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Washington, DC Chef Uses Menhaden and More at New Restaurant

October 6, 2015 โ€” The Berkshire sow has flopped down on her side inside a sunny, semi-exposed shelter at Cabin Creek Heritage Farm in Upper Marlboro. A couple of piglets, no larger than pugs, are nursing while the remaining newborns gather around their motherโ€™s head, as if looking for face time.

Jeremiah Langhorne is beyond smitten. The chef and owner of the Dabney, the forthcoming restaurant in Blagden Alley, and his two sous-chefs simultaneously release the same sweet, unguarded sound when they lay eyes on the black piglets with their stubby pink legs: Oooooooh!

โ€œThey got their little pink socks,โ€ Langhorne says. โ€œTheyโ€™re so cute!โ€

Langhorne, former chef de cuisine at the influential McCradyโ€™s in Charleston, S.C., is not shopping for a pet. Heโ€™s scouting farmers who might supply his restaurant, dedicated to the flora, fauna and fermented flavors of the Mid-Atlantic. This trip to Cabin Creek is just one of many he has made ahead of the Dabneyโ€™s opening later this month. The 30-year-old Langhorne wants to inspect every potential supplier, not just to form a bond with farmers who might be skittish about working with (historically unreliable) chefs, but also to review their agricultural practices. He wants farmers who respect their products as much as he does.

โ€œTheyโ€™re doing it right,โ€ Langhorne says after visiting two Maryland farms in August with sous-chefs Chris Morgan and Mike Tholis. โ€œThey put their animalsโ€™ happiness first and foremost. Most other farms, youโ€™ll see some part of the chain where convenience outweighs the happiness of the animals.โ€

Read the full story from The Washington Post

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