Delicious Ways to Eat a Rainbow at Duncan’s Newest All Organic Café LOOKING FOR MICROGREENS?
We grow plenty of them!
A&S MICROGREENS t.250-710-6135 www.asmicrogreens.com
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iscover something truly tantalizing and beautiful in the heart of the Community Farm Store ~ the CFS Café ~ an all organic eatery. From humble beginnings in 1993, the Community Farm Store has been a pillar of Cowichan’s organic food movement for almost 3 decades and continues to focus on organic, local and sustainably sourced offerings. Elusive like a Pacific Northwest truffle, this bohemian gem is a gift to lovers of organic food. It humbly presents a menu with an inspiring elegance that epitomizes the idea of Slow Food - clean, mindful and artisan. Unlike any local predecessors, this café offers a menu that combines the modern needs of carnivores, pescatarians, vegetarians and vegans all from one place. As you approach the big and bold wooden counter, take a step back to carefully read the
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large chalkboard menu above. Here you will find the café’s fabulous offerings including Daily Features, Nourishing Drinks and other signature specialties. Everything on the menu is a 100% organic, and made to order. Richard can’t resist a cappuccino if we are out for a drink and I opt for a staff recommendation. Executive Chef James Day suggests a popular hot bone broth creation called the Chicken Chai Latte to get started. I feel tentative, but agree. This nourishing latte is served hot and made with a blend of slow simmered bone broth, milk (or dairy substitute) and herbs. Both drinks arrive at our table topped with barista flourish. I hesitantly take my first sip and am struck by a mild healing warmth of fresh ginger, blended with velvety steamed milk, bone broth and spiced intriguingly. It is delicious. A great example of James’s intuitive culinary magic at its finest. Order it with trust, and you will be welcomed into a new realm of hot drink sensation complete with a myriad of benefits. The original recipe was first developed as a happy accident during his time at Home on the Range Organics, Vancouver’s first bone broth bar located in the city’s south end. To
