Thyme Balm

Friday June 5 at a.Muse Gallery, at 614 Alabama St, San Francisco, 94110. Come dine with women, enjoy the bounty of early summer, and eat expertly prepared meal that utilizes medicinal plants and wild foods for pleasure and well-being at one of our community tables.

Pre-paid tickets are $65 each through Brownpapertickets, and include dinner and a take-home preparation of cleansing herbs and tea to continue your self-care at home. Space is limited, early RSVP recommended. Please specify omnivore, vegetarian, or vegan when making your reservation.

Nicole LoBue is a private chef and dietary consultant who firmly follows the political and aesthetic culinary principles regarding the faithful use of ingredients that are healthful both for consumers and the environment. A dedicated student of herbal medicine who also teaches workshops on wild fermentation, Nicole has been head chef for the Northern California Womens Herbal Symposium for the past 8 years.

Yasmin Golan is a chef and organizer for Queer Food For Love, a community dinner made with community participation for queer folks in San Francisco, which brings together artists, activists and cooks around the pleasures of plant-based foods and grassroots collaboration. Formerly of Boulette’s Larder and Eccolo Restaurant, Yasmin currently cooks privately for individuals and stirs the pots at Kitchenette.

Organic, local, seasonal foods from nature and small farms, made by hand by lady-chefs, for all types of women!

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/67604
Questions? Email Yasmin at milkandtea@hotmail.com or call (415) 205-0037

Please join us for this event.We will nourish and indulge our senses with wild ,local and foraged food. Menu to be posted here. stay tuned.

Medicinal Herbs and Wild Foods

A Dinner For Women

By Yasmin Golan& Nicole LoBue

June 25, 2009

a.Muse Gallery

San Francisco

~ Through the Looking Glass ~

Gentian, Wormwood, Dandelion, Burdock, & Dong Quai Bitters

or Young Coconut Water

Porcini, Boletes, and Morel Blini

Flowering Chervil, Watercress, and Yarrow

~The Secret Garden~

Seasonal Greens and Flowers :

Summer Lettuces, Purslane, Amaranth, ___, ___, etc

with Pickled Fiddlehead Ferns and Sea Beans

in a Nettle-and ____ Infused Vinaigrette

~Where the Wild Things Are~

Wild Halibut / Maitake Steak

in a fumet of spring aromatics

with summer roots and leaves

Balm Butter

Horseradish Gremolata

~The Very Hungry Caterpillar~

Peach Leaf Creme Caramel

with Pink Peppercorn-Infused Honey

Summer Stone Fruits, Toasted Bay Nuts,

Fresh Berries and Rose Petals

& A Tea to Balancing the Bod