DESPITE IT BEING THE MIDDLE
OF SEPTEMBER, TRADITION OF
OCTOBERFEST.
MORE THAN 6 MILLION PEOPLE
ATTEND IN GERMANY BUT I'M DON'T
HAVE MY PLANE TICKET.
I'M NOT GOING.
JOINING US HERE, CHEF FISHER
FROM COSMO'S RESTAURANT.
NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
GREAT TO BE HERE, AS ALWAYS.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, JASON.
IT SMELLS GREAT HERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING EASY THAN
PEOPLE CAN DO TO CAPTURE THE
OCTOBERFEST.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
MINNESOTA AND WHAT WE DO HERE,
WE HAVE AN OCTOBERFEST, THE
SPECIAL.
I THINK THAT'S THE STANDARD
THERE.
THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN
OCTOBER ARE ALL FRESH, EXCITING
LOCAL THINGS.
WE HAVE WILD RICE PANCAKES AND
RUFFLES AND WALLEYE.
I WAS IN THE WOODS YESTERDAY
AND GOT ALL KINDS OF MUSHROOMS,
SIX DIFFERENT KINDS.
LOOK AT THE MUSHROOMS.
TELL US WHAT THESE ARE.
YOU WENT OUT IN THE WOODS?
YES.
DID YOU HAVE LIKE A HOG WITH
YOU SNIFFING IT OUT?
I HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD SON AND
HE HAS GREAT EYES AND MY WIFE,
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR.
WE GO OUT THERE, AND THERE'S
MANY.
YOU LIVE IN A PLACE BY THE
WOODS?
YES.
I GO UP SOUTH OF CANADA EVERY
WEEKEND.
DO YOU REALLY?
UP IN COOK SO IT'S A BIT OF
MUSKY FISHING AND FORAGING AND
WALLEYE FISHING AND A BIT OF
EVERYTHING.
WE'RE FLIPPING THE WALLEYE.
OUR DISH TODAY, A MINNESOTA
WALLEYE.
IT WILL HAVE MINNESOTA SWEET
CORN, AND THERE'S A LITTLE
SAUTE OF ONIONS AND CORN AND
TOMATOES, ALL THE STUFF HERE
COMING OUT OF MY GARDEN, SO I
WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT I WAS
GOING TO BE ON YOUR GARDEN
TODAY.
PERFECT.
A GOOD TIME TO BE A
TEMPERATURE.
THIS TIME OF YEAR IS MY
FAVORITE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS OUT IN
THE FOREST.
THIS TIME OF YEAR I THINK
PEOPLE THINK, EVERYTHING IS
PUMPKIN AND THIS IS EVERYTHING
BUT THAT.
RIGHT.
BUT CORN IS IN SEASON, ALL OF
OUR MUSHROOMS ARE IN SEASON,
PRETTY MUCH A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING THAT THE CHEFS DREAM
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND WHO HAS A
SPREAD OF MUSHROOMS LIKE THAT
IN THEIR KITCHEN?
THAT IS ASTONISHING,
BEAUTIFUL.
WE GROW MICROGREENS IN THE
CHEF'S OFFICE AND THE GARDEN.
WE HAVE A GARDEN ON THE ROOF
AT THE HOTEL.
YES.
ALL OF THIS PRODUCT CAME OUT OF
THE GARDEN EXCEPT FOR THE
TRUFFLES AND THE WALLEYE AND
THE MUSHROOMS.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A GORGEOUS HOTEL, AND THE
RESTAURANT, AND COSMO'S.
THE BANQUETS AND OUR PASTRY
CHEF, CHRIS, DOWN THERE AT THE
EN STEFANNY IS WONDERFUL WITH
THAT.
WE HAVE THIS ARRANGE MEANT
OF LOCAL PRODUCTS, ROOFTOP
PRODUCTS, SUPER LOCAL.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
VERY GOOD.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
I'M A LITTLE AFRAID OF THE
MUSHROOMS?
YES.
THEY ARE ALL EDITABLE.
EVERY ONE OF THEM.
I SPENT ABOUT A YEAR WITH MIKE,
THE MUSHROOM FORAGER, IN TOWN
HERE, A GREAT GUY.
