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08/28/2024

Next dinner on the farm is an arm chair tour of Northern Spain, one of our favorite places (outside of Vancouver island). Also a cooking class coming up using farm fresh produce and the cooking of Italy,
More info at www.deerholme.com

Northern Spain Mushroom Dinner – September 21st

Apps:

Smoked octopus with mushrooms, olives, roasted peppers and garlic

Roasted mushrooms and hazelnut tapenade

Plates:

Smoked mussels, porcini and bread soup

Tortilla with chanterelles and caramelized tomato sauce, mixed greens, sherry vinaigrette

Stew of seafood and mushrooms with potatoes, peppers, beans, saffron

Tarte de Santiago (almond tart) with roasted peach and honey

07/23/2024

Next dinner on the farm is our annual celebration of wild salmon. Saturday August 24th. More info at www.deerholme.com
Should be a great dinner.

Wild Salmon Dinner – August 24th

app:

Salmon tartar with crispy leek and roasted garlic

Candied salmon and wild rice salad, seaweed aioli

plates:

Puree of local corn with, sockeye salmon, basil puree

Salad of heirloom tomatoes, salmon confit, fireweed honey and lime dressing

Thai-style salmon, wrapped in rice paper, new potato and caramelized onion salad, grilled peppers, coconut curry sauce

Chocolate and Grand Fir tart. maple syrup creme anglaise

06/18/2024

Next dinner on the farm is a BBQ dinner with a Chinese theme.
Serving local heritage pork from Keating Farm and select local products. More info at www.deerholme.com

Chinese BBQ Dinner – July 20th

Apps:

Grilled scallop with ginger and green onion

5 spice pork roll with apricot ginger sauce

Plates:

Crab and grilled corn soup, egg threads

Cantonese oyster and egg cake with spinach and grilled mushroom salad

Chinese-style heirloom pork Porchetta with sticky rice and garlic vegetables

Daahn custard tart with red bean sauce and mixed berries

05/20/2024

Next dinner on the farm is June 15th - our annual ode to BBQ and local farm producers (and perhaps a tinge of meat sweats). Oliver is a big fan of this dinner and we look forward to serving it every year. Still seats available. www.deerholme.com for more info.

Deerholme BBQ Dinner – June 15th

apps

Grilled Keating Farm Pork sausage with house fireweed honey mustard

Grilled cabbage coleslaw, hazelnut dressing

Plates:

Smoked onion and white cheddar soup with cured duck breast

Grilled vegetable salad with spicy olives, garlic and lemon

Jerk BBQ beef short rib, with ham hock, leek and morel baked beans

Local strawberry and white chocolate mousse shortcake

03/25/2024

spring news

This is our first newsletter in a while. If you wish to stop receiving them, please unsubscribe at the bottom. We hope this newsletter finds you well. We have been busy at the farm and ready to welcome the spring. We are offering a series of wild food foraging events on the farm in April and early M...

03/23/2024

We are getting ready for our foraging workshops on the farm. A fun and educational way to learn about local wild foods.
www.deerholme.com for more info.

Spring Wild Food Foraging Workshops – 2024

Wild food foraging – April 6th

Wild food weekend – April 20th – 21st

Wild food foraging – April 27th

Wild food weekend – May 4th- 5th

03/17/2024

Now that the weather seems to be warming the wild plants are starting to awaken. Our next dinner on the farm (www.deerholme.com) is our annual wild foods dinner on April 13th. Featuring lots of local seafood and wild plants.

Wild Food Dinner – April 13th

Apps:

Wild rice pancake with fresh mushroom kimchee dressing

House smoked salmon with stinging nettle tart

Plates:

Morel mushroom and wild greens chowder

Spring wild salad with burdock and sesame

Planked wild halibut with sweet soy glaze, Japanese-style rice with wild greens and wild onion compote.

Blackberry cheese cake with a citrus curd

02/10/2024

Our annual Happiness Dinner is next Saturday. Back after a few weeks off to renew and relax. Dinner is sold out but we have listed our dinners for the next 6 months on the website. www.deerholme.com

Annual Happiness Dinner – February 17th

Apps:

Baked oyster with coconut curry

Fuji Apple, Truffle Manchego cheese and toasted walnut salad, truffle honey vinaigrette

Mushroom chowder with braised pork belly, potato and celeriac

Winter salad of seared albacore tuna, roasted vegetables, olives, saffron aioli

Braised duck with preserved mushrooms and root vegetables over corn and celeriac polenta

Spanish style burnt custard tart with quince and vanilla bean sauce

01/12/2024

Cooking classes are starting back up on the farm in February with an entertaining class on Asian noodles. We will be making fresh noodles (wheat and rice) and serving a few of my favourite dishes.

Asian Noodles Class – February 24th, 12 noon - 4 pm

This will be a fun class. (Bill is the co-author (with Stephen Wong) of New World Noodles)

- making noodles from scratch
- Shanghai noodles with beef, soy, onion, cilantro and ginger
- Pan-fried green onion noodle cakes with smoked salmon
- Rice noodles with spot prawns, Asian greens and sweet soy
- Chilled soba noodles with lemon, honey, cucumber and avocado

www.deerholme.com

01/09/2024

Earlier in the fall I was busy revising my Deerholme Foraging book. Coming out in April and available on Amazon as a pre-order:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/177151437X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

09/16/2020

Still seats for our dinner this Saturday, featuring local porcini mushrooms and heirloom Berkshire pork
www.deerholme.com

Alpine Mushroom Dinner - September 19th

Smoked salmon with porcini and horseradish
Rosti with roasted grapes and chanterelles

Savoie-style ham and mushroom salad
Beef broth with kaspressknodel and wild mushrooms
Milk braised heirloom pork shoulder with mushrooms, speck dumplings, corn and cabbage
Quark and apple cake with warm chocolate and hazelnut sauce

Covid plan in place, see website for details.