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It’s always amazing to me how far the geographic boundaries of Amissville stretch! This week I headed over to our western edge. I had the chance to interview Terri Lehman at Ecow.
A visit to Ecow is always a treat for me. I love to cook and so I walk from display to display drooling over the wonderful offerings. It was even more fun to have the chance to talk to Terri about her establishment.
Terri is a food lover and cook extraordinaire from way back. She worked for Hyatt Hotels in the food side of the business and also worked at Sutton Place Gourmet. (It seems like there are a lot of local connections to that place.) I asked her why she started this place. When she and John Burns moved out to Goat Hill they were doing weekend sales on the farm, but still commuting into Northern Virginia during the week. Terri began talking to her friends and neighbors here in Rappahannock about what would work and what wouldn’t. Finally, she decided the timing was right and took the leap. It was an opportunity to do what she loved and get rid of that awful commute. And, almost seven years ago, in May of 2001, Ecow opened.
Of course, the next question has to be where the name came from! The full name is Epicurious Cow. There was a contest to come up with the name, and, in the end, John was the one who suggested Ecow. It comes from epicurean and the
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