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| Welcome to the New Doe Bay Newsletter |
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| This issue is dedicated to FOOD at Doe Bay! In this Issue…
Dear Friends of Doe Bay, This month's newsletter is about food. We are blessed with the Doe Bay Organic Garden that produces fabulous vegetables. We then transport that produce approximately 200 yards to the Doe Bay Café. That is where our culinary team takes over. The garden is the starting point and then come the magicians that make our fresh wholesome food into gourmet meals. Before I get to that, I have a favor to ask of you. As you may know, we avoid traditional advertising and have tried to grow "organically". That is difficult, but we believe it will ultimately be more satisfying. There are a few things that you can do to help.
Thank you and enjoy the rest of the newsletter.
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Savor the San Juans at Doe Bay |
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Book now through Oct 31st online for a stay through December and
enter code DBWTH08 for a 25% discount on weekend stays and receive
a 33% discount on midweek stays! (Discount does not apply to events
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The Doe Bay Organic Garden |
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The Doe Bay Organic Garden is a work in progress. Located on the site of what was once considered one of the finest organic gardens in the State, we began re-building it about 4 years ago. Many of our Doe Bay friends worked on the garden but for two full years, two full seasons, it was Katie’s garden. The picture at left above shows Katie giving a garden tour to some of our friends from the Fairhaven College Reunion, Class of 1972 (of course, nobody really graduated from Fairhaven in the 70’s so it was more a reunion of people who were generally around at that time.) On the right is Katie who left Doe Bay after the 2007 season. The Garden Grows After the first full season
of production, the garden more than doubled in size and in produce
actually produced. We have now introduced two new programs for people
who would like to work and learn in the garden while they are at
Doe Bay. Doe Bay is pleased to be the newest WWOOF host site. We will be welcoming volunteers under the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms USA program. Our guest volunteers will stay at Doe Bay from three weeks to three months, receiving room and board in return for work performed on our gardens and grounds. In some cases, we hope to allow WWOOF volunteers to experience
the full circle of our Seed to Plate program by working in the Café
serving the food which they helped grow. For more information, see
the WWOOF site at WWOOF
USA Web Site and/or write to me – Joe@DoeBay.com. The Community Service Learning Program Doe Bay recently hosted it’s first group under the new CSLP program. Under this program groups of 5 to 15 people come to Doe Bay to live learn and work together. This is available to experienced gardeners or any group who wants to learn about organic gardens in one of the most beautiful place in the world. Doe Bay Resort and Retreat offers these groups free or deeply discounted accommodations as well as access to all the amenities of Doe Bay. On the weekend of September 12, 13 and 14, a dozen students from
Shoreline Community College arrived and went to work in the Doe
Bay Organic garden. It was judged by all to be a tremendous success.
Please see the Facebook Doe Bay Resort's Service-Learning Program
Group for more information. If you have a group interested in participating
in this unique program, please write an e-mail to me: Joe@DoeBay.com.
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The Chefs |
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The food is so good at the Doe Bay café because Doe Bay is a place that can attract chefs who would be in the first circle of their profession in Seattle, New York or anywhere. We have walked down many roads developing the café and we thank and honor everyone who has cooked in our kitchen. From our neighbor and friend Raenya and the Island Girls who showed us what the café might be back in the Winter of 2004 to John Berry and Rosedanie Cadet and Marissa Kanters, there have been many great meals served at Doe Bay.
2008 was a watershed year for the
Doe Bay Café.
Janay Destello Janay grew up helping her Norwegian mother cook amazing meals. Her mother taught her that good food comes from love, and love can sometimes come from good food and she also shared a couple recipes! Her mother visited Doe Bay this year and tasted her own recipe for Halibut which was a staple on the menu at the DB Café. Chef Janay graduated with honors from South Seattle Community College's renowned Culinary Arts program. She is nationally accredited with the American Culinary Federation, ServSafe certified and a trained nutritionist. So, whether you're in the mood for some haute cuisine with complex characteristics, or a down-home meal like mom used to make, Janay delivers! We mean that literally. If you are craving another of Janay’s meals, she will be catering this Fall in the Seattle area. www.hautefoodie.com Janay has worked in some of Washington's best restaurants including Cafe Flora, Carmelita, Endolyne Joe's and at the Doe Bay Café here on Orcas Island. In her spare time, Janay loves eating great food (honestly), traveling abroad and tasting the foods of the world with her partner of over 6 years, Rebecca. She also loves walking her pug/poodle mix dog, Bella, through Washington's beautiful outdoors and foraging for the delicious foods that Mother Nature has provided us.
Ande Janousek She has the distinct honor of having taught and mentored the two other chefs featured in this newsletter. My personal story about Ande: I don’t like pie and don’t like rhubarb, so what better way to test this chef who is a world class baker as well? I ordered rhubarb pie. You know the end of the story. I am seriously considering giving up chocolate.
Abigael Birrell will be back at Doe Bay leading our kitchen on November 1st. She is currently cooking her way around the San Juan Islands on a vessel. We look forward to welcoming her back to land! Please coe and see us this Fall or Winter and enjoy one of Abigael’s gourmet meals. |
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Up and Coming Things You Want to Know About |
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Halloween!
Speaking of off season, Halloween at Doe Bay is always an event. It is on a Friday night this year so we will turn it in to a weekend celebration!!! Garlic FestivalThe 3rd Annual Garlic Festival will be held on November 15. $50/person
gets you the chance to indulge in considerable decadence with a
mélange of heirloom and unique garlic-based and inspired
meals. Add $20 for a paired wine flight. Embrace the Stinking Root
with a roomful of like-minded fans. A portion of tonight’s
proceeds will go to support the island’s Farm-to-Cafeteria
program, helping to put local food in local schools. ThanksgivingAn Island Thanksgiving $150 meal package and a 4-night stay gets you a 25% discount on lodging. Arrive on November 26 to welcoming tapas, enjoy two more days of brunches in the café, mix in a Thanksgiving dinner. Add family. Mix well. Enjoy old and new friends. Return to a more thankful existence on November 30.
New Year’s Eve – Sandman ReturnsNew Year’s at Doe Bay $100 party package and a 4-night stay will get you a 25% discount on lodging. The festivities include sumptuous and substantial New Year’s Eve appetizers, continues with the musical performance of the unique Chris Sand (Sandman, the Rappin Cowboy), peaks with a midnight toast, and sends you to sleep with a Midnight Dessert Buffet. In the morning, start your 2009 with a lazy brunch. Stay for three more days to get a jump on resolutions, relaxation, and rejuvenation. Go home and make the world better. Christmas at Doe BayWe are designing our Christmas Holiday package now. Doe Bay is
the ideal place to celebrate the season, away from all the holiday
hustle. If you want a mellow holiday or wish to celebrate “not
celebrating” Christmas, Doe Bay may be right for you, your
family and friends. Please call us if you are interested in bringing
a group up during the Christmas break and we may design our plan
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Missing Cat and Other Mysteries |
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This is our second attempt to find our cat and we are getting desperate, so we are doubling the size of the reward! If you have been coming to Doe Bay for over 30 years, like I have, you remember the Lion. Do you have a photo of the lion? It would really help! It “disappeared” some years ago and I have been waiting by the phone for a ransom demand. The FBI tells me the chances of it still being alive are now remote. So now, I reach out to all of you to help us figure out how to
replace it. Are you a carver or sculptor or do you know someone
who is? If so, write to me with your ideas. A Final MysteryWhat is the connection? Three seemingly unrelated photos:
On the left, a couple drinking lattes at the Doe Bay café;
enjoying the free wireless. He seems to be doing very little; one
could assume that he is taking a break; but from what? She on the
other hand, seems busy. Is she writing a book? In the middle we
see a gravestone, hidden in plain view in Seattle. An Italian died
at Fort Lawton? Is the year really 1944? Finally on the right, that
same gentleman, taking another break while his co-worker completes
work on the new compost bin system next to the Doe Bay Organic Garden.
Who are they? How are they connected? If you know, write me an e-mail:
Joe@DoeBay.com. |
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Doe Bay Resort and Retreat is a unique alternative to the traditional destination resort. On over thirty-three acres of pristine waterfront property, we have a variety of accommodations in a rustic, down-to-earth environment.
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