Sunday, September 17, 2006

Riding Mountain Cuisine Tour

Making beautiful pictures is a walk in the park—provided it's fall time and you're in Riding Mountain National Park.

This fence is one of the few in the park. It keeps the resident herd of about 40 bison inside park boundaries. If left to follow their natural instincts, the bison would roam in search of grasses and end up causing big problems for landowners and motorists.

As part of a pre-conference tour for the Cuisine Canada function being held in Winnipeg, a few lucky souls were treated to a four-course meal inside this picnic shelter at Whirlpool Lake in the park. Needless to say, a white tablecloth and bountiful sunflowers can transform even the most humble of surroundings.

Picnic shelters are not wired for electricity so chef assembles the desserts by lantern light.