Talk & taste: spring gleaning
Sunday 19 September - 11:00 am
Gathering wild foods and conserving surplus seasonal crops is a passion of the Watkins-Sully family at the old Reidsdale cheese factory. Discover how to use unusual ingredients from unexpected places. $20 per person - bookings essential
Preservation Sunday Lunch
Sunday 19 September - 12:00 pm
with dishes inspired by found foods and preserved produce, Janet Jeffs creates a memorable feast. $30 per person - bookings essential
Talk & taste: growing good food
Sunday 17 October - 11:00 am
Good growers like to share their knowledge with home gardeners – discover the global effects of growing your own good food. $20 per person - bookings essential
Gardeners' Sunday Lunch
Sunday 17 October - 12:00 pm
For springtime we salute new asparagus, delicious broad beans, and our first strawberries at a lunch full of fresh new flavours and seasonal goodness. $30 per person - bookings essential
Talk & taste: garlic time
Sunday 14 November - 11:00 am
Celebrated Jembaicumbene Creek growers Gilles Bonin & Victoria Clutterbuck talk about growing, harvesting, cooking and storing garlic.Tastes will include garlic scapes as well as sensational freshly harvested garlic. $20 per person - bookings essential
Spring Harvest Sunday Lunch
Sunday 14 November - 12:00 pm
Spring crops from the Canberra region star in this special menu, including, of course, new garlic. $30 per person - bookings essential
THE KITCHEN CABINET AT OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE
OPEN 9am-5pm EVERY DAY
GINGER LANE ENTRANCE (AT REAR OF OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE)
QUEEN VICTORIA TERRACE CANBERRA ACT 2600
TEL: (02) 6270 8156 OR (02) 6273 4366 FAX: (02) 6273 4266
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The Kitchen Cabinet in spring
Springtime
Blossoms are everywhere and from Ingelara we have the very first spring garlic, as well as their very last potatoes - serve with Thirlmere duck and some new Jerusalem artichokes to celebrate spring!
Kitchen Cabinet gift vouchers
Just in time for Fathers' Day - so Dad can choose his favourites from The Kitchen Cabinet, or the event of his choice from The Kitchen Cabinet calendar. Download a request form
Canberra Apple Calendar
While we wait for next summer's first apples, the Apple Calendar keeps us company with a guide to local varieties. Download your copy
In season: September
FRUIT
cumquat
grapefruit
lemons
mandarins
oranges
tangelos
NUTS
pecans
pistachios
VEGETABLES
Asian greens
Beetroot
Broccoli
Cabbage
Cabbage - Savoy
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Coriander
Fennel
Garlic - spring
Horseradish
Leek
Potatoes - last
Pumpkins - last
Radicchio
Spinach - English
Sorrel
