Dinner on the farm with Odd Duck, Barley Swine & Brooklyn Brewery Chef Andrew Gerson

Simmons Family Farm
2483 Holz Rd, TX
Tickets: $55

Our jam-packed week of culinary and cultural happenings gets off and running with this agrarian dining experience. Through roaming culinary events, Dinner on the Farm works to connect people back to the land and to the farmers and artisans who are making our communities a better place to live. At its heart, Dinner on the Farm is a laidback late-afternoon barn party. There will be lots of deliciousness, interesting neighbors and craft beer.

3-4pm: Meet the Makers

Share a Brooklyn Brewery beer and local delicacies with featured artisans.

Stowe Provisions will be showing off their rad leather goods, including Brooklyn Brewery logo coasters. Treaty Oak Distilling Co. and Liber and Co. are teaming up to bring a Waterloo and Tonic & a Barrel Reserve Pineapple Daiquiri. Cuvee Coffee will be sampling their Black & Blue nitro cold press. Yeti Frozen Custard  will be sampling one or two of their frozen custard flavors.  Blackbird Bakery will also be sampling something delicious.

4-4:30pm: Farm Tour

Tour Simmons Family Farm with farmer Harry Simmons and learn how your food is grown from seed to harvest. 

Feast

Sam, Mark and Bryce from Odd Duck and Barley Swine and Andrew Gerson from Brooklyn Brewery have come up with an amazing, family-style menu utilizing available produce from Simmons Farm. Enjoy unlimited Brooklyn beer & live music from Lost Pines while digging in to:

Passed Appetizers:
Coddled quail egg, smoked trout roe, shiso.
Stone crab salad, seafood crackling, green papaya and Meyer lemon

​Dinner:
Turkey steamship: shishito and giblet gravy, mushroom
Texas boil: Yukon potatoes, sweet corn, fermented chilies.
Simmons Farm Greens: swiss chard, spinach, lightly charred, vinaigrette
Grilled broccoli, cabbage, Texas apples, radish, aerated scrambled eggs
Jalapeno and cheddar cornbread: Richardson corn meal, fresh masa, house cultured butter

Dessert
Sweet potato pie: gingered crust, sweet potato marshmallow

Brooklyn Beers
1/2 Ale, Winter Ale, AMA Bionda, Post Road Pumpkin Ale, Lager 

Merriment 
Spend the afternoon with friends and family playing classic backyard games, drinking beer, and hanging out by the bonfire with live music.

We first hooked up with Dinner on the Farm's Monica Walch while producing last year's Slow Supper in the Twin Cities . She has since joined our colorful cast to create unique local food experiences designed to celebrate farms, chefs and food entrepreneurs who are dedicated to good, sustainable food for the 2014 tour.

Brooklyn Brewery Chef Andrew Gerson brings to the table ten years of culinary experience as a cook, educator and activist. As a graduate of the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Pollenzo, Italy) and an active member of Slow Food, Andrew supports local food systems in communities across the country. Hired by The Brewery in 2013, Andrew demonstrates and embodies Brookln Brewmaster Garrett Oliver's philosophy on beer and food. 

"One of the things that makes Dinner on the Farm truly special is that it really manages to capture that classic romantic feel. You can easily hunker down on a blanket with a significant other and just take in the scenic farm view or you can bring the entire family for a good old-fashioned community-style get together."

-- CityPages, Minneapolis