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Our CSA members, farmers market and retail customers, and restaurant partners are welcome to join us on Saturday, November 8th from 4-7 pm for a Fall Harvest celebration and potluck gathering. Bring a dish to share, BYOB, and a blanket or chairs. The weather will be beautiful.16301 Decker Lake Rd. Manor, TX 78653 We hope you’ll come see your farm, but please leave the dogs at home! |
Tis the season to overindulge, and overindulge guests shall with a five-course, family-style Thanksgiving meal curated by chef Sarah McIntosh and Wes Mickel, paired with Argus Ciders. Guests will begin the holiday meal with the likes of cured ham with savory pumpkin beignets and sage honey, before moving on to fried turkey and spit pig, accompanied by traditional sides (imagine grandma went to the culinary school). Rounding out the meal will be a cheese course curated by Epicerie cheesemonger, Daniel Largess, before moving on to dessert and finally a complimentary whiskey tasting by Shadd Scott of Pioneer Wines to round out the evening. Below you’ll find the menu:
START
Cured Ham & Savory Pumpkin Beignets with Sage Honey
Argus Cidery Perennial 2013
MAIN
Fried Turkey & Giblet Gravy
Spit Pig & Apple Mostarda
SIDES
Cornbread Jalapeno Stuffing
Roasted Brussels
Pommes Anna
Creamed Mustard Greens
Cranberry Sauce
Parker House Rolls
Argus Cidery Malus Cuvee 2012
Argus Cidery Tepache Especial
CHEESE
Upland Cheese Co.’s Pleasant Ridge Reserve
paired with Fat Toad Farm Salted Bourbon Caramel
Argus Cidery fresh pressed Stellar Apple Juice
DESSERT
Sweet Potato Basque Cake
Pecan Pie Bars
Crepes Suzette with Festive Spices
Complimentary Whiskey Flight
curated by Shadd Scott of Pioneer Wines
Join Chef Monica Pope in the kitchen as she shares her best ingredients, techniques, and recipes with you for an interactive cooking lesson upstairs at Sparrow Bar + Cookshop located in Midtown Houston.
November 15, 2014 (AUSTIN, TX) – Texas Farmers’ Market, Whole Foods Market and Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Austin are proud to announce the Austin Fermentation Festival with keynote speaker and fermentation expert Sandor Katz.
This is a free educational event that runs from 11a.m.–4p.m. at the Le Cordon Bleu Austin campus (3110 Esperanza Crossing Suite 100, Austin, TX 78758) in the Domain. The day will include a series of fermentation workshops, a community culture swap, fermented foods and product vendors, book sales, food for purchase, fermented beverages, a vegetable farmers’ market, and live music. View the workshop and band schedule here.
Limited availability tickets for the AFF after-party and Sandor Katz meet-and-greet at HausBar Farm are on-sale now: http://aff2014afterparty.eventbrite.com
Proceeds from this event will benefit local food and farm advocates:
Farm & Ranch Freedom Alliance http://farmandranchfreedom.org/
Sustainable Food Center http://www.sustainablefoodcenter.org/
Come meet your local farmers and some of Austin’s top chefs!
Enjoy a variety of locally grown food, prepared by Sonya Coté
of Eden East. Try local spirits, craft beers and wonderful Texas wine!
In an activist intervention, 200 farmers occupied and planted seedlings in a California plot of land that was scheduled to become a shopping mall. This documentary captures the action.
Playing at Arbor Cinema @ Great Hills
Discounts daily before 6pm.
Tuesday, Nov. 18 – 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15
Wednesday, Nov. 19 – 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15
Your $15 entry donation (via cash or credit card) will go directly to keeping Green Gate Farms so Skip and Erin can continue their passion of farming and food education to benefit all of us in Central Texas! Complimentary drink and specially priced snacks will be available. Click here to RSVP.
Acclaimed Texas chef Jack Gilmore, owner of the popular Austin-area Jack Allen’s Kitchen restaurants, is coming to BookPeople to share his latest triumph, Jack Allen’s Kitchen: Celebrating the Tastes of Texas. Enjoy small bites curated by Edible Austin.
