blue bird bistro - Farmers' Table SATURDAY July 30th, 2011

www.bluebirdbistro.com 816-221-7559

Hello all!  We have announced the menu for our Saturday July 30th Farmer's table; you will find it below.  Please pass on this information to any who might be interested in joining us, and hopefully you'll join us too!  Thanks and have a great day! 

- Alissa at blue bird bistro

farmers’ table

“Thus, food is a product both natural and cultural, and
good cooking must be said to begin with good farming.”

- Wendell Berry; excerpted from

“ A Nation Rich in Natural Resources.” Home Economics

 Saturday, July 30, 2011

$45 per person

reservations from 6pm to 9pm 816-221-7559

start with an aperitif and hors d'oeuvres as you mingle and visit with some of our local farmers

be seated for five courses of all local culinary delight

special seating at 7:45pm for anyone wanting to dine with the farmers

summer vegetable cheesecake with a variety of farm fresh delivered vegetables and Green Hills Harvest Dairy milk ricotta topped with Wood Mood Garden cherry tomato confit

 pan seared New Grass Bison tenderloin medallions in a pool of Western Hills Produce Farm blackberry chutney on a bed of Peas on Earth arugula

vegetarian option— pan seared Central Soyfood smoked tofu medallions in a pool of Western Hills Produce Farm blackberry chutney on a bed of Peas on Earth arugula

Thane Palmberg farm leek soup

Wood Mood Garden sweet peppers filled with Campo Lindo Farm Chicken, Nature’s Choice sweet corn and New Zealand spinach

vegetarian option –  Wood Mood Garden sweet peppers filled with Menno Brennerman Farm soybeans, Nature’s Choice sweet corn and New Zealand spinach

finish with Western Hills Produce farm blackberries, iced, creamed and pureed

vegetarian option - $45                   wine pairing - $20

follow our year of farmers’ tables at farmerstable.bluebirdbistro.com

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