Join us for Wisconsin Public Television’s second Garden to Table Dinner on Saturday, February 9, from 6-9 p.m at Garden Expo. Enjoy a multi-course dinner made with local, farm fresh ingredients. We’ll be joined by Arthur Ircink and Kyle Cherek, producer and host of Wisconsin Foodie, the Emmy Award-nominated television series dedicated to discovering the stories behind the food we eat. Proceeds will benefit Wisconsin Public Television. A cash bar will be available. A limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the Wisconsin Public Television booth during Garden Expo. Tickets are $60 each.

Garden Expo Garden to Table Dinner
February 9, 2013

Amuse-bouche
Gastro-garden plant of edible soil set with spinach, lentil, radish, and pea shoots, fennel frond, popcorn shoots, viola, and Driftless Organics sunflower oil

Soup
Heirloom pumpkin-butternut squash bisque

Salad
Winter chicories salad of chioggia radicchio, watercress, frisee, pickled Driftless Organics Beauty Heart and Black Spanish radishes, Uplands Pleasant Ridge Reserve, candied hickory nuts and white-balsamic honey vinaigrette

Main
Wisconsin Grass-fed Beef Cooperative Ribeye, red wine jus, creamed spinach with Sartori SarVecchio, tiny potatoes with Organic Valley pasture butter, fresh chives, and caramelized winter vegetables and roast golden beets

Vegetarian Option
Wild rice and fennel stuffed cabbage rolls with creamed spinach with Sartori SarVecchio, tiny potatoes with pasture butter and fresh chives and caramelized winter vegetables

Dessert
Wisconsin maple buttermilk pie with cherry compote

Zero Waste Event: The Garden to Table Dinner is proud to be a Zero Waste Event. Purple Cow Organics will accept and provide local organic conversion of food residuals from the dinner. The moisture and nutrient resource will be scientifically composted at their Southeastern Wisconsin facility so it can be returned to rejuvenate the soil and grow food in the future.