Thank You to our guests who attended Elements!
Below is a full menu from the evening's event:
COCKTAILS
Carrot Ginger Caviar paired with Chilled Lemon and Honey Belvedere Soup
Pineapple Glass with Bacon paired with Rye + Bourbon Old-Fashioned
Caramel Popcorn Liquefied paired with Solid Tommys Margarita
“Peanut Butter & Jelly” with Granny Smith Plymouth Sour and Sauternes Foam
Marc Spooner, Chef d’ Cuisine: Great Performances
Ben Hehir, Vice President and Drink Director
: Bamboo London
DINNER
“Deconstructed Caprese”
Shot Glass of Mozzarella Layer, Tomato Pulp, and Tomato Consommé
with Gelatin and Basil Foam
Simone Bonelli, Executive Chef: Per Bacco Restaurant
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“Health Conscious Chicken Kiev”
with Quinoa, Russian Caviar, Citrus Consommé, Rye Berries,
and a Mélange of Winter Vegetables
Certified Master Chef Jack Shoop
“Cold Smoker”
An Ice Sculpture that Produces a Cold Smoke Chamber with Cured Yellowtail on Top
As seen on “Iron Chef”
Jamison Blankenship, Chef de Cuisine
: Morimoto NYC
DESSERT & DRINKS
Hollowed Out Egg with White Chocolate Truffle, Mango, and Passion Fruit Sphere
on Top of a Compressed Cookie
Vincent Pantoliano, Pastry Chef: Meat Market
Coffee-Infused Chocolate Tortina with Malt Crème Anglaise
featuring Stumptown Hair Bender Blend and Sixpoint Righteous Rye
Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo, Chefs and Co-Owners : Frankies Spuntino, Prime Meats, and Café Pedlar
Shane C. Welch, Owner and Brewmaster: Six Point Craft Ales
Duane Sorenson, Owner and Founder: Stumptown Coffee
WINE EXPERIMENTS & TASTINGS
David Lecomte, Winemaker
: City Winery
ELEMENTS was created to introduce Cooking: the Exhibition – an exploration of the everyday science experiment that defines our cultures, our bodies, and our planet. This ground-breaking exhibition will open at Liberty Science Center in June of 2011 and begin touring the country in 2012. Proceeds from ELEMENTS will support The Sylvia Center, a nonprofit organization inspiring children to eat well through hands-on experience in the garden and in the kitchen.
Co-sponsor Edible Manhattan is a bi-monthly publication dedicated to the best of NYC’s food culture. To learn more about Edible Manhattan, visit www.ediblemanhattan.com.
