We love hosting summer dinners on the deck and I’m always looking for dishes that can be made ahead and served at room temperature. Here are my go-tos:
Peach Caprese (similar to the Nectarine Caprese in The Forest Feast)
Sesame Farro Salad (from The Forest Feast Gatherings)
Roasted Potato + Greenbean Salad (from The Forest Feast Gatherings)
BBQ Corn Salad (from The Forest Feast Road Trip)
Happy cooking!
I will be having an exhibition of artwork from The Forest Feast in Oakland at Umami Mart in 2 weeks, so excited! The show opens on Thursday, November 15, and there will be a reception from 6-9pm that night. We’ll be serving The Forest Feast’s signature cocktail, The Skylonda, and work will be for sale! Lots of fun holiday gift ideas, from recipe cards to small fine art prints.
For those of you in the Bay Area, hope you can join us! Save the date!
xx, Erin
The Umami Mart Shop imports high-quality kitchen, table and barware from Japan (and beyond the galaxy) for your cooking, eating + drinking pleasure. 815 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607
It’s a sunny, crisp fall day here in the woods and it’s Friday, so I am baking Challah for Shabbat Dinner tonight. This weekend I plan to relax a bit and do a little painting in my studio and outdoors- the fall colors are getting so gorgeous! I love this time of year when the citrus starts to fruit (in CA, anyways)…my Meyer Lemons are growing by the day! I am also growing hops to make beer with next summer (and the vines wilI hopefully turn into a canopy over my picnic table).
I hope you all have time to stop by the farmers market this weekend for some fresh flowers and find a moment to relax with a warming cocktail. I’ll be curled up by the fire with my favorite cinnamon spiced cold weather drink, The Skylonda (click here for the recipe).
By Erin Gleeson for The Forest Feast
