
Chef EJ Harvey is the owner of the SeaGrille Restaurant in Nantucket “where ALL the locals go for great fish and excellent seafood”. At the Nantucket Wine Festival EJ made a cooking demonstration on Sunday featuring our Bijou. http://www.theseagrille.com/
Spring Spinach, Strawberry and Bijou Salad
with poppy seed dressing
Ingredients:
Baby Spinach – 1 pkg.
Red onion – 1/2 thinly sliced
Bijou – 4 oz (2 cheeses)
In a large bowl, mix all the salad ingredients together.
Poppy Seed Dressing:
Red wine vinegar 8 fl oz
Mustard (optional) 2tsp
Minced shallots 1 Tbsp
Olive oil 24 fl oz
Salt as needed
Maple Syrup 2 tsp
Flat lead parsley 3 Tbsp
Method:
1 Combine vinegar, mustard, shallots, salt, pepper, and maple syrup. Gradually whisk in oil.
2 Stir in the herbs, and adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper and maple syrup if necessary.
3 Pour dressing over the salad ingredients. Toss and serve immediately.

What a great event the 13th Annual Nantucket Wine Festival was. The cheese tasting seminar was a success — Valfino/Bonne Bouche and Cave Man Blue took the top honors from the crowd.
To see more pictures of the event check out our photos on flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/vermontcheese
Thursday night’s Opening Galla, was the kick-off of this weekend’s event. Karen made some wonderful cookies and was out of sweet goodness within 2 hours, so here is the recipe for the most famous cookies of the event:

Vermont Butter Pecan Icebox Cookies
Ingredients:
8 ounces Vermont Cultured Butter, Lightly Salted