Winter Wine Dinner at Satis Bistro

January 6, 2015 By

SatisSatis Bistro and Cool Vines will be presenting “A WINTER WINE DINNER” Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 7:30pm.

The menu was created by Executive Chef Michael Fiorianti and the event hosts are: Liz Farely, Regional Director, Kermit Lynch Wines; Mark Censits, Proprietor/Owner, Cool Vines LLC; Kelly Gottlieb, New Jersey Sales Manager, IPO Wines. 

The dinner menu and accompanying wines:

Amuse – Fried Oyster, Meyer Lemon Crème Fraîche, Horseradish Beets Sommariva, Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore, Veneto, Italy Amuse

First – Puntarella and Treviso, Pear and Farro, Roasted Carrot Vinaigrette 2013 Domaine Trotereau, Quincy Sauvignon Blanc, Loire, France

Second – Crab and Caramelized Fennel Ravioli, Slow Roasted Tomato Broth, 2012 Clos Sainte Magdeleine, Cassis Blanc, Provence, France

Third Smoked Mangalitsa Pork Sirloin, Fig Braised Kale and Kumquat Chili Marmalade 2013 Riofavara, Eloro Nero D’Avola, Sicily, Italy

Fourth – Grilled Double Cut Lamb Chop, Sicilian Caponata, Pine Nuts and Salsa Verde 2012 Breton, Bourgueil “La Dilettante” Cabernet Franc, Loire, France

Dessert: Artisanal Cheese Plate

The cost of the dinner is $95/person plus tax + gratuity. Reserve at 201-435-5151 or Open Table

Satis Bistro: 212 Washington Avenue, Jersey City, NJ.

Cheers,

Veronique

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11 December 2014 New Year’s Eve at Crystal Springs Resort

New Year’s Eve at Crystal Springs Resort

December 11, 2014 By

callout_nyeWe’re still undecided as to what we’ll be doing to ring in the new year but this is quite the party!

Crystal Springs Resort (1 Wild Turkey Way, Hamburg, NJ) rings in 2015 with New Year’s Eve celebrations and prix fixe dinners featuring an extravagant Biosphere Party.

At the Biosphere Party, guests can dance the night away to the sounds of a live DJ in the spectacular tropical Biosphere (9pm – 1am, $125). Tickets include two hours of passed hors d’oeuvres, open bar and an ice bar serving specialty cocktails. Watch the ball drop on the giant screen and toast the New Year with champagne at midnight.

Crystal Tavern offers a five-course tasting menu from Crystal Spring Executive Chef John Greeley for $190 plus tax and gratuity including a slow-cooked Short Rib and a luxurious surf and turf “Land and Sea” entrée with char-grilled filet mignon and butter-poached Maine lobster with truffle potato gratin. Seatings available at 5pm and 5:30pm. Dinner at Crystal Tavern includes admission to the Biosphere Party. The full menu is below.

Restaurant Latour will serve a nine-course early dinner with seatings from 5pm-6pm. $195, $290 with wine pairing (tax & gratuity additional).

On New Year’s Day, brunch will be served in the Emerald Ballroom from 10:30am – 3pm. $34.95, ages 4 – 11 $18, 3 & under free.

More details in Crystal Springs’ New Year’s Eve celebrations:  http://www.crystalgolfresort.com/dine/holidays/new-years-eve/

Cheers,

Veronique

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27 November 2014 Escape Montclair Charity Dinner Featuring Chef Ian Kapitan

Escape Montclair Charity Dinner Featuring Chef Ian Kapitan

November 27, 2014 By
Chef Bryan Gregg

Chef Bryan Gregg

Escape Chef/Owner, Bryan Gregg, will hold a charity dinner with acclaimed Chef Ian Kapitan Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 7PM.

The five-course dinner will allow diners to bring their own wines and will cost $68 per person with 50% of the proceeds being donated to the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center of NJ. On the menu:

Amuse Bouche
Surprise of Chef Gregg

1st Course
Sea urchin, delicate squash, amaranth – Chef Gregg

2nd Course
Lobster knuckle, smoked Maitake, foie juice – Chef Gregg

3rd Course
Arctic char, cucumber, tomato gelée, rye, dill – Chef Kapitan

4th Course
Pork belly, winter succotash, blue corn, smoked pear – Chef Kapitan

5th Course
Gingerbread, apple crumb, crème fraiche – Chef Gregg

Seating for this event is very limited, please call (973) 744-0712 to reserve.

Cheers,

Veronique

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26 November 2014 12/3 Balvenie Dinner at Chakra‏

12/3 Balvenie Dinner at Chakra‏

November 26, 2014 By

Chakra (144 W. State Route 4, Paramus, NJ) is aiming to take winter chill away with a Balvenie single malt scotch pairing on Wednesday 12/3 at 6:30PM. The Balvenie dinner will feature Balvenie 12, 14, 17 and 21 year old scotch, paired with a menu by Chef Thomas Ciszak. Balvenie Brand Ambassador Jim Patterson will be on hand to discuss the scotches.

Balvenie DoubleWood 12The $95 dinner offers the following menu:

  • Smoked Salmon “Tea Sandwich” paired with Balvenie 12 year DoubleWood.
  • Thick-cut Bacon with Brussels sprouts slaw is accompanied by Balvenie 14 year Caribbean Cask.
  • Peated Cask-Molasses Lacquered Pork Tenderloin with sweet potato, kabocha squash and coffee paired with 17 year Peated Cask.
  • Goat’s Milk Cheesecake with raisins, figs and honey-rosemary ice cream with Balvenie 21 year PortWood.

Reservations can be made by calling 201-556-1530.

Cheers,

Veronique

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22 October 2014 Satis Bistro Cocktail Tasting 10/28

Satis Bistro Cocktail Tasting 10/28

October 22, 2014 By

SatisSatis Bistro is hosting an exclusive cocktail tasting featuring Elba Giron of Erdington brands.

Cost is $45 /pp (plus tax & tip) and includes cocktails tasting with light hors d’oeuvres, meats and cheese. 8 – 10pm.

Featured Brands & Cocktails:

Corpse Reviver

Plymouth gin, Lillet Blanc, Cointreau, lemon juice, Absinthe rinse

Mary Pickford

Brugal rum, pineapple, Maraschino liqueur, grenadine

Blood and Sand

Cutty Sark Prohibition Scotch, cherry Heering, sweet vermouth, splash of orange juice, orange bitters or orange oil

Boulevardier

George Dickel Barrel Select, Campari, sweet vermouth

Contact Satis to reserve: 212 Washington Street ~ Jersey City, NJ 07302. Phone: (201) 435-5151.

Cheers,

Veronique 

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21 October 2014 Jersey Girls Food Tours – 1st Annual Fall Chef Showcase

Jersey Girls Food Tours – 1st Annual Fall Chef Showcase

October 21, 2014 By

JGFT FlyerAlessia Aron and Janis Borroto of Jersey Girls Food Tours are hosting the 1st Annual Fall Chef Showcase on Tuesday, 10/28, from 7PM to 10PM at the Art House Productions space.

Featured restaurants will be:

  • Battello, an eclectic Italian restaurant
  • BROA, Portuguese bistro
  • Cholita Dessert Bar
  • GP’s, an Italian restaurant
  • Left Bank Burger
  • Lighthorse Tavern, New American food
  • Milk Sugar Love ice creams
  • Mod Cup Coffee
  • Orale Mexican Kitchen
  • The Hudson Cakery
  • Urban Foodie Catering, LLC
  • VB3, an Italian restaurant
  • White Star Bar

Beer selections will be provided by New Jersey Beer Co. and wines by Jersey Wine Merchants. Cocktails will be made with Barrows Intense Ginger Liqueur and Don Q rums.

Tickets for the event are $75. Proceeds will benefit The Sharing Place, a Jersey City food pantry.

For additional information or to buy tickets, visit: www.JerseyGirlsFoodTours.com

Cheers,

Veronique

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Chakra’s Emilio Moro Wine Dinner

October 14, 2014 By
Chef Thomas Ciszak

Chef Thomas Ciszak

Chakra Restaurant will welcome Jose Moro of Bodegas Emilio Moro for a rare dinner of highly rated wines from Spain’s Ribera del Duero on Monday October 20 at 6:30pm. The dinner at Chakra will be Jose Moro’s only event in New Jersey and he will be discussing his acclaimed wines and the history of the bodega, which was started by his father Emilio.

The event kicks off with a “Meat & Greet” reception featuring Chakra’s House-cured Mangalitsa Ham, which is cured in the restaurant’s wine room, paired with a  Rosado wine. To follow, Chef Thomas Ciszak has created a four-course menu to pair with four wines made with the region’s signature grape Tinto Fino (aka Tempranillo).

Chakra is at 144 W. State Rte. 4, Paramus. Reception is at 6:30pm and dinner at 7pm.

Meat & Greet Reception

House-Cured Mangalitsa Ham

Rosado, Emilio Moro Hito 2013, Ribera del Duero

First Course

Charred Octopus, boudin noir ravioli

Tinto Fino, Emilio Moro Finca Resalso 2013, Ribera del Duero

Second Course

Berkshire Pork Belly, mustard jus, sweet potato gnocchi

Tinto Fino, Emilio Moro 2011, Ribera del Duero

Third Course

Cote de Boeuf, red beet quinoa, kabocha squash

Tinto Fino, Emilio Moro Malleolus 2010, Ribera del Duero

Fourth Course

Taleggio Flatbread, pears, foie gras, red shallot confit

Tinto Fino, Emilio Moro Malleolus de Valderramiro 2009, Ribera del Duero

$96 (tax & gratuity additional). Reservations can be made by calling 201-556-1530.

Cheers,

Veronique

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8 October 2014 SOLD OUT Vincent Price Cookbook Dinner at James Beard House

SOLD OUT Vincent Price Cookbook Dinner at James Beard House

October 8, 2014 By
Francesco Palmieri

Francesco Palmieri

Chef Francesco Palmieri of The Orange Squirrel in Bloomfield, NJ will hosts his yearly Vincent Price Cookbook dinner at James Beard House on 10/30 at 7PM. The event sold out in just a couple days!

Once again, Chef Palmieri will cook dishes based on the Vincent & Mary Price’s 1965 cookbook, A Treasury of Great Recipes.

After learning of Chef Palmieri’s prior dinners in her father’s honor, Victoria Price, will be joining this year’s dinner for the first time to discuss her famous father’s passion for food and film.  

 

Chef Palmieri will recreate six legendary dishes that will be paired with the NEW Vincent Price Signature Collection wines which will make their New York City debut at the dinner. 

Some menu items will include (see full menu here):

Small Bites

Duck Liver Mousse / Apple / Crispy Shallots (Lüchow’s, NYC, p. 244)

Steak Tartare / Brioche / Quail Egg (Lüchow’s, NYC, p. 245)

Pasta Course

Spinach Lasagna / Béchamel / Crispy Tomato (The Royal Danieli, Italy, p. 106) 

Fish Course

Stuffed Trout / Truffled Shrimp Filled Mushroom Cap / Lemon Supreme (Fernand Point, Pyramide, Paris, France, p. 32)

Meat Course

Fillets of Lamb / Onion Sauce / Crispy Baby Artichoke (Tour d’Argent, Paris, France, p.69) 

Dessert I

Pot de Crème Chocolat / Brandy Snaps (Vincent & Mary Price, specialty of the house, p. 407)

Vincent Price Wines

Vincent Price Wines

The wines are being released in conjunction with the celebration of the 50th anniversary edition of the cookbook in 2015.  In addition, a specially brewed beer in the style Vincent Price enjoyed will be served at dinner created by Brewer Adam Young of Brooklyn Brewery.

Cost for the dinner is $130 for James Beard Foundation members and $170 for the general public. For additional details about the event: http://www.jamesbeard.org/events/vincent-price-legendary-gourmet

Cheers,

Veronique

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30 September 2014 Create Your Ultimate Pie Contest at Millie’s Old World

Create Your Ultimate Pie Contest at Millie’s Old World

September 30, 2014 By
Millie's Pie

Sausage, ricotta and basil pie at Millie’s

In celebration of October being National Pizza Month, the Millie’s Old World Meatballs & Pizza team is extending its loyal customers a chance to create the Ultimate Pie!

Interested participants can access the entry form on the Millie’s Old World Facebook page to select which ingredients will be included on their pies and if their entries will be wood or coal fired. Entries will be accepted until 12PM EST on October 13.

Pizza submissions will be made, tested and tasted by Chef Peter Martinez of Millie’s to determine the top four finalists.

At 6:30PM on October 15, the four finalists’ entries will go head-to-head in a competition judged by two of the state’s top food journalists: Eric Levin, Senior Editor, New Jersey Monthly and Teresa Politano, restaurant critic, The Star-Ledger/Inside Jersey magazine.

The winning pizza creator will have his/her pie added to the Millie’s specials menu and will win a private pizza making class for 6.

Good luck!

Veronique

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26 September 2014 MACHE Begins Cooking Series

MACHE Begins Cooking Series

September 26, 2014 By
Anthony Bracco & Bryan Gregg

Anthony Bracco & Bryan Gregg Photo credit: Melody Kettle

Chef Bryan Gregg, Chef/Owner of Montclair’s popular Escape and farmer extraordinaire, Anthony Bracco of Bracco Farms were the first guests to kick off a series of cooking demos/classes at Montclair High School in collaboration with Montclair Academy of Culinary & Hospitality Excellence (MACHE). Fitting Chef Gregg and Mr. Bracco, the theme of the seminar was “Cooking CSA Style”.

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup Photo credit: Melody Kettle

Nearly fifty students of Montclair High School attended the seminar and Chef Gregg and Mr. Bracco, explained why locally-sourced produce is so popular with chefs these days and how consumers can avail themselves of such products. Attendees were treated by a butternut squash soup prepared by Chef Gregg.

The “Cooking CSA Style” seminar was deemed a success by Pam Wright, MACHE faculty advisor and teacher at Montclair High School, and by Melody Kettle, founder of the Montclair Food & Wine Festival and students can look forward to monthly presentations.

Cheers,

Veronique

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