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A MONTH OF PORK

Posted on April 30, 2012 by popcornsnaps| Leave a comment

With thoughts of summer forefront in my mind, I put together a few programs over at Le Pick Up for the month of May that I’m super excited about. All of them have something in common: pork!

There’s a ‘basics of butchery’ class on May 12, led by Brooklyn’s The Ethical Butcher (we’ll break down an entire pig!), followed by a BBQ the following day; a ‘build your own smoker’ class on May 19, led by the duo behind Pork Futures; and a reprise of our highly successful sausage-making workshop, led by Le Pick Up favorite Bartek Komorowski.

For more information, hit up the Dep’s website! If you came to all three classes, could you imagine how well prepared you would be for the summer BBQ season?!

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GROUP FERMENTING

Posted on April 18, 2012 by popcornsnaps| 2 Comments

I posted a few photos of last month’s fermentation workshop with Haley Butcher over at the Dep blog, if you’d like to see. Nothing like a room full of people squeezing and massaging cabbage!

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HEALING VIBES

Posted on April 7, 2012 by popcornsnaps| 2 Comments

[Poster by Joshua Bastien; words by Katherine Kline]

In the spirit of Ostara, at the apex of spring, in celebration of renewal and fertility, and all things related to powerful and creative goddesses, and to new beginnings, and plants busting through soil, and ending hibernation, and drinking in light…

My friend Katherine Kline and I present three artists on Saturday, April 14 who bend cosmic circuits and channel good vibes, straight up with no distortion. The concert will be held at the Depanneur Le Pick Up. (Concerts there are very, very cozy and awesome!)

Laura Crapo (aka Laura Borealis): Laura emerged from the creative cocoon of the preeminent era of Halifax rock music, (as photographer/videographer for Eric’s Trip, Thrush Hermit, Superfriendz, Sloan) and has meta-morphed into a solo musician reiki master who makes otherworldly folk music for folks of this world and others. Lovely, haunting.

Rhonda Sweder: Imagine Kate Bush morphing into Leadbelly, and then Diane Cluck and Julie Andrews rewriting the Sound of Music together with Ziggy Stardust playing Von Trapp. Imagine if Lilith Fair was curated by Dorothy Ashby and Kim Gordon! Deep and rich, soaring and evocative, songs for voice and guitar.

Catharine Allan: Catharine is a clairvoyant medium and astrologer, and she also practices healing with sound. Catharine will be playing a solfeggio tuning fork, accompanied by simple sung songs. The vibration of this tuning fork is for love, and repairing DNA.

8$  / Doors at 9:00  + fresh juice for sale, from the bounty of Mother Earth!

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THREE LUNCHES, AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT

Posted on March 12, 2012 by popcornsnaps| Leave a comment

[Fried rice-style barley, chickpeas, sesame oil, green beans, shallots, soy sauce]

[Red leaf lettuce + pine nuts + walnuts + manchego + sunflower oil + apple cider vinegar]

[Baby penne + spinach + swiss chard + canned tomatoes + garlic + harissa + navy beans + olive oil]

Lunch has been so simple lately, just lots of same-ish combinations as I comb through the sad-looking contents of the fridge. I’m really on the edge of my seat, waiting for spring — I can’t stop daydreaming about fresh peas, lettuce, fava beans, spring onions, garlic, and asparagus!!!!

Also, I have a fun announcement for Montreal readers: We’re hosting a fermentation workshop at Le Pick Up on March 27. All of the information for registration can be found here. (There’ll be a tutorial on how to make yogurt!)

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Cabane à sucre PORK CLUB!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by popcornsnaps| Leave a comment

While brainstorming concepts for future dinners at Le Pick Up, I had the idea to host a Cabane à sucre feast right here in the city… no need to drive to the country to enjoy maple syrup-drenched ham! Le Pick Up colleague Bartek Komorowski is our man for the job, and trust that he will come up with some unbelievable stuff. (The last event he hosted was this mouthwatering summer BBQ). Plus, at only $35 for 5 courses, it’s a crazy bargain, too. Email me at lepickupevents@gmail.com to save yr seat!

 

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RESTAURANT MELODIES

Posted on March 4, 2012 by popcornsnaps| Leave a comment

Last month I hosted a small concert at Le Pick Up for my friends Steve Gunn and Doc Dunn. We rarely have concerts at the restaurant because of its tiny size and residential location but it turned out to be perfectly suited for the mellow music. It was such a cozy night!

Adam and I took advantage of the kitchen space and prepared dinner for the touring musicians, including an awesome Moro East cauliflower soup, which is flavored with cumin seeds, pine nuts, and paprika. Super recommended. (I found the recipe online here!) Adam also whipped up two Roman-inspired dishes, including an incredible puntarelle salad with halved grapes and anchovies (totally inspired combo — especially if you like bitterness), and a streamlined pasta dish flavored with tiny navy beans, roasted red peppers, and greens.

And to finish, big slices of my red velvet cake. Not as elegant but who turns down a piece of cake? HA!

 

 

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ROSE BAKERY

Posted on March 2, 2012 by popcornsnaps| 12 Comments

Has anyone had any experience cooking from the Rose Bakery cookbook? It’s published by Phaidon and is beautiful. People have told me that the Rose Bakery’s Anglo-inspired baked goods remind them a little of my style at Le Pick Up, so I recently purchased this book on a whim while showing my friend Steve around the neighborhood. This last photo — ‘The Counter at Tea-Time’ — is totally my dream fantasy of what the baking display at the Pick Up would look like in a perfect world. Lots of pound cakes, muffins, madeleines, and tiny scones. Excited to delve into these recipes and see what works and what doesn’t.

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GETTING JERKY

Posted on February 29, 2012 by popcornsnaps| 3 Comments

I posted about this magical night — the Dep’s first tropical staycation — a while back, and I want to share these other photos, too. Our chef Jeremy was in charge of the main course (spicy jerk chicken, coconut rice and black beans, stewed kale, and a tropical cabbage slaw), and successfully left many, many people frozen in their food comas.

I was in charge of the rest of the dinner, which included my own “Le Pick Up Beer Nuts” (still not quite sure what “beer nuts” actually are), which were delicious but incredibly time intensive (I had to deep-fry 10lbs of raw peanuts in very small batches… boring and tedious work!). After they came out of the pot, warm and golden brown, I tossed them with a mixture of brown sugar, salt, black pepper, ground allspice, cinnamon, ground ginger, deep-fried garlic chips, fish sauce, soy sauce, lime juice + its zest, and scotch bonnet hot sauce, and added and added salt until they were perfect. It was the ultimate blend of sweet, spicy, and salty —otherwise known as the holy trifecta of flavor — and a perfect complement to ice-cold Red Stripes and dark ‘n’ stormies.

I was also in charge of the dessert course: a very dense, rich chocolate-rum-coffee cake, topped with a rum-infused whipped cream and a minty passion fruit and mango relish. The night was so fun (it ended with me teaching people how to do the Macarena?!) that I hope this becomes an annual Le Pick Up tradition.

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STAYCATION SUCCESS

Posted on February 16, 2012 by popcornsnaps| Leave a comment

I mean, COME ON. That’s just perfect jerk chicken.

It’s so beautiful to me that I even made it the backdrop to my computer desktop but then I had to take it down because it was making me too hungry.

So yeah, last weekend’s Tropical Staycation at Le Pick Up was a crazy, exhausting, fun mess. One of my friends, who visited the restaurant for the first time that night, said it was like “being at the best family dinner imaginable, one where the food is actually good and the company is even better.” I can’t imagine a better compliment, or vibe better suited to Le Pick Up.

More photos to come!

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VEGAN SECRET SUPPER!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by popcornsnaps| 6 Comments

The Vegan Secret Supper with Chef Merida at the Dep was such a blast. I’m the first to admit I don’t know much about vegan cooking (you can make cheese out of nuts???), so it was a delight to watch Merida work her magic.

And work it she did — we were treated to three elaborate, sumptuous courses, which included a oyster mushroom and leek risotto with crispy sunchoke chips, celeriac cream, and roasted parsnips; pan-fried yam and walnut croquette with a balsamic-beet reduction and coconut-cashew nut cheese over frisee; and my favorite, hazelnut-chocolate mousse pie with lavender-vanilla cashew cream (INSANELY good).

We’re bringing her back for an encore appearance this summer. I don’t think I’ve ever been so stoked for a vegan meal! (I’m also hoping for vegan ice cream).

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