rootstock 2016
rootstock – a field to table celebration of gorgeous alberta food and drink and amazing music – is saturday, august 13th at fallentimber meadery. dinner will be prepared by chef david cousineu with performances by reuben and the dark, gabrielle papillon, folk road show and beyries while supporting food water wellness foundation in building the tools for a viable local food system. this is an incredible fundraiser and tickets ($150) are almost sold out. fallentimber meadery is about 1 hour and 15 minutes northwest of calgary near water valley so many participants are camping for the night. this is where forage comes in. we will be serving a forage breakfast the morning after as an additional way to have guests interact. for more information on rootstock go to the food water wellness foundation website here.
here are the daily specials for the week of august 1st:
monday – heritage day
we’re closed
tuesday – middle eastern chicken dinner
roasted sunworks farm organic chicken with tahini yogurt rub, grilled vegetable salad, tabbouleh, tahini yogurt sauce and pita bread $18
wednesday – arancini & italian vegetable plate
tomato risotto arancini, balsamic roasted vegetables, tortellini caprese salad, herb focaccia $16
thursday – thai chicken salad
sunworks farm organic chicken, red chili rice noodles, broccoli, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, lettuces, and coconut cream lemongrass & thai basil dressing $16
friday – roast organic chicken
sunworks farm organic chicken served with buttermilk mashed potatoes and our famous gravy $48 whole $29 half $16 quarter
seasonal vegetables with herb butter add on $13 whole $8 half $5 quarter
saturday
warm sticky cinnamon roll $3.75
red pepper & chevre quiche – red peppers, chevre, sunworks eggs, butter pastry $10 green salad $5
thai chicken salad $17
this week’s salad – indienne potato salad $7
this week’s side – asian vegetable salad $7
this week’s soup – ten vegetable soup $7
something extra – pork pasole $9
something sweet – mom’s chocolate cake $6
bread – available wednesday – forage sourdough $7