Local Wine Dinner @ The Acorn Restaurant

For the past 6 months I've been working with the Acorn Restaurant, serving in the front-of-house and delivering them some foraged foods. This Sunday at the Acorn features a 5-course vegetarian dinner paired with wines made by Richard Kanazawa of BC's Kanazawa wines.

I think this is a unique and wonderful event because it gives vegetarian and vegetable-loving diners an opportunity to have a finely tailored, coursed, and wine-paired meal without compromise, which rarely happens in haute cuisine.

Last I checked there were still a few tickets, so if this is something that piques your interest have a look.

~Camille

VINTAGE AND VEG @ THE ACORN

Summer Foraging Series

Hey Wild People!

First of all. You're awesome.

Second, if you're interested in foraging classes this summer with MuseumEats, here's your chance and the details:

 

Workshop 1: POSTPONED in honour of Aboriginal Day of Remembrance, Carfree Day, and Father's Day (June 21st). Stay tuned for a new date.
Workshop 2: Herbs, Shoots and Plant Medicine, Sunday, June 28th (FULL)
Workshop 3: Berries, Preserving Wild Nutrition and Tinctures Sunday, July 12th (2 spots left!)

We added a MONDAY workshop on July 6th which is now full. (FULL)
Because of the high demand for weekday workshops we will be adding another in a couple of weeks, as well as adding a date on the Sunshine Coast. 

Seats are very limited, so in order to secure your place, please pre-purchase via pay pal at the bottom of the page, or in person through MuseumEats facilitators: museumeats@gmail.com.

Who: Camille Flanjak (this series' teacher) is the Executive Forager for the Acorn and a wild foods consultant with MuseumEats. She studies permaculture and wine, and has been obsessed with mycology since she was a 'tween. Kaylie Barfield (co-teach) is the head chef at Nuba Hastings and the Mad Scientist/Chef at MuseumEats. Kbar has been studying foraging for several years, as well as been obsessed with the geological history of the PNW since Kbar moved here 8 years ago.

What: Hands-on, all-day foraging workshops that happen on Sundays, rain or shine.*

Where: Meet ups and drop offs are in East Van in the Safeway parking lot at Broadway Station.

When: Meet at 9:30 AM to carpool to our foraging spots (driving time may be up to 90 mins). Potluck-style lunch around 1:30 with snacks in between. We aim to arrive back in East Van by 6pm.**
Cost: $30-60 sliding scale. In order to break even with materials and transportation, the minimum cost per person per Sunday is $30. If cost is an issue for you and you are really keen on self-sustainability, we want you to tell us because maybe we can work something out. Email Camille at museumeats@gmail.com if this is the case. 

Every workshop you'll be going home with wild herbs, vegetables, greens, and/or mushrooms. Some days we'll provide a little knife and booklet, others we'll make tinctures on-site. There's always a surprise goodie or two that Mama Gaia throws in. 

To learn more about Camille, visit her blog: meelsmeals.blogspot.com

To learn about museumeats, go to museumeats.blogspot.com

*Please come appropriately dressed- gumboots and parkas are encouraged on rainy days, and sunscreen is important on sunny days. 
**If you aren't able to bring anything to share for the potluck don't worry. Also, we welcome all kinds of food so if you have any allergies please share this information with facilitators ahead of time.

Here's the button to pay via paypal:

Sliding Scale Prices

Minimum Payment $30.00 CAD Medium Payment $45.00 CAD Maximum Payment $60.00 CAD

Which Date

July 6th July 12th

*IF THERE IS A WAIT LIST for the workshop you'd like to join: In this day and age people do cancel, so the admin at ME will contact you if a space comes available and we promise to be honest and forthright if the list is excessively long or if we think you have a good shot of getting in. 

Looking forward to being wild with you all. xo

Spring Updates and Fall Backs

MuseumEats has gotten lots of inquiries about workshops this spring - We would LOVE to set some up, but all six of our hands are totally full until summer. Maybe if Cam gets a pinkie free she'll host one, and will definitely advertise on the blog. But that'll be a really full pinkie.

We are bounding into spring by collecting all its sweet, green shoots and keeping an eye to hardwood trees for oyster mushrooms. Besides foraging we all have many other projects happening:

Camille has started foraging and serving for the Acorn Restaurant, volunteering for Growing Chefs, and studying WSET's level 2 in wine while she wraps up the last of her permaculture certificate. Kaylie is working on her permanent residency and has taken on the hefty role of Head Chef at Nuba Gastown. Julie is tantalizing palates at Burdock & Co and tagging along on oyster deliveries and wild food forays to deepen her understanding of food source.

While we work on our individual projects this spring, feel free to have a look into what we deem as the climax of our 2014 Foraging season.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Hey everyone!

October was an incredibly overwhelming and productive month. We learned a lot and kept busy the whole 31 days, and we hope it was as transformative for everyone else.

A huge focus for us has been sustainability and permaculture as we're learning about it through British Columbia's Gaiacraft. This is bleeding into our workshops, and it totally rocks! If you're interested in permaculture checkout gaiacraft.com!

As soon as we get the photos from the long table dinner we promise to post them and gloat. Until then, here are some events to tickle your fancy.

Saturday, November 8th Into the woods Sustainable Foraging Workshop 9:30AM - 6PM $30 (FULL)

Sunday, November 9th, Urban Alleys 1PM- 4PM PWYC

Saturday, November 15th,Urban Alleys 1PM- 4PM PWYC

Sunday November 16 Into the woods $30 Sustainable Foraging Workshop 9:30AM - 6PM $30 (WAITLIST)

To reserve a spot either EMT us via the email (museumeats@gmail.com), or use paypal:

FOR THE SQUAMISH SERIES ($30 9:30-6)

Which Date

Saturday, November 8th Sunday, November 16

FOR THE URBAN ALLEYS SERIES (PWYC 1PM-4PM)
Pre-register through email: museumeats@gmail.com and bring cash (pay-what-you-can) or a gift to the meeting place.



SPACES ARE TOTALLY LIMITED SO MAKE SURE TO PREREGISTER!

If money is a thing that might hold you back from attending any of our events (dinners, workshops, or otherwise) please let us know!!! It's our goal not to let dollars hold people back from learning what we are stoked to teach. 

Love You Long Table is Full!

Thanks everyone for your interest in our long table dinner on the 23rd. We are now fully booked and excited to give you a sneak peek at what we are offering:

Of course, it's vegetarian, and entrails, er... I mean entails 10 courses featuring mushrooms in disguise. Here are some of our loose ideas:

Wagyu Matsutake Carpaccio
Cauliflower Mushroom 'tripe' Menudo
Agaricus ink gnocchi
Chanterelle sweetbreads
Oyster mushrooms on the half shell
Tooth fungus fish and chips
"Scallops" two ways
Shrimp Russula ceviche
Lactating Lactarius
Candy caps and corn

Here is some of the bounty we will be serving up!

Our dishes will be complemented with wild foraged and scavenged greens, herbs, fruit, and nuts, as is our habit at MuseumEats.

And last, we are offering a sophisticated, natural wine pairing designed by our lovely Julie of Burdock & co and @julie_ness.

So looking forward to sharing with you all.

Camille, Kaylie, and Julie
MuseumEats

  We believe Funghi have magical properties that somehow transform themselves into foods that resemble Meat, fish, poultry, blood, brains, bones and innards. Mushrooms are the inspiration for this dinner of Masquerade and deception. The menu is 100% vegetarian with foraged mushrooms and scavenged plants as our canvas for the absurd.

  This dinner is a Love you Long Table production with 10 seats and 10 Courses. Email us at museumeats@gmail.com for more information or to RSVP. Tickets are $50 not including wine pairings. Spots fill up fast. 

October's List of Events

Fall is our favourite time at MuseumEats. Not only is it the cornucopia season, but we love camping and picking mushrooms, and playing with all our fermentations. 

In case you are interested in getting in on our action, here is a list of our events for October. When we started writing the list of events, there were tons of spaces for people to join us, but since we put the last words on the page, the spots have filled up- our apologies, and we promise to post November's events before they are full!. 

MuseumEats strives to keep things accesible and affordable, so prices are posted as our bottom line/break-even amount. If you would like to pitch in more to help fund future projects, we are happy to accept. 

OCTOBER

Oct 5th: FULL Secret Location Hike with the Juice Truck and @littlebrownfox. FULL

Oct 12th: FULL Foraging Workshop "Into the Wild" in Squamish from 10am-5pm $30-60 sliding scale

Oct 19th: FULL Foraging Workshop "Roots, Shoots, and Fungi" in Squamish from 10am-5pm $30-60 sliding 

Oct 23rd: PENDING RELEASE The "Masquerade" a Love You Long Table secret supper $50-100 per person. Tickets are very limited and will be released on Oct 13th. 

Oct 26th:  WAIT LIST Foraging Workshop "Mushrooms and Preserving" in Squamish from 110-5pm $30-60

Oct 29th: Kaylie goes to New Mexico to start her studies in Albuquerquean artisan eats. Stay tuned for her posts!

We are happy to announce that our October Foraging Series is fully booked. There is a possibility that a couple spaces might open up for the 26th so we do have a small wait list if you are keen on it. Just email us if you are interested: museumeats@gmail.com.

November will definitely have a few more workshops (from foraging to fermentation), and hopefully some free ones through SFU or the Purple Thistle. Those dates will be posted closer to the end of this month so we can give you a better heads-up.

Thank-you everyone, for being so supportive and interested in what we've been doing! We love you!

MuseumEats <3