Deb's Lunch ... and dinner and breakfast too » Madison WI http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog reflections on life & food Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:55:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Community Pharmacy Brunch http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/2010/02/28/community-pharmacy-brunch/ http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/2010/02/28/community-pharmacy-brunch/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:42:44 +0000 DebS http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/?p=511 Brunch for 20, people who work at, or used to work at, Madison’s Community Pharmacy. The brunch was a retirement party for one of them, who is working on a history of the pharmacy – so the stories I got to overhear were great. Recollections of old blue laws from the 1970s in WI, when condoms could not be displayed, and how the pharmacy started as a workers collective, selling vat-size containers of commercial shampoo and conditioner and toothpaste and toilet paper by the case to the housing co-ops in town, in contrast to the all natural products they sell today. I love going there and buying fancy chocolate and organic hand lotion in the same place.

They ate:

Spinach crêpe gateau – the recipe also from another early Madison institution, the Ovens of Brittany

Roasted potatoes with rosemary & garlic – all kinds of potatoes, white, gold, red Finn, purple, fingerling, sweet – from the indoor farmers’ market

Tossed salad with reduced cider vinaigrette

Cinnamon chip scones and Door County cherry muffins – the muffins had 3 cups of cherries, 2 cups of sugar and a cup of butter for two dozen muffins – not counting the additional couple of TBLS pf butter for the crunchy topping. Buttery goodness – yum.
Spinach gateau Brunch table Brunch table Another view of the whole table Salad with reduced cider vinaigrette Roasted mixed potatoes with rosemary & garlic Platter of out-of-season fruit Cinnamon chip scones Door County Cherry muffins

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