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We're getting ready for our next foraging dinner this Sunday, already collecting ingredients in preparation for the big day! Pictured here, clockwise from the top... • Garlic Mustard Leaves & Buds • Garlic Mustard Roots • Trout Lily Leaves • Magnolia Buds • Dead Nettles • Stinging Nettles • Ground Ivy • Tansy Leaves • Horsetail (Tsukushi) • Shepherd's Purse • Wild Leeks This event marks one year since we started hosting these unique events, this weekend being our 5th Foraging Tour & Dinner! These dinners are unique opportunities for our guests to work with us sourcing wild indigenous ingredients that are then brought back to the restaurant to be turned into a 9-course menu, enjoyed by the same guests who helped source these ingredients! Check link in bio for tickets for this Sunday, as well as future dates in the summer, fall, and next winter too! #spring #foraging #tastingcounter #tastingmenu #somerville (at Tasting Counter) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwsBYsNACBF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x23ye29gx7lv

We're so proud to announce Chef Peter Ungár's nomination as a semifinalist for the James Beard Awards "Best Chef Northeast"! It's truly an honor to be in such great company... congratulations to ALL the incredible chefs on the list who make it happen every day! @beardfoundation #jbfa #jamesbeardfoundation #tastingcounter #somerville (at Tasting Counter) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuZyxHugnyA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3uniglatknqi

Getting ready for our winter foraging event THIS Sunday, January 27! Hands-on foraging preservation workshop 4-6pm, followed by our 9-course tasting menu, using those ingredients 6-9pm... only 4 seats remaining (link in bio) #winter #foraging #tastingcounter #tastingmenu #somerville (at The Berkshires) https://www.instagram.com/tastingcounter/p/BtEw9ytAoFj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k3dyeinebe52

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This crew rocked 2018... and we're ready to double rock it in 2019!!! #happynewyear #2019 (at Tasting Counter) https://www.instagram.com/tastingcounter/p/BsFLC5dAQiz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rvtgyw3bmy1o

When the cat's away... while our neighbors @aeronautbrewing take their well-deserved rest during this holiday, we're spreading out for our #Thanksgiving #feast... right before our guests arrive so we may serve them theirs! #tastingcounter #tastingmenu #somerville (at Tasting Counter) https://www.instagram.com/tastingcounter/p/BqgHWGbg5um/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2mkrdb5fapv0

Beautiful #mushrooms and #wildplants already collected as we prepare for our #Summer #ForagingDinner tomorrow... let's see what our guests come up with during their #foragingwalk! #wildfood #foraging #tastingcounter #somerville (at Tasting Counter)

Reveling in the abundance of the season... amazing #local #organic berries (gooseberries, red currants, blackcurrants, black raspberries, blueberries)... on the menu now as well as preserving for the cold months #tistheseason #50local #100natural #eatlocal #tastingcounter (at Tasting Counter)

Great little interview @bostonmagazine and had a chance to finally get my hands on a copy... #tastingmenu bestofboston #tastingcounter #soakitin (at Boston Magazine)

Fantastic end-of-season TC team outing @wildacresfarm... making pizzas with just-picked ingredients, enjoying @_hewmun's desserts, decorating our bee hives, and lots of other general revelry... thanks for an amazing spring season! #eatlocal #teambuilding #tastingcounter (at Chester, Massachusetts)

Sake lees marinated squab, braised daikon, red dandelion, fermented cherry sauce, dirty rice crisp (#squab #offal + #sake #lees) #spring2018 #tastingcounter (at Tasting Counter)

Venison loin, pine vinaigrette, turnip horseradish gel, braised cabbage, fermented cherry sauce #winter2017 #tastingcounter (at Tasting Counter)

Rice smoked duck, red miso caramelized eggplant, preserved rhubarb, fermented serrano pepper, black lime, toasted rice sauce, red amaranth #fall2017 #tastingcounter (at Tasting Counter)

It was our radio debut with @thebillycosta on Food Talk today... great to talk about #tastingcounter and #somerville! (at North Shore 104.9FM Radio)

@selectdelavina is popping up TONIGHT (10:30pm-12:30am) @tastingcounter and pouring these gems along with some Brut Nature from @clos_lentiscus_manel. Sample these amazing natural wines along with some dishes... such as #gremolata #dumplings #vinosnaturales #espanã #spain #spanishwine #naturalwine (at Tasting Counter)

Gremolata dumplings, hen of the woods, cultured cream, sea urchin, preserved lemon #fall2017 #tastingcounter (at Tasting Counter)

#rawwine festivities continue TONIGHT, tomorrow night, AND Saturday night (10:30pm-12:30am each night in collaboration with @rawwineworld: http://www.rawwine.com/content/natural-wine-bar)... . . . THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 #vignoblereveille #francecrispeels . . . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 #iclivi #ferdinandozanusso @icliviwine . . . SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 #forlornhope #matthewrorick @mdrorick @forlornhopewines . . . EVERYDAY #vinnaturel #naturalwine #realwine #rawnyc #rawwinenyc #rawwinefair #rawwineweek (at Tasting Counter)

#rawwine festivities continue this entire week @tastingcounter (in collaboration with @rawwineworld: http://www.rawwine.com/content/natural-wine-bar)... . . . THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 #vignoblereveille #francecrispeels @domainelareveille . . . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 #iclivi #ferdinandozanusso @icliviwine . . . SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 #forlornhope #matthewrorick @mdrorick @forlornhopewines . . . EVERYDAY #vinnaturel #naturalwine #realwine #rawnyc #rawwinenyc #rawwinefair #rawwineweek (at Brooklyn, New York)