Starting at 5:00pm, join our Farm Leadership Team — Mac Mead, Megan Durney, Kim Pace, and Peter Alexanian — in the Pfeiffer Center garden for an evening introduction.
At 6:00pm, we’ll gather on the Main House terrace for biodynamic canapés, followed by a candlelit family-style sit-down dinner featuring biodynamic Montinore Estate wines in Threefold Café’s Main House dining room.
This year’s benefit dinner is the coming-out party for our new initiative, two years in the making, combining the agricultural and educational activities of the Pfeiffer Center and the Fellowship Community’s Duryea Farm. All proceeds benefit the programs and agricultural work of the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm. Join us in celebrating this new incarnation of biodynamic farming and education in our community.
Menu (Subject to Change)
Canapés
Flatbread from the garden’s wood-fired oven
Carrot & Ginger Dumplings
Chicken Liver Mousse
Café Cured Gravlox on Rye with Café Garden Fennel Pollen & Crème Fraîche
Starter
Home Made Local Duck Egg Ravioli Trio:
wild mushroom, butternut squash, Duryea Farm ricotta
(plus a gluten-free ravioli option)
Main Course
Spaghetti Squash Harvest Vegetable Bowls
Rainbow Chard Winter Salad
Maple Roasted Carrot & Beets
Braised Grass-Fed Beef Cheeks with Bordelaise Sauce
on Pfeiffer Potato Purée with
Brunoise Butternut Squash & Root Vegetables
Garden Vegan Sausage on Butternut Squash Purée
with Seasonal Chutney
Dessert
Pfeiffer Sweet Potato Tart
Chocolate Soufflé
Does reading that make you thirsty? Then join us in thanking our friends and sponsors at Montinore Estate for sending us lashings of 2018 Almost Dry Riesling, Rosso Quinto Atto, 2014 Parsons Ridge Pinot Noir, and 2017 Pinot Gris to wash down all that deliciousness.
Silent Auction and Raffle
And that’s not all! We’ll be auctioning off Pfeiffer Center Honey, a place at the Midwinter Agriculture Intensive, a week for your child at the Nature Place Day Camp, a 2020 family pass to Threefold Pond, one share in our 2020 CSA, and more! Raffle items include Pfeiffer Center workshops, Nature Place Earth Living Skills workshops, and goodie baskets from Green Meadow and the Fiber Craft Studio.
All proceeds benefit the programs and agricultural work of the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm.
We Thank Our Sponsors and Donors
Sponsors
Bill Reda Property Management • Hudson Valley Bee Supply • Natt McFee Photography • Seton Hall University • Weld Realty • Weleda North America
Donors
Fiber Craft Studio • Green Meadow Waldorf School • Hungry Hollow Co-op • Montinore Estate • The Nature Place • Pounder Bros. Inc. • Stella Natura • Threefold Pond • Threshold Farm • Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.