Merkaba Acres Farm to Table Winter Dinner
This gathering is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with the land that our food comes from. We're featuring a four course menu with food sourced from Merkaba Acres, a regenerative, sustainable agriculture farm founded by Kimiko Uchikura in Bobcaygeon, Ontario. The menu, with offerings created by Renée Mercuri of Chez Renée and Merkaba's kitchen alchemist, showcases nourishment for the winter and eating seasonally, with Merkaba items either preserved in the harvest months by Renée, or saved as storage crops by Merkaba's farm family. Each course will be paired with gentle education and conversation prompts, offering space to take stock of your relationship with food and how it may be evolving.
Throughout the evening, we’ll explore the full journey of how our food came to the plate — from inspiration to soil to seed, to harvest — and the intentional choices to grow food that is aligned with what's best for our bodies, our soul, the animals, the land, our communities, and the earth.
What to Expect:
✨ A thoughtfully paced, multi-course winter meal
Designed around warming root vegetables, preserved foods, regeneratively raised beef, and plant-forward alternatives — served both individually and family-style.
🌱 Land & Food Education woven throughout the evening
From harvest preservation practices to the spiritual process behind deciding which animals to harvest, each course offers insight into the intention behind the food.
🌀 Reflective group questions
Simple, grounding prompts to invite personal awareness and discussion around seasonality, nourishment, habit, and what it means to truly live off and with the land, in harmony.
The Menu:
🌶️ Arrival Appetizer
Roasted tomatillo salsa
Roasted tomato salsa
Oven-baked tortilla chips
🥕 Soup
Carrot & ginger soup (vegan)
Maple–turmeric crema (or vegan alternative)
Parsley chimichurri (vegan)
🫙 Amuse Bouche
Seasonal kimchi tasting flight (house-fermented, all vegan)
🔥 Main
Afghan chapli kabob made with
Merkaba Acres grass-fed, pasture-raised, halal, regeneratively farmed beef
Vegan alternative:
Lentil–rice chapli kabob casserole
Accompaniments:
Charred green onion chimichurri (vegan)
Beet slaw with maple–miso–mustard vinaigrette (vegan)
Pickled summer radishes (has honey)
Quinoa with arugula pesto (vegan)
🍮 Dessert
Baked butternut squash custard
with maple-pecan granola crunch, whipped cream & salted caramel sauce drizzle
Vegan alternative:
Vegan baked squash custard with maple-pecan granola crunch
🍵 Drinks
Merkaba Acres medicinal herbal tea blend (self-serve)
**The meal will be gluten-free, dairy-free where needed, and vegan by request. Unfortunately, on site dietary needs cannot be accommodated.
The Evening Flow:
5:00pm — Arrival & settling in
5:30pm — Opening Circle where Kimiko Uchikura will share the backstory of Merkaba Acres
6:00pm — Dinner Service Begins
8:00pm — Mingling, ordering of farm offerings
9:00pm — Closing
If You Want to Take a Piece of the Land Home:
You’ll have the opportunity to order or purchase:
Merkaba Acres grass-fed, pasture-raised, halal beef: https://form.jotform.com/253144873978472
Chez Renée Maple Pecan Granola & salted caramel sauce
Merkaba Acres preserved goods by Chez Renée
MaMa's Personalized Meal Delivery Sign-up
With Love,
MaMa’s, Merkaba, Chez Renée x Pluto