Menu of local and organic ingredients
Pure Mendocino celebrates the best of Mendocino County with local, organic and Biodynamic ingredients. Chefs Olan and Lia Cox designed this menu for our 2025 event, with dessert created by Makonnen Blessed.
First course
Bib lettuces, heirloom tomatoes, shaved sweet onions, with herb vinaigrette,
Reza focaccia
Mediterranean garlic dip
Roasted sweet pepper tapenade peperonata – roasted sweet peppers and capers
Family style
Slaw – sweet corn, radishes, black olives, feta, cucumber with lemon parsley vinaigrette
Roasted carrots with sumac & rosemary and roasted whole squashes
Green beans stewed with tomatoes
Potato gratin – 3 caramelized lillies, friscobaldi dry jack, & jersey cream
Local chicken – preserved lemon, merkin, thyme, & garlic
Prepared by Olan & Lia Cox of Mendough’s Wood Fired Catering
Dessert
Stone fruit cake with vanilla cream, seasonal fruit compote, dehydrated meringue, finished with a flower pedal salad dressed with local raw honey mist
by Makonnen Blessed
