makeria farm rye salad

This salad is on the Amuse Bistro menu. It is named after the farm in Duncan where we source the grain.  This year me and my wife Leah are growing some grain in own restaurant garden. 3 cups cooked rye grains 1 cup diced red peppers 1⁄2 cup diced red onion 3 cloves minced garlic [...]

not your garden-variety garden

Dan Jason ships about 80,0000 packets of seeds from Salt Spring Island to locations around the planet every year. He has eight growers on Salt Spring working cooperatively to produce hundreds of varieties of seeds, many of them old, unusual or endangered. His seeds are tried and true, tested for countless generations and adapted to [...]

deerholme farm fall events

Saturday, September 25, 2010 Italian-style Fall Harvest Dinner Grilled Pizza with guanciale (smoked pork cheek), porcini and sage besciamella Bruscetta with roasted tomatoes. olives and basil Eggplant, Albacore Tuna and Arugula Salad Barley polenta with wild Mushrooms and Pancetta Red wine braised beef short ribs ravioli with heirloom tomatoes and local cheese Pear custard cake [...]

thai corn chowder

Sauté in stock pot until translucent: 2 yellow onions (minced) 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 Tablespoon red or green curry paste Then add and sauté on low heat: 4 cups corn (fresh is best but frozen or canned will work) Add and bring to a boil: 1 can of coconut milk 4 cups good vegetable [...]

raspberry vinaigrette

3 Tablespoons of wildflower honey 1 pint of fresh raspberries 2 sprigs of fresh thyme (stems removed) 1/2 cup of raspberry vinegar 1  3/4 cup of olive oil Puree the honey, raspberries, thyme leaves and vinegar together then slowly incorporate the olive oil. This is a great dressing or local organic greens or fresh spinach.

dog day picnics

The dog days of summer have arrived and thus initiated the universally recognized time to embrace al fresco dining on Vancouver Island.  Everywhere you look you’ll see baskets of fresh fruit, garden vegetables, gleaming fish and packed cars heading off to a favorite picnic spot. For me, nothing defines summer more then a outdoor meal [...]

chilled canteloupe soup

This week I made a chilled cantaloupe soup due to the heat.  My staff at Bistro 161 wanted to drink it all in tall glasses sitting on the our patio. Ingredients are so simple: 2 ripe (peeled & cored) cantaloupes lemon juice + zest 1 cup of plain yogurt a few drops of Tabasco salt [...]

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