Picnic in the Orchard
Sunday 12 February - 12:00 pm
Celebrate the apple tree in a moveable feast for all the senses. Spend this summer Sunday amidst the scents and flavours of apples ancient and new, with Pialligo orchardists Jonathan and Robyn Banks.
$60.00 per person - bookings essential
Chooks, Books and Happiness
Sunday 25 March - 12:00 pm
Join popular writer and gardener Jackie French for Sunday lunch featuring the autumn harvest of our home gardens. Find out about Jackie's own Araluen produce - and her unique approach to growing good food in an Australian bush setting.
$60.00 per person - early bookings essential
Cheese Expertise
Sunday 15 April - 12:00 pm
A fascinating guide to all the cheeses of our region, including Small Cow Farm, Thistledown, Hobbit Farm and Country Valley Organic Dairy.
$60.00 per person - bookings essential
Only on a Sunday
Sunday 20 May - 12:00 pm
Sassafras growers Richard Moxham and Alison Saunders join Sandra and Tony Greville of Capricious for a seasonal celebrations of the chestnut and walnut harvest and our annual great Greek goat barbecue.
$60.00 per person - bookings essential
Shiraz Sunday Lunch
Sunday 17 June - 12:00 pm
Clonakilla master winemaker Tim Kirk is our special guest for a wonderful winter solstice Sunday lunch. Enjoy caramelised vegetables, spiced duck, sticky cassoulet and steamed fruit pudding with - of course - matched wines from Clonakilla.
$60.00 per person - bookings essential
Truffle Time
Sunday 8 July - 12:00 pm
A highlight of the Canberra calendar is the spectacular success of local truffieres like Sherry McArdle-English, who tells of this season's experiences in growing and harvesting fine truffles in the Canberra region. Featuring French black truffles in a menu that includes the all-time favourite, our truffled boudin blanc.
$60.00 per person - bookings essential
WE'VE MOVED!
THE KITCHEN CABINET AT OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE - NOW AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE
OPEN 9am-5pm EVERY DAY
KING GEORGE TERRACE CANBERRA ACT 2600
TEL: (02) 6270 8156 OR (02) 6273 4366 FAX: (02) 6273 4266
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Summertime at the Kitchen Cabinet
Call in to our great new cafe at the front entrance to Old Parliament House. The terrace tables are a great spot for coffee, lunch, a lazy afternoon tea, or a relaxing drink between galleries and museums. Or take away our fabulous pies - and this week's Mirabelle plum tarts - for a divine lunch in the Rose Gardens!
Original apples
Jonathan Banks has delivered the first apples of the new season - tiny perfect-for-kids Devonshire Quarrendens - and the sweet Pialligo Santa Rosa plums. Check out the next apple variieties to come with our handy guide to some of the intriguing varieties of apple - dowlnload the Apple Calendar
Savouring the season
Summer dinners should be simple - this week we have a great Maggie Beer-style chicken liver pate and a delicious pork & chestnut terrine - with a loaf of our fresh baked bread and a bottle of Canberra wine you have a perfect picnic!
For BBQs try our fabulous Wessex Saddleback pork and fennel sausages. We also have back in stock the tender and tasty Thirlmere chooks and ducks, perfect with some new summer potatoes and garlic from Greendale at Majors Creek near Braidwood.
Kitchen Cabinet events
The 2012 calendar of events has been released! Don't miss out and book early for your favourites - these can sell out fast!
A Kitchen Cabinet gift
We have gift vouchers for delicious edible souvenirs and very special presents from Canberra, or to book for events on the 2012 Kitchen Cabinet calendar.
In season: January
Apples - the earlliest (Discovery, Bramley,Tydeman's Early, Gravenstein)
Apricots
Asparagus
Avocado
Beans: butterbeans; green
Berries: blackberry; blueberry; boysenberry; gooseberry; loganberry; mulberry; raspberry; strawberry
Capsicum
Celery
Cherry
Cucumber
Currants
Eggplant
Garlic
Lettuce
Melons: honeydew; rockmelon; watermelon
Nectarines
Okra
Onion
Passionfruit
Peaches
Peas
Plums
Radish
Squash
Sweetcorn Tomato
Zucchini
Zucchini flower
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