Monday, June 29, 2009

Tweets and Pokes

Check out our Facebook (Tria Culinary Studio) and Twitter (triaculinary) pages.
I'm still learning how to use them - any suggestions?

August 6 Full Moon Feast

We're hosting our first Full Moon Feast on Thursday, August 6 at 5:30 p.m.

At our Full Moon Feasts, you'll have a chance to reconnect with our local food supply, the richness and bounty of the Comox Valley, and the incredible community within it, all under the beauty of the full moon.

At the August Full Moon Feast you'll be treated to a Blue Moon Winery cocktail upon arrival. We'll move from the kitchen and dining room, throughout the farm, all while being introduced to a series of delicious tastes and flavours. Be one of the first to try the finest of berry wines made on site - Blue Moon's Soleil Apple Table Wine and Dusk Blueberry Table Wine - paired with delicious appetizers.
Then it's into the fields with a bowl in hand to pick your very own fruit for dessert, followed by a behind the scenes visit to the winery itself for an exclusive barrel tasting of Blue Moon's Eclipse Blueberry-Blackberry Port-Style Wine. All guests will leave with a certificate for a signed and numbered bottle of Eclipse.
We'll then dine together on a 4-course meal complete with wine, under a moonlit sky. The evening will culminate with fresh crepes made tableside, using the fruit you picked earlier in the evening.
Price per person: $121.95 + GST (includes a certificate for one bottle of Eclipse)
Couples price: $221.95 + GST (includes a certificate for one bottle of Eclipse)
Reservations can be made via email at kathy@triaculinarystudio.ca or phone Nature’s Way Farm at (250) 338-2670
Seating is limited to 16.

Please come and help us celebrate the Full Moon!

The kitchen's almost done!

Our commercial kitchen and dining room are almost completed. The farmstand is now open, 4905 Darcy Road, go and check it out - they've got their organic greens and garlic scapes available right now.
We're grouting the floor tonight and staining the cabinets this week - soon I'll be cooking up a storm in along with anyone who wants to join me!

July 1 - Happy Canada Day

Tria's crepe stand will be set up at Riverside Park (across from Lewis Park, downtown Courtenay) on July 1 from noon - 4 p.m. along with the North Vancouver Island Chef's Association www.northvancouverislandchefs.com
We'll be making our dessert crepes with Nature's Way Farm's organic blueberries and strawberries topped with Big D's honey caramel (if you don't know Big D's honey you must go to the Comox Valley Farmers' Market and see Dan, he has the best honey, reminds me of being a kid.)

Virgin blogger

There comes a time when a person has to eat crow.
I am a new business owner (Tria Culinary Studio www.triaculinarystudio.ca).
In the last week, I have started a Facebook page (Tria Culinary Studio), a Twitter page (Tria Culinary Studio) and now this blog (Tria Culinary Studio). (They say you must be exposed to something several times before it is committed to memory, hence the multiple typings of Tria Culinary Studio.)
I swore I would never have a Facebook page - now I have two. My friends had to phone me to confirm that it was in fact me that 'poked' them. I'm still not sure what 'poking' means but I've done it at least three times today.
And now I'm blogging.
It feels kind of good to be one of the cool kids.