A Taste of Vancouver Island

We are pleased to welcome Chef Mara Jernigan from Vancouver Island this evening. An accomplished Chef, Mara opened her own Field to Table cooking school, farmed, and ran a Culinary Retreat and Guesthouse at Fairburn Farm. She has been featured in publications such as Gourmet, Saveur and Travel & Leisure. She founded Vancouver Island’s Feast of Fields in 1998 and has worked since 2001 with Slow Food and currently serves as the Slow Food Canada president.

·      Crostini with Saltspring Island truffled goat cheese
·      Salad of Miner’s Lettuce with wild oyster mushrooms, B.C. spot shrimp, and a Venturi Schulze balsamic and nodding onion vinaigrette
·      Hand made red fife wheat cavatelli with nettles and Moonstuck white grace cheese
·      Boneless Cowichan Bay farm chicken leg with bacon and Jerusalem artichokes
·      Rhubarb semi freddo with Saskatoon berry syrup

Date: Friday April 1
Location:  Cook Shop, West 12th Ave., Vancouver
Time:  6:00 - 9:00pm
Cost:  $59/person or 2 for $99
To Register:  www.cookshop.ca