Play Date Location:
303 Dahlia Llama Lane
Sequim, WA 98382

Every play date, each guest will receive $1 off coupon
for a large U-Cut bouquet from The Cutting Garden so bring your ‘to-go’ vase.

E-mail Karen Long
or call her (360) 460-1849,
if you have any questions about Chef Dave's
presentations.

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Dave with one of his favorite private cooking class students

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All of our summer dates will feature a no-host wine bar with wines from Harbinger Winery in Port Angeles. and locally sourced foods from within a 100 mile radius of Sequim. We can guarantee the freshest menu, but not the weather and ripeness of our farm produce. We have tried to predict the best times to present our bounty to you, so hopefully you'll bear with us in appreciation of our fresh treasures.

We’ll celebrate sweet Sequim Strawberries (good tasting, not well traveled). Chef Dave Long begins our luncheon with a spinach and strawberry salad dressed with aged balsamic vinaigrette and fromage blanc. Next we’ll enjoy Dungeness Crab Cakes topped with strawberry salsa and finish our celebratory luncheon with strawberries and almonds over cherry shortcake. This extravagant luncheon includes coffee, iced and hot tea.

After lunch award-winning artist Catherine Mix will demonstrate painting with pastels on a watercolor under painting. Your paintings may need the fluid washes of watercolor AND the opaque lines and strokes of pastel … learn how to combine these media to create the painting you really want.

Are those SPOTS from Sequim Bay?

June 23, 2010          Noon to 3 pm          $32 per person

Plump, succulent spot prawns (locally harvested by the Hull Family) are a delicious harbinger of spring! Oven Spoonful will serve Fresh Spot Prawn Louie, with a piping hot cup of spot prawn bisque and buttery hazelnut shortbread. Ice tea, hot tea, coffee and water are included.

What edible flowers does the CG have?

June 30, 2010          Noon to 3 pm          $28 per person

Chef Dave Long of Oven Spoonful shows us how to use flowers in our cooking. From sweet to savory, flowers are a great way to spice up your culinary adventure. Featuring Nash’s produce, Nasturtium salad with poppy seed dressing, zucchini blossom lasagna, rose petal ice cream and lavender shortbread. Ice tea, hot tea, coffee and water are included.

Catherine Mix demonstrates a red-white and blue floral salute to 4th of July.

Will we need a bib and picnic blanket?

July 7, 2010          Noon to 3 pm          $28 per person

BBQ – three letters that evoke the essence of summer! Chef Dave Long will prepare the ultimate BBQ Party Buffet featuring locally sourced ingredients. BBQ chicken with honey chipotle sauce, fresh corn with herb butter, fingerling potato salad, cabbage, carrot and fennel slaw. A most delicious rhubarb crisp topped with cinnamon ice cream. Let's hope for picnic weather.

Florist Catherine Mix will make a lavish table centerpiece fit for a party! One lucky guest will take this lovely creation home!

Is everything lavender in Sequim?

July 14, 2010          Noon to 3 pm          $32 per person

A Lavender Lunch – Oven Spoonful will be on hand to discuss the culinary applications of lavender – we love lavender- but use it with discretion, a little goes a long way! Local organic spring mix from Lazy J with lavender-scented fromage blanc. Sautéed fillet of salmon with lavender fennel flambé, local salad with dried fruit and hazelnuts and lavender short bread with rose petal ice cream will be served.

SORRY NO OVEN SPOONFULL PLAY DATE
IS SCHEDULED for JULY 21, 2010

What color is salmon in Sequim?

July 28, 2010          Noon to 3 pm          $42 per person

A Salmon Lunch – Spicy Grilled salmon served on fresh local organic greens, sugar snap peas, berries, tomatoes, cucumbers, and spicy pecans. Plus fresh-baked Oven Spoonful focaccia and Espresso Crème Brulee for a decadent dessert. Ice tea, hot tea, coffee and water are included. Harbinger Winery will pour their signature wines by the glass from their no-host wine bar.

Art in the Garden – Award-winning artist Catherine Mix will demonstrate painting a wet-in-wet watercolor sunflower portrait. Channel your inner Van Gogh as you learn how to paint vibrant floral portraits.

Really raspberries grow in Sequim?

August 4, 2010          Noon to 3 pm          $28 per person

Raspberry Luncheon – Chef Dave Long will prepare organic greens with cheese and raspberry vinaigrette, along with
Grilled Salmon fillet topped with a raspberry beurre blanc. And an unusual dessert - raspberry basil gelato. Ice tea, hot tea, coffee and water are included. Harbinger Winery will pour their signature wines by the glass from their no-host wine bar.

Disbudding dahlias, learn how to have ‘show quality’ dahlia blooms with our favorite florist - Catherine Mix.

Can I pick culinary herbs at CG?

August 18, 2010   Noon to 3 pm
$32 per person, tax & tip included

Fresh Herbs – Come discover the joy of cooking with fresh herbs. Culinary herbs grow well in our region and we are pleased to offer helpful tips on how to use all that flavorful abundance from your garden! Fresh herbs in your salad,
fresh herb crepes filled with local jack cheese and Dungeness Crab and our most unusual dessert yet –
Fresh herb ice cream – an adventure for your taste buds!

Can the cheesemaker come to play?

August 25, 2010   Noon to 3 pm
$28 per person, tax & tip included

Local cheese is our focus as we present the best of our local artisan offerings. Empanaditas with New Moon jack cheese;
and organic greens with chevre & hazelnuts complete the plate. Ice tea, hot tea, coffee and water are included. Harbinger Winery will pour their signature wines by the glass from their no-host wine bar.

E-mail Karen Long or call (360) 460-1849
if you have any questions about Dave's presentations.