Last week, our own Iron Chef, Jose Garces, hit the James Beard House in New York to cook a dinner in support of his new cookbook, The Latin Road Home. And while we weren’t able to get to the Beard House ourselves, we did get our hands on some pictures taken by Jeff Gurwin who was there to capture all the action.
Tasting menus with beverage pairings are popping up all over the place. They pose as creative outlets for awesome chefs trying to add some pizazz to their routine lives of menu classics. They provide insight into the chef’s mind and palate, and at the same time, create a unique dining experience for the customer enjoying them. It’s tug-o-war, a mini game of cat and mouse, encompassed by a coursed out menu of food and drink, and we’ve all come to love it.
There have been Thai tasting menus, and high-end collaborative tasting menus, but I’ve never seen a tasting menu/beverage pairing come out before 5 p.m. That is, until Sunday, March 3rd, at the James Beard Housein New York, where Pat Szoke will be cooking up a mighty fine brunch, beverage pairings included.
Jeremy Nolen and his crew from Brauhaus Schmitz brought their modern German cuisine to the James Beard House on Saturday for a 6 course Teutonic extravaganza that had the well-heeled Manhattan crowds snuffling up everything from blood sausage and parsnips to cherry strudel and ice wine sabayon. From what we understand, the event itself was amazing, and lucky for us COOK photographer and Friend of Foobooz, Yoni Nimrod, was there to document it all.
Check out some of his snaps after the jump. And if they happen to pique your appetite, don’t forget that Herr Nolen will be hosting a class on modern German cuisine at COOK on Monday, February 18, and tickets are still available.
Cooking at the James Beard House is no small thing. It takes a lot of work (and a lot of money) to put those plates on the table–as chef Jeffrey Power and his crew from Dettera would be the first to tell you. Here’s a quick peek at how it looks from the inside.
The Aikens twins, Tom (who has his own restaurants in London) and Robert (The Dandelion, right here in Philly), are cooking a special one-night-only collaboration dinner tonight at the James Beard House in New York. They’re doing a 6-course meal of poached pigeon consomme with truffles, pan-seared sea scallops with black pudding, brussels sprouts leaves and beef-Guinness jus and other complicated, very English-y stuff. Which basically means that they’re busy. And yet, it appears that they had time to answer questions about a bunch of weird English food terms for Starr TV (Stephen Starr’s Youtube channel).
So if you don’t know your treacle from your bubble and squeak, it’s worth checking out. The most surprising thing? They managed to get through the whole interview without making a single spotted dick joke.
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