Name: The Wilder Kitchen
Address: Asheville, NC, US
Telephone: (828) 555-0113

Week of 12 August

Written Tuesday 11 August, after the morning delivery

First
Chilled cucumber, buttermilk, dill oil
Cucumbers from the Tuesday box. Buttermilk from Sanders Ridge.
Adaptation: Vegetarian and vegan versions of this course exist
Second
Grilled okra, tomato broth, benne
The okra is the reason this week's menu looks like this.
Adaptation: Vegetarian and vegan versions of this course exist
Third
Pork shoulder, corn, summer beans
Shoulder from a whole pig we take every three weeks.
Adaptation: A vegetarian version of this course exists
Fourth
Peach, brown sugar, sour cream ice
Second week of peaches. Probably the last.
Adaptation: Vegetarian and vegan versions of this course exist

What we can and cannot do

Written in the kitchen’s own words rather than softened. The honest version is more use to you than a reassuring one.

Tell us when you book, not when you arrive: The menu is written on Tuesday and shopped for on Wednesday morning. A restriction we hear about on Tuesday is usually straightforward. The same restriction at 6pm on Saturday means we are cooking something for you that we did not buy for.
There is a vegetarian version every week: It is written at the same time as the main menu, not adapted from it, and it is four courses. Ask for it when you book.
Some weeks we cannot do it: If a week's menu is built around one thing and that thing is what you cannot eat, we will say so and offer you a different week rather than serve you a plate we are not proud of. This happens perhaps once a month and we would rather it happened on the phone.
Allergies are a conversation, not a checkbox: Nadia calls back on anything serious. It is a thirty-two seat room with one kitchen and we will be honest with you about what that means for cross-contact.

Pairings and price

Week of 5 August
Tomato and bread · Squash blossom · Chicken, corn, chanterelle · Blackberry
Week of 29 July
Melon and cured pork · Eggplant, sesame · Trout, cucumber, buttermilk · Peach, first of them
Week of 22 July
Cold beet, yoghurt · Beans, brown butter · Pork, apricot · Cherry, almond
Week of 15 July
Zucchini, mint · Sweet corn custard · Chicken, tomato · Buttermilk pie
Week of 8 July
Lettuces, herbs, egg · Grilled onion, walnut · Lamb, cucumber · Strawberry, last of them
Week of 1 July
Radish and butter · Snap pea, mint · Trout, brown butter, potato · Sour cherry