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Farm Dinners - At the Source

Join us this season for a truly unique interactive culinary adventure.

To purchase tickets by credit card, scroll down to your desired event and add your tickets to your "shopping cart".  Click the checkout button to edit how many seats you would like to purchase and follow the prompts to complete your transaction.

To pay by cash or check, or to purchase gift cards, please contact us here.  Due to the nature of our events, Tickets are nonrefundable but are fully transferable.  Simply contact us one week prior to the event of a transfer so we may update our guest information.

Full event information including directions and suggested event specific attire recommendations will be sent prior to the event.  Be sure to leave current and correct contact information when booking to receive materials in a timely manner.

All of our gourmet family style dinners are prepared fresh on the farm or winery using seasonal ingredients creatively prepared from the fields and orchards, in the presence of our farmers, wine makers and ranchers.  Your participation goes to directly support families, community, and our local, sustainable food system.  
 
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR FAQ's PAGE HERE.


Wonderful Vegetarian Options Gladly Made Available with ADVANCE NOTICE 

Big Ranch Farms
Renteria Winery with Honig Winery
Presented at Connolly Ranch
July 14th, 2012 - 5:00pm
Napa, California

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Big Ranch Farms, owned and operated by Napa local Mark Haberger and wife Teresa (some know Mark as “the tomato guy’”), has been in business since 1994.  While the main focus originally was to grow the best and ever increasingly popular heirloom tomatoes, now, in addition, the farm produces a full range of seasonal summer vegetables.Simply stated, our goal is to offer our customers a wide range of nutritious, delicious seasonal vegetables that are grown locally, by us, so you can enjoy “farm to table” dining in your own home!
     We can be found all summer long at the local farmers markets (Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga).  More recently, in order to offer our Napa neighbors another alternative to shop for their produce, we have established Big Ranch Farmstand, located right on our property at 2046 Big Ranch Road, Napa.  We hope Big Ranch Farmstand becomes one of your routine grocery shopping spots!
     You will also see our tomatoes (and sometimes other veggies) on menus at some of the best restaurants in the Napa Valley. 

Menu
(Subject to Change)

Wines from Renteria Winery 
and Honig Winery, Napa

Arrival
Farmstead Italian Mulberry-Plum Cream Sodas
1st Course Appetizers
Big Ranch Farms Roasted Garlic and Swiss Chard Roulade, 
Calistoga Olive Oil
and
Pork Rillettes on Crispy Buttermilk Crackers and 
Big Ranch Farms Lemon Cucumber “Chutney”
and
Big Ranch Farms Heirloom Tomato Bruschetta with Arugula Pesto 
on Model Bakery Baguette
2nd Course
Cumin Roasted Big Ranch Farms Beet Salad with Sky Hill Goat Cheese,
Toasted Pistachios, Basil Tapioca, and Pickled Red Delicious Onions
3rd Course
Grilled Big Ranch Farms Kale and Frog’s Leap Peaches with 
Crispy Pancetta and Nasturtium
4th Course
Fatted Calf Bacon Wrapped Five Dot Ranch New York Strip Loin Over Big Ranch Farms Marinated Summer Squash, Sungold Tomatoes, and Rancho Gordo Scarlet Runner Bean Relish
Dessert
Model Bakery Sourdough French Toast With Local Macerated Strawberries
and Whipped Clover Dairy Crème Fraiche Finished with Granola Crumble
French Pressed Coffee Service
Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company’s “Chinese Laundry” Blend
After Party
Bonfire and S’mores

$125.00 per person plus tax and $5 E-Ticketing Fee     

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Full Table Farm
Goosecross Cellars
Presented at Connolly Ranch
July 28th, 2012 - 5:00pm
Napa, California

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Full Table Farm is a small husband and wife farm just south of the Town of Yountville. Now in its second year, Full Table Farm was born out of an appreciation and love for high quality food produced in a responsible manner. 
     Aside from a tremendous amount of physical effort, Mindy and Juston try to add little else in growing their crops. They use a variety of approaches to do this, such as, micro-irrigation, dry-farming, composting and companion planting. The result is the ability to grow produce with little reliance on outside resources and produce with wonderful pure flavors that have been grown in a fashion that is healthy for both the land and the flora and fauna that abounds there.
     Full Table Farm's hope for the future is that they can continue to learn, share and help inspire the larger local food system that they are a part of, and to offer the best food it can through methods that are responsible, both environmentally and financially. They are thankful for the many people that inspire them by doing this today and strive for this in the future, which is why they are excited to be part of the this Beyond the Kitchen event.

Menu
(Subject to Change) 

Wines from Goosecross Cellars, Yountville

Arrival
Farmstead Italian Cream Sodas
1st Course Appetizers
Full Table Farm Pickled Okra Salad with Fried Tolenas Ranch Quail Eggs
and
Farm-Made Herb Ricotta Stuffed Full Table Squash Blossoms
and
Full Table Farm Savory Summer Squash Relish Bruschetta
On Model Bakery Grilled Baguette
2nd Course
Full Table Farm Tomato and Dragon’s Egg Cucumber Salad
With Napa Smoked Olive Oil and Jurassic Salt
3rd Course
Marinated Full Table Farm Roasted Melrose Peppers Stuffed with
Skyhill Farms Goat Cheese, Full Table Basil,
and Roasted Full Table Onions
4th Course
Tolenas Ranch Quail with Massa Organics Wheat Berry Pilaf
and Full Table Farm Rampicante Squash Chow Chow
Dessert
Full Table Farm Poached Plums with Fresh Bale Grist Mill Wheat Flour Donuts and Summer Garden Huckleberry Crème Anglaise
French Pressed Coffee Service
Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company’s “Chinese Laundry” Blend
After Party
Bonfire and S’mores



$125.00 per person plus tax and $5 E-Ticketing Fee   

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Clerici Ranch
Signorello Estate Wines
August 4th, 2012 - 5:00pm
Napa, California

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The year was 1904. The Somazi family purchased a piece of land near town where they could grow their own food, raising fruits, vegetables, chickens and pigs. Time marched forward and the way families lived changed. The property was planted in walnut trees and eventually visited only on weekends and at harvest time. Soon walnuts became unprofitable to farm except for the largest of properties and the land was converted to vineyards with the exception of maybe a dozen or so remaining walnut trees.
     Fast forward to David and Barbara Clerici. Like his great grandparents, David & his wife wanted to live on the ranch and enjoy a more natural lifestyle. He began the long process of renewing the worn out soil. Fruit trees and berries were planted and garden areas were established. Chicken coops soon went up and the result was that the soil was starting to come alive once more.
     The Clerici family is still only beginning the long journey toward producing healthy, affordable food for our neighbors in the Napa Valley. Eggs and pastured chicken meat are once again available, along with fresh berries and an assortment of authentic Italian vegetable varieties. Thank you for supporting these efforts, we look forward to your visit!

Menu
(Subject to Change) 

Arrival
Farmstead Italian Cream Sodas
1st Course Appetizers
Braised Clerici Ranch Chicken and Italian White Truffle Arancini
And
Marinated Rancho Gordo Midnight Black Bean Bruschetta
Over Grilled Model Bakery Baguette 
and Clerici Ranch Genovese Basil Pesto
And
Clerici Ranch Italian Deviled Eggs
2nd Course
Model Bakery Focaccia with Calistoga Olive Oil
Tortellini Di Calabrese “Fatted Calf” In Brodo
(Clerici Ranch Chicken Soup 
with Fatted Calf Italian Sausage Filled Tortellini)
3rd Course
Teglia Di Verdure Ripiene Al Forno
(Platter of Farm Fresh Stuffed Clerici Ranch Vegetables)
4th Course
Pollo Di Zucchini In Umido Con Carote Oltre Polenta
(Clerici Ranch Chicken Breast Filled with Pancetta, Basil Genovese,
and Mozzarella with Ranch Zucchini, Plum Tomatoes, and Carrots Over
Bale Grist Mill Corn Polenta)
Dessert
Torta Di Nocciole Al Cioccolato Con Burro
Nocciola e Lamponi Polimerizzanti Forno
(Chocolate Hazelnut Torte with Hazelnut Butter and Oven Cured Berries)
French Pressed Coffee Service
Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company’s “Chinese Laundry” Blend

$125.00 per person plus tax and $5 E-Ticketing Fee 

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A Preservation Sanctuary
Trinchero Family Estates
August 11th, 2012 - 4:00pm
Calistoga, California

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A Preservation Sanctuary Learning Center is not a farm; rather, it is a sanctuary to keep our genetic agriculture heritage from being harmed, and to pass on old time agricultural know how to others.  This Preservation Sanctuary Learning Center is the home of rare standard bred livestock, ie. Buckeye chickens.  Hampshire, and Red Wattle hogs are coming soon.  The Sanctuary also has many rare heirloom vegetables, produce, and herbs. All livestock, veggies, herbs, and fruits are sustainable raised all natural. The livestock is raised on pasture.  If animals are raised with love and respect, processed with love and respect, cooked with love and respect, and served with love and respect, then we eat love and respect, and we are healed.  Preservation Sanctuary Learning Center is operated as a nonprofit. 

Menu
(Subject to Change)  

Arrival
Farmstead Italian Cream Sodas
1st Course Appetizers
Sanctuary Marinated Tomatoes and SkyHill Farms Goat Cheese Crostini
And
Mini Roasted and Marinated Sanctuary Vegetable Sandwiches
And
Pan Fried Sanctuary Sweet Pepper and Eggplant Cakes
2nd Course
Grilled Model Bakery Crostini topped with Rosemary Marinated Rancho Gordo Beans
Cream of Heritage Breed Buckeye Chicken Bisque
Pickled Garlic-Eggplant Relish and Buckeye chicken Dumplings
3rd Course
Buckeye Chicken Confit Salad, Poached Buckeye Chicken Eggs,
 Forni-Brown Greens, Fatted Calf Smoked Bacon,
and Whole Grain Mustard Vinaigrette
4th Course
Roasted Buckeye Chicken Breast Filled with Farm Made Herbed Ricotta Cheese and Oven Dried Heirloom Tomatoes, Grilled Summer Squash and Massa Organics Brown Rice Pilaf Topped with The Sanctuary’s Summer Roasted Pepper Chutney
Dessert
A Preservation Sanctuary Farm Fresh Fruit Cobbler with Clover Dairy Cream
French Pressed Coffee Service
Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company’s “Chinese Laundry” Blend

$125.00 per person plus tax and $5 E-Ticketing Fee 

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Surprise Farmer
August 25th, 2012 - 5:00pm
Napa Valley, California

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Full Table Farm "Take Two"
Saintsbury Vineyard
September 1st, 2012 - 6:00pm
Presented at the Bale Grist Mill
Calistoga, California

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Full Table Farm is a small husband and wife farm just south of the Town of Yountville. Now in its second year, Full Table Farm was born out of an appreciation and love for high quality food produced in a responsible manner. 
     Aside from a tremendous amount of physical effort, Mindy and Juston try to add little else in growing their crops. They use a variety of approaches to do this, such as, micro-irrigation, dry-farming, composting and companion planting. The result is the ability to grow produce with little reliance on outside resources and produce with wonderful pure flavors that have been grown in a fashion that is healthy for both the land and the flora and fauna that abounds there.
     Full Table Farm's hope for the future is that they can continue to learn, share and help inspire the larger local food system that they are a part of, and to offer the best food it can through methods that are responsible, both environmentally and financially. They are thankful for the many people that inspire them by doing this today and strive for this in the future, which is why they are excited to be part of the this Beyond the Kitchen event. 

Menu to Be Announced 

$125.00 per person plus tax and $5 E-Ticketing Fee 

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Surprise Farmer
September 8th, 2012 - 5:00pm
Napa Valley, California

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Boca Farm
Shafer Vineyards & Ceja Vineyards
September 15th, 2012 - 5:00pm
Napa, California

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BOCA Farm strives to actively contribute to and strengthen our local food system.
We grow organic produce for Napa restaurants and markets in our culinary garden, we offer a community garden for our neighbors to grow their own food, and we welcome local school children to learn, work and explore at our garden classroom.
     We cultivate delicious produce within a healthy farm system, and through shared experiences, rewarding and hard work, and cooking and food, we develop positive relationships and a sense of responsibility and interconnectedness among Napa community members.
     We believe that accessible, sustainable agriculture is an essential building block of a healthy and strong local community.

Menu to Be Announced 

$125.00 per person plus tax and $5 E-Ticketing Fee

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This Event Has Sold Out.  Thank You!

Big Ranch Farms "Second Act" 
St. Supery Vineyards 
with Crocker & Starr Winery
Presented at Connolly Ranch
September 29th, 2012 - 5:00pm
Napa, California

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BIG RANCH FARMS, owned and operated by Napa local Mark Haberger and wife Teresa (some know Mark as “the tomato guy’”), has been in business since 1994.  While the main focus originally was to grow the best and ever increasingly popular heirloom tomatoes, now, in addition, the farm produces a full range of seasonal summer vegetables.Simply stated, our goal is to offer our customers a wide range of nutritious, delicious seasonal vegetables that are grown locally, by us, so you can enjoy “farm to table” dining in your own home!
     We can be found all summer long at the local farmers markets (Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga).  More recently, in order to offer our Napa neighbors another alternative to shop for their produce, we have established BIG RANCH FARMSTAND, located right on our property at 2046 Big Ranch Road, Napa.  We hope BIG RANCH FARMSTAND becomes one of your routine grocery shopping spots!
     You will also see our tomatoes (and sometimes other veggies) on menus at some of the best restaurants in the Napa Valley.

Menu to Be Announced 

$125.00 per person plus tax and $5 E-Ticketing Fee  

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