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Sep 13, 2009 - Farmers Market Dinner with Chef Shelagh Connolly
Local and Organic A series of dinners using fresh St Paul Farmers Market Produce/ingredients beginning July 12th, 2009 The Black Dog Café pairs up with innovative St Paul Chef, Shelagh Connolly, from the infamous Mildred Pierce restaurant, to bring you market dinners at the Black Dog Cafe. Monthly dinners will begin Sunday evening July 12th at 6pm (and will continue on the 2nd Sunday of the months following). To ensure the freshest quality, Shelagh will purchase ingredients on Sunday morning at the St Paul Farmers Market located across the street from the Black Dog Café. Come and join us as Shelagh accepts the challenge of what is fresh and how to cook it in the limited kitchen available at the Black Dog. The Black Dog Café has long been a supporter and regular user of the St Paul Farmers Market. Look for daily specials using market produce and products. As a long time patron purchasing produce and products from the Market over the years The Black Dog has decided to take this one step further and prepare a full wine dinner. Vegetarian and Meat options are available. Dinners will be table service and will require a prepaid reservation. Seating is limited and tables may be shared. $40 includes dinner and wine. Tax and gratuity not included. Possible sample dinner would include: reception course assorted farmers market cheeses and berries skewer first course grilled summer squash melange with crispy bacon, gouda crouton and pea shoots second course greens salad with spring onion vinaigrette & radish intermezzo cucumber mint gazpacho main course barbecue lamb ribs with wild rice and new potato hash dessert greta’s rhubarb meringue pie with candied ginger lemon verbena finger bowl | ||||||||
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