Guests feast on Alters’ offerings

The food did what great food always does: It brought diverse people together – if only fleetingly – around shared sensations. This is what Lloyd’s partner, Kelly Rossiter, offered guests.

Appetizers

• Chicken Negimaki

• Smoked Mozzarella Canapes with tomatoes and olives (in the last minute panic she forgot the Mozzarella!)

  Main Course

• Sauerbrauten
• Grilled Miso Salmon
• Crispy Five Spice Tofu
• Pommes Paillasson
• Green Bean Salad with Pumpkin seed dressing
• Beet Salad with Asian Pear and Baby Lettuce
• Roasted Root Vegetables
• Spicy Cheese Bread

• Baguette

  Dessert

• Cranberry Tart

• Emma’s funny Marble Cake (it was the closest she could come to her black and white theme)

  

  Cheese Tray

• Ciel de Charlevoix – raw cow’s milk from Quebec (that was the veined cheese)
• Brillat Savarin – pasturised cow’s milk from France (that was the brie style)
• Munster Remi Rudler – raw cow’s milk from France
• Bouq Emissaire – raw goat’s milk from Quebec
• Ile-Aux-Graves – 2 yr cheddar, raw cow’s milk from Quebec

• Morbier – raw cow’s milk from France

  The cheese came from Les Petits Plaisirs d’Andrea at 29 Yorkville Avenue (the official opening is on Wednesday starting at 5:00)

  The carrots, parsnips, beets, baby greens and pumpkin seeds came from the Dufferin Grove Farmer’s market from local growers.