green and gorgeous: honoring 2005′s best green cuisine — Natural Aphrodisiac and Gourmet Foods, Wine, Romantic Travel

green and gorgeous

recognizing tastemakers with an eye on the environment

Restaurant: the herb farm, seattle, wa
At the Herb Farm, farm to table cooking is not just about developing relationships with small producers. Here, the farm becomes a part of the theatre of dining, with garden tours and a culinary lecture on the ingredients incorporated into every nine-course meal.
www.theherbfarm.com

Cafe: organic market cafe, sterling, south australia
A casual, health-conscious dining spot, the cafe’s comfort-oriented soups, salads, cakes and tarts are all made from organic ingredients and sold at modest prices. The cafe is also a part of a small market, named the best independent organic foods retailer in Australia.
www.organicmarket.com.au

Chef: edward tuson, sooke harbour house, sooke british columbia
Tuson not only grows much of his own fruits, vegetables and herbs but, in order to ensure the highest quality of meat, he also raises his own pigs and smokes and cures the meat used in the Sooke Harbour House dining room.
www.sookeharbourhouse.com

Winery: m. chapoutier, cotes du rhone, france
When Michel Chapoutier took over the winemaking duties of his family’s famed winery, he knew that a dedication to environmentally-friendly farming would become vital to creating quality, regionally distinct wines in our future. Today, Chapoutier wines are crafted from grapes grown with biodynamic farming.
www.chapoutier.com

Getaway: hotelito desconcido, cruz de loreto, mexico
Certainly a novelty for Mexico and a rarity in the world, Hotelito combines ecotourism with luxury resort style. Sandwiched between a bird preserve and the raw Pacific, the resort’s cottage accomodations are all electricity free and water waste conscious.
www.hotelito.com

Hotel Chain: fairmont
Well ahead of the rising trend, Fairmont began a chain-wide environmental preservation program in 1990. Referred to as its Green Partnership, Fairmont’s plan includes operations water and waste management programs that offer guests such options as forgoing fresh linens each day in exchange for conserving resources.
www.fairmont.com