FARM TO TABLE DINNERS

 

Throughout the season we offer a series of Farm to Table dinners.  The dinners are robust affairs, but limited to thirty people.  We set the long table in the meadow or in the barn.  We fill bowls and platters with the best our farmers can provide that Day.  Our island raised beef and lamb become the focal point of dishes like Syrah Braised Short Ribs  and baby garlic or Wood Oven Roasted Lamb Leg, with a multi herbed Jus and little new, very new potatoes, pulled from the ground hours before.  Shellfish gathered from the shore on the same day they are served are a revelation.  Desserts become a showcase for all the local berries and orchard fruits for which the islands are famous. Tarts, crumbles, cobblers, betties, buckles and grunts, shortcakes, longcakes, sponge cakes, angelfood all become the foundation for a never ending card of farm made  creams,  iced, clotted and whipped.  Naturally the garden produce is used in a variety of ways, focusing on the textures and flavors unique to foods taken from the garden only hours before.  We use mostly local food, but have made an exception for the things we can’t give up: lemons, chocolate, olive oil, and yes, some cheeses. We do feature local and Washington grown farm cheeses, but, on occasion use epoisses,  cabrales, and  truffled pecorino.