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Bruschetta [(Italian pronunciation: [brus'ketta] is a hearty appetizer from central Italy whose origin dates to at least the 15th century. ] is one of my favorite snacks to play with when I’m not in the mood for cooking a whole meal. In fact, “nibbling” is also one of my favorite ways to eat.

It’s always best with leftover ingredients.

Tonight I was in luck! I had a half of leftover baguette from our new favorite bakery Pane D’Amore, now with storefronts in Bainbridge Island as well as Port Townsend. Also, from Port Townsend,  Mt. Townsend Creamery’s Seastack Cheese with Truffles…SCORE! It happened to be leftover from the Bloedel Reserve Auction & Fundraiser that we participated in. The fridge also held some locally grown grape tomatoes & Jocelyn’s leftover cheese sauce. Jocelyn remakes the sauce from her mother’s famous cheese sauce recipe (that we normally slather over steamed broccoli or cauliflower). With some fresh basil from our kitchen garden I had what I needed.

After toasting slices of the leftover bread with some EVOO and pressed garlic I added the leftover ingredients. The first, and my favorite today, was the Truffled Seastack Cheese and Fresh Basil. I put them back in the toaster oven just to get the cheese gooey. What a treat!

Mt. Townsend Truffled Seastack Cheese & Basil Bruschetta

Next, I prepared with the leftover Cheese Sauce and Grape Tomatoes. After toasting, I sprinkled on the chopped fresh basil. My tasting partners tonight liked this one best, as it wasn’t as earthy-rich as the truffled cheese - but still cheesy good. I liked it even better than the traditional caprese combination that uses mozzarella, because the cheese sauce had more flavor.

Cheese Sauce & Grape Tomato Bruschetta with Basil

All together about 10 minutes work, maybe. With a bottle of Prosecco - a perfect summertime meal while watching the summer sun go down.

Brian MacWhorter’s BUTLER GREEN FARMS of Bainbridge Isl. and Poulsbo marked a full year of supplying the Pub and Pegasus with fresh greens this summer. “This is a huge milestone for us!” stated Chef Jeff. “A large part of the difficulty of utilizing local products is their limited supply. Brian stepped up and delivered on his promise.” Since the pub committed to sourcing organic and free-range products in 2002, the Chef’s efforts to shorten the distance from supplier to table has been stymied by growers who just couldn’t, or wouldn’t, grow year around.  Brian has  delivered his produce to several restaurants in the past and has worked in the restaurant industry as well, so he is capable of anticipating the needs of the restaurant chefs. Asked about this milestone, Brian explained that his capabilities just didn’t occur overnight. “It’s been a long road to get to this point and I’m really happy that it has worked for us both.”

Watching the Quarter-Finals at the Pub- FIFA World Cup 2010

For the first time in many, many years a TV was allowed in the Pub for the FIFA World Cup Football Championships 2010 from South Africa. The first year that American broadcast TV aired all 64 games since the Cup’s beginnings, the pub joined in the fun.

“While we would have liked to have played all 64 games ‘live’, we just didn’t have the staff or customer base to make it succeed,” stated Jocelyn. “But, we were able to play all the real important games ‘live’ and the rest we replayed throughout the same day they were played.”

It certainly added to what was really a slow-starting summer!

Now it begs the question whether there is an audience for English Premier League Matches aired ‘live’ on Saturday and Sunday Mornings…say with traditional English fry-ups and Bloody Marys!  Let us know if you want to come out for it this fall and winter and we just may drag the projector out of storage.

HARBOUR PUBLIC HOUSE

FIFA WORLD CUP TV PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

Week 2

Saturday, 19 June
11:30 AM FIFA World Cup LIVE Cameroon v Denmark (004)

03:00 PM FIFA World Cup rebroadcast Netherlands v Japan (403)

05:00 PM FIFA World Cup rebroadcast Ghana v Australia (403)

Sunday, 20 June
11:30 AMFIFA World Cup LIVE Brazil v Ivory Coast (004)

03:00 PMFIFA World Cup rebroadcast Slovakia v Paraguay (403)

05:00 PMFIFA World Cup rebroadcast Italy v New Zealand (403)

Monday, 21 June
11:30 AMFIFA World Cup LIVE Spain v Honduras (623)

03:00 PMFIFA World Cup rebroadcast Portugal v Korea DPR(403)

05:00 PMFIFA World Cup rebroadcast Chile v Switzerland (403)

07:00 PMFIFA World Cup rebroadcast Spain v Honduras (403)

Tuesday , 22 June
11:30 AM LIVE Nigeria v Korea, Republic  (623)

03:00 PM Rebroadcast Mexico v Uruguay (403)

05:00 PM Rebroadcast France v South Africa (403)

07:00 PM Rebroadcast Greece v Argentina (403)

09:00 PM Rebroadcast Nigeria v Korea, Republic (403)

Wednesday, 23 June

07:00 AM LIVE USA v Algeria (623) Free Continental Breakfast Served Pub opens at 7am

11:30 AM LIVE Australia v Serbia  (624)

03:00 PM Rebroadcast USA v Algeria (403)

05:00 PM Rebroadcast Ghana v Germany (403)

07:00 PM Rebroadcast England v Slovenia (403)

09:00 PM Rebroadcast Australia v. Serbia (403)

Thursday, 24 June

11:30 AM LIVE Cameroon v Netherlands (624)

03:00 PM Rebroadcast Slovakia v Italy (403)

05:00 PM Rebroadcast Denmark v Japan (403)

07:00 PM Rebroadcast Paraguay v New Zealand (403)

09:00 PM Rebroadcast Cameroon v Netherlands (403)

Friday, 25 June
11:30 AM LIVE Chile v Spain (623)

03:00 PM Rebroadcast Honduras v Switzerland (403)

05:00 PM Rebroadcast Ivory Coast v Korea DPR (403)

07:00 PM Rebroadcast Brazil v Portugal (403)

09:00 PM Rebroadcast Chile v Spain (403)

NOTE:
This schedule is based on information provided by network and cable websites. These websites often contain error and are subject to change without notice. We do our best to present accurate information, and apologize for any changes or errors.

For the first time ever, we are showing World Cup Soccer at the Pub. Enjoy some camaraderie and cheer while watching your favorite team. Check the schedule and forget about work for awhile. The World Cup only comes every 4 years! The games are projected in HD to over 60 inches.

HARBOUR PUBLIC HOUSE
FIFA WORLD CUP TV PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE
Week 1
Friday, 11 June 11:30 AM LIVE Uruguay v France (173)
03:00 PM Rebroadcast South Africa v Mexico (403)
05:00 PM Rebroadcast Uruguay v France (403)
Saturday, 12 June
11:30 AM LIVE England v USA (004)
03:00 PM Rebroadcast Korea Republic v Greece (403)
05:00 PM Rebroadcast Argentina v Nigeria (403)
07:00 PM Rebroadcast England v USA (403)
Sunday, 13 June
11:30 AM LIVE Germany v Australia (004)
03:00 PM Rebroadcast Algeria v Slovenia (403)
05:00 PM Rebroadcast Serbia v Ghana (403)
07:00 PM Rebroadcast Germany v Australia (403)
Monday, 14 June 11:30 AM LIVE Italy v Paraguay (173)
03:00 PM Rebroadcast Netherlands v Denmark (403)
05:00 PM Rebroadcast Japan v Camaroon (403)
07:00 PM Rebroadcast Italy v Paraguay (403)
Tuesday, 15 June 11:30 AM LIVE Brazil v North Korea (173)
03:00 PM Rebroadcast New Zealand v Slovakia (403)
05:00 PM Rebroadcast Ivory Coast v Portugal (403)
07:00 PM Rebroadcast Brazil v North Korea (403)
Wednesday, 16 June 11:30 AM LIVE South Africa v Uruguay (173)
03:00 PM Rebroadcast Honduras v Chile (403)
05:00 PM Rebroadcast Spain v Switzerland (403)
07:00 PM Rebroadcast South Africa v Uruguay (403)
Thursday, 17 June 11:30 AM LIVE France v Mexico (173)
03:00 PM Rebroadcast Argentina v Korea Rep. (403)
05:00 PM Rebroadcast Greece v Nigeria (403)
07:00 PM Rebroadcast France v Mexico (403)
Friday, 18 June 06:30 AM LIVE Slovenia v USA (173)
11:30 AM LIVE England v Algeria (173)
03:00 PM Rebroadcast Germany v Serbia (403)
05:00 PM Rebroadcast Slovenia v USA (403)
07:00 PM Rebroadcast South Africa v Uruguay (403)
NOTE: This schedule is based on information provided by network and cable websites. These websites often contain error and are subject to change without notice. We do our best to present accurate information, and apologize for any changes or errors.

Abe Waite shoveling compost for the Community Garden at City Hall (Photo Brad Camp: Kitsap Sun)

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND —

In a few weeks, visitors to City Hall will be able to get a summer squash with their building permit, a bit of broccoli with their business license and a vine-ripened, heirloom tomato before giving testimony to the City Council.

“I want people to see City Hall differently — that it’s our public land, and that it works for us and with us,” said Sallie Maron, one of about a dozen mud-streaked, rain-soaked volunteers who planted the grounds there with more than 40 vegetable starts on Monday morning.

The kale, cauliflower, strawberries and other crops are free for the taking.

“It’s for people in need or people who just want to try some fresh food,” said Brian MacWhorter, an island farmer who donated many of the organic vegetable starts. “It’s just public food. It’s a great concept.”

The idea of planting free food around City Hall came out of a talk given by author Darrin Nordahl at the IslandWood environmental learning center in April. Nordahl was promoting his book, “Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture,” which calls for the enlistment of public lands to increase the availability of fresh, healthy foods.

Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/may/31/bainbridge-island/#ixzz0pdfuCGwQ

Angie and Gwyneth "on the air"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEGASUS!

May 1st marked Pegasus‘ 30th year of business in the Marina District on Bainbridge Island. To celebrate the day curent owners Jeff & Jocelyn Waite hosted a live broadcast of the Buy Local Radio Hour. Produced by Jim Freeman, Kitsap Community and
Agricultural Alliance (KCAA), the hour long show focuses on local food and local producers. Saturday’s Pegasus show featured interviews with David Dessinger, founder of Pegasus Coffees, Brian MacWhorter, Butler Green Farms, Rebecca Slatterly, Persephone Farms, Sallie Maron & Carolyn Goodwin, Sound Food, and others as well as music from bands, The Blushin’ Roulettes and Gwyneth & Monko. To hear the program you can download it here by going to the website http://www.buylocalfoodinkitsap.com. The broadcast is aired on AM 1400 KITZ from noon to 1 PM on Saturdays. Along with two live performances from both bands, the house provided everyone with free coffee-flavored birthday cake.

Pegasus Coffee House introduces a monthly evening showcasing local food, served family style in our newly remodeled dining room. Each evening will feature a unique, multi-course meal fresh from the farm.
There is only one seating per evening  & reservations are required.
All the dates are on Tuesday evenings.
May 25,
June 22,
July 20,
August 17,
September 21,
& October 19, 2010
Cost $60 per person, $85 with wine. Make your reservations & payment at:
www.parfittway.com/Calendar

Bainbridge Organic Distillers photos by Sean Flanigan

Harbour Pub and Pegasus Coffee House are excited to be both serving Bainbridge Legacy Vodka…distilled from organic grains right here on Bainbridge Island. Islanders Keith Barnes and his son, Patrick, have opened their tasting room and our Parfitt businesses are some of the first to be pouring the fruit of their labors. Read more at http://bainbridgedistillers.com/ or http://www.southsoundmag.com/article_read.php?articleid=204 In the meantime come down to the waterfront and taste for yourself.

Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/apr/09/new-blood-brings-bainbridge-grange-back-to-life/#ixzz0kiKX8MIM

Bainbridge Island Grange Vice President Jay Wiggs leaves the historic 1930s-era Grange building on Bainbridge Island. Residents are trying to revive the Grange, and they’ve managed to double the membership in the last three months.