUS! Buy all three wines… Read more »
Filet Mignon with Mushrooms and Madeira Wine Sauce
Filet Mignon With Mushrooms and Madeira Wine Sauce This recipe is the perfect comfort food and a great boost of protein. If you can’t find Madeira, you can substitute port or even a dry red wine. It just won’t have the nuttiness the Madeira brings. INGREDIENTS 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 12 ounces… Read more »
Black Is Beautiful
Southern Grist Brewing: From a collaboration with Southern Grist Brewing and Weathered Souls Brewing comes a new initiative to support justice and equality for People Of Color. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. Southern Grist’s version is 10% abv, Imperial Stout with smooth vanilla highlights. Southern Grist will be donating 100% of proceeds from sales of BLACK IS… Read more »
5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Immune System
5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Immune System by Jenna Bratcher, StyleBlueprint Nashville’s Associate Editor and Lead Writer. Read the full article on Styleblueprint, here. The subject of health is front and center these days, whether we’re considering socially distanced gatherings, grocery store outings, or sending our kids back to school. And while we still have a… Read more »
Tomato Salad With Red Beans
Tomato Salad With Red Beans MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Recipe from the New York Times, here. YIELD 6 servings TIME 10 minutes Photo by Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times This colorful tomato salad is bulked up with red or pink beans. But it’s not a bean salad with tomatoes; it’s a tomato salad with beans. I added… Read more »
Heirloom Tomato Crostata with Honey-Thyme Glaze
Tomato Crostata With Honey-Thyme Glaze MELISSA CLARK Recipe from the New York Times, here. YIELD: 6 to 8 servings TIME: 1 hour plus at least 2 1/2 hours chilling Photo by Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times INGREDIENTS FOR THE CRUST 125 grams all-purpose flour (about 1 cup), more for rolling out dough 75 grams fine cornmeal (about… Read more »
Nashville’s mask mandate now in effect; here’s what you need to know
Nashville’s mask mandate now in effect; here’s what you need to know Metro Health Department has released the details of its order requiring facial coverings in Nashville. Read on News Channel 5 WTVF here. Updated 8:22 PM, Jun 29, 2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Health Department has released the details of its order requiring… Read more »