Pickity Place Revisited

Just a week ago, two family members and I enjoyed our annual ladies luncheon visit to Pickity Place, a charming 1786 little red cottage some distance away in the hills of southern New Hampshire.  Each month features a different fixed menu.  (One's only choice is between a vegetarian and non-vegetarian entree.)  Along with the little cottage, which was used as the model for Elizabeth Orton Jones's illustrations of Little Red Riding Hood (Little Golden Books, 1948), the property features herb gardens, a gift shop, a drying shed for herbs and flowers, a shop featuring seasonal and gardening items, a greenhouse, and a sheep pen along with little paths that one can wander while taking in the picturesque rural setting.

Pickity Place is open daily, year around, except for major holidays.  When calling to make reservations, you can choose between the 11:30, 12:45, or 2:00 seating.  Fixed price at $21.95.  Their web site (pickityplace.com) lists the menu for each month's five-course luncheon that features their herbs and edible flowers along with a choice of tempting beverages:  mulled cider, lavender lemonade, mocha coffee, herbal teas, raspberry orange tea, and hot or cold spice tea.

Water jug refreshed with a peppermint sprig

Hot spiced tea and cold lavender lemonade

(We started with a cheese and fruit dish but finished it before I remembered to take a photo.)

Then:

Potato soup, called Twice Baked Yukon

Salad with citrus, watermelon radish, and featuring a pineapple sage leaf

Rosemary foccacia with a wonderfully seasoned dipping oil

Beef medallions over risotto and burrata with sauteed matchstick zucchini
 and a pea flower.  (The vegetarian choice was Harvest Vegetable Strudel.)

Lemon and blackberry cake with butter cream frosting.

In the Drying Shed

For my first posting about Pickity Place, see "A Visit to Pickity Place," November 12, 2013.  For quick access, go to Topics in the right hand margin and look under Food.