This will be a Secret Pickle like no other Secret Pickle so far. Because it’s all about beer!

Yes, you heard us right. We are doing a whole supper club menu inspired by Ontario beers!

Each beer is being hand-selected for you by Mirella Amato of Beerology.ca to showcase the interesting, seasonal and limited-edition offerings from a range of Ontario brewers.

You are invited to join us for a flavourful, fun and intimate evening on May 29th as the Secret Pickle Supper Club presents:

Ontario Brews

Saturday May 29th, 2010, from 7-11pm
Tickets are $95/person and includes dinner and beer pairings.
(this event is affectionately hash tagged the #BeerPickle) 
And you are invited!

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We just finished the third Secret Pickle Supper Club – Contemporary Vegetarian! We were filled to capacity and the food was fabulous. 

Photos have started appearing in the Secret Pickle Flickr Group and we’ll have a full round up post soon. 

In the meantime, here are some photos of the festivities:

I think Matt said it perfectly when he said “What a difference a month makes”. We learned a lot from the Tasting Tour of Spain and tried things a little differently for the second Secret Pickle, the Tasting Tour of Piedmont.

From creating a pop-up kitchen at the front of the Fair Trade Jewellery Atelier for the Tasting Tour of Piedmont, to capping the number of guests to a more intimate group of 20 while we tested the setup, the changes made for a new and equally entertaining Secret Pickle Supper Club experience.

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It seems like the first Secret Pickle Supper Club was a lifetime ago, but it was really only the end of January when the The Society of The Secret Pickle convened for a Tasting Tour of Spain.

Guests assembled from across Toronto, and even a handful from Montreal, at the Fair Trade Jewellery Company, on a dark January night to explore the warm and intense flavours of Spain. From the tapas and sangria, to the olive oil cake and Sherry, barely a morsel was left untouched, drop left unsipped.  Matt’s food was rich with flavour and filled with tradition.

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Vegetarians rejoice!

The next Secret Pickle Supper Club is Contemporary Vegetarian! This will be a exciting multi-course vegetarian menu complete with wine pairings.  Prepared with the skill, imagination and humour of CIA-trained Chef Matt Kantor, this dinner will keep you guessing, thinking and savouring all night long.

What is “Contemporary Vegetarian”?  Contemporary cuisine is rooted in working with fresh regional ingredients using cooking styles and techniques from around the world. Think Top Chef meets Toronto’s farmer’s markets.

Or in Matt’s words:

This will NOT be the kind of food you have seen before in Toronto. It will be contemporary, revolutionary and just plain awesome.

Please join us for a flavourful, fun and intimate evening on April 10th as the Secret Pickle Supper Club serves:

Contemporary Vegetarian!
Saturday April 10, 2010, from 7-11pm
Tickets are $85/person and includes dinner and wine pairings.
Buy your ticket here.

Catered by Chef Matt Kantor of LittleKitchen.ca, at the Fair Trade Jewelery Company Atelier in Cabbagetown courtesy of Ryan Taylor & Asaka Yamashita on Saturday April 10th from 7-11pm. Your MC for the evening will be Alexa Clark.

Notes:

• This is not for Vegans since there will be cheese, maybe ice cream and it’s likely an egg or two will get cracked. (no TVP allowed)
• Seating is limited so get your tickets now!

Get your tickets now

With Olympic fever rolling through the country, it seems fitting to announce the second Secret Pickle Supper Club will feature the food and wines of Piedmonte, home of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

While you may already know about the ski hills of Turin, Asti Spumonte and orange fights, we invite you to join us for an exploration of what some call Italy’s gastronomic capital – Piedmonte – at our second Secret Pickle Supper Club event:

Guided Tasting Tour of Piedmonte

Saturday March 6th from 7-10pm.
Tickets are $85/person and includes dinner and wine.
Buy tickets here.

Nestled in between France and Switzerland, surrounded on 3 sides by the Alps and scattered with lakes, this rich Italian province is filled with everything from heady white truffles to delicate tender veal, deep powerful Barolos to effervescent almost playful Moscatos.

The menu will feature dishes ingredients that are classic to the region of Piedmont in Northwest Italy.  You can expect to see Agnolotti Dal Plin, Vitello Tonatto, and ingredients like hazelnuts, chocolate and a focus on meat.  The wines will showcase the various styles of Piedmont and include Barbera, Dolcetto, and likely some Nebbiolo-based bigger wines as well as at least one white.

Catered by Chef Matt Kantor of LittleKitchen.ca, at the Fair Trade Jewelery Company Atelier in Cabbagetown courtesy of Ryan Taylor & Asaka Yamashita on Saturday March 6th from 7-10pm. Your MC for the evening will be Alexa Clark. Our Guest Speaker is Julian Hitner from Vintage Assessments who will talk about the wines along with Matt.

Please join us for a fun, fascinating and intimate evening on March 6th at the:
Guided Tasting Tour of Piedmonte

Real People.  Great food.  Smarts.

Welcome to the Secret Pickle Supper Club.

In 2010, Little Kitchen and Fair Trade Jewelers will be bringing awesome food to the Supper Club known as the “Secret Pickle” club.

Choose your Theme Whether it’s regional Spanish food, North African food, beer or wine-driven menus, our supper club will always be unique and memorable.

Smart Food
We offer something else that nobody else does: a great dining experience and an education about what you are eating.  We’re past the idea that a server just puts a plate in front of you and lists off the ingredients on the menu.  Our food comes with background on food, origin, cultural relevance and recipes.