Happy New Year from the Harvest Kitchen Sisters

From the City and the Country..

Highlights from 2011

...and a new year begins

With Love,
Laura and Amelia

Brickworks Picnic 2011

From the City and the Country...

Here's some pics from our day at the picnic.  Aside from the freezing cold weather and the downpour of rain, the day was pretty incredible.  Amazing food, great chefs and proud farmers.  The perfect combination of urban and rural coming together to show that it really, really, works.    

 You could top anything with caramelized onions and I would eat it up.

 

I think I may have eaten my weight in prosciutto.  It was pretty much like butter.

 Niagara Street Cafe 

 This was heaven served on a potato crostini.  I could have eaten that entire tray.  

 Soma Chocolate.

 Leslieville Cheese Shop: A big chunk of baguette dipped in fontina cheese fondue.  This was taken at the back of the line as you can see.  Popular cheese dipping spot.  

 Steak tartar, hands moving like wild fire.  It was my first time having tartar and it will not be my last.  Delicious.

 Good cause.

Simon didn't like it so I ended up drinking both of ours.  Just like that, I was drunk.

Picnic at the Brickworks 2011

photo credit: Melissa Yu

photo credit: Melissa Yu

photo credit: Edward Pond

It is that time of year again when we clean up, put on the "good" plaid shirts and go to the Brickwork's Picnic.This a harvest celebration where local growers, ranchers, fishers and artisans are praised for their hard work. This year our farm will be featuring our own pulled heritage chicken served on a maple leaf (how Canadian, I know...). Mark has been dreaming up this one for awhile and as usual it will taste splendid!

This is a great day out in the big smoke (a.k.a.Toronto), were we meet and greet other foodies, farmers and chefs while literally eating our faces off (note to self: bring track pants for car ride home). I look forward to this picnic all year and this year it should be even better, Harvest Kitchen Sisters will be there in full swing promoting the blog, all the while stuffing our mouths. If you are in the Toronto area on Sunday and are looking for a great day full of food and festivities, this a great event! For those of you who are not, look for the after post of our take on the day!

Tickets are still available! For more information click here and/or here.