A stylish, funny couple with a deep love of food and a beautiful travel memory to fold into their menu, at Straus Home Ranch. We love to work with the Strauses, and are so grateful for the crazy beauty there.

Small Blue Planet did the finely detailed planning, design, and coordination; Luke Keegan took these photos.

Menu:

welcome beverage
blackberry cucumber ginger shrub

passed appetizers
grilled oyster
aji amarillo, straus butter, garlic, chive, chervil, zest

little organic farm potato & winter squash croquette
jimmy nardello romesco

mt. tam, tomato, fig toast
grilled bread, basils, olive oil

stuffed eggs
meyer lemon, herbs & flowers

from the grill
pomegranate glazed chicken thigh, pistachio pistou

lamb kefta, cress, anise hyssop salt

grilled summer squash, jimmy nardello, lemon balm

to accompany
california style kushari of lentil, local organic basmati rice, & chickpeas
sorghum pasta, tomato, parsley and cilantro, preserved lemon, fried leeks

shredded carrot, beet, celery root salad

flatbreads, chermoula & harissa, tumeric yogurt sauce