Registration closed early...there were just too
many people who wanted to go. Unlike the usual foodie gatherings, Michael and Nobuyo Stadtlander opened their free form farm to the professional food community of Canada. It was like opening Michael's personal Roladex.
Remi and Janis Cousyn from Saskatoon...JK from Toronto/PEC ... Pierre LePage from the NWT who I later saw at Gordon Bailey's new place in Charlottetown. Carson Schiffhorn from Inn on the Lake in the Yukon came as did the passionate, foraging New Brunwicker Chris Aerni of Rossmount Inn. His herring was THE hit of the entire event. Vij teamed up with Charles Baker who spent a good bit of time serving his fabulous wine and'resting' .
Only at Stadtlanders would one find ribs cooked on a manure spreader...!
And it ended with a rip roaring...bonfire that leaped high, high, high into the night sky.
