Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 12:26 PM
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 12:26 PM
As Washington played host to a foodie-all-star weekend with Saturday Night Sips and Sunday Night Suppers, DC-based charities Martha’s Table and DC Central Kitchen raised almost $150,000 from the sold out events.
Co-hosted by Alice Waters, Joan Nathan and Jose Andres, Saturday Night Sips featured custom cocktails, Italian wines and tastes from some of DC’s hottest chefs. Sunday Night Suppers brought chefs from around the world to 14 area homes where guests – from Sonia Sotomayor, Wolf Blitzer and Bob Woodward – enjoyed specially crafted menus based on locally sourced and sustainable ingredients.
Chefs and tastes from Saturday’s event included:
Mixologists at Saturday’s event included:
(For a full list of the mixologists’ libations, visit http://www.socialepicurean.com/2011/01/dc-mixologists-shaking-things-up-for-saturday-nights-sips)
Chefs from Sunday Suppers included:
Each menu was tailored for guests and incorporated locally sourced, sustainable ingredients. Below is one of the 14 menus, this one created by Ariane Daguin and Chef Bertrand Chemel (local rising star at 2941):
A SELECTION OF CANAPES:
Goat cheese gougère, torrone
Nantucket bay scallop ceviche, spicy coconut
Gascon Sushi foie gras
Smoked duck breast and pear
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NEW ZEALAND ABALONE TATAKI
Beurre d’Echire, apple cider vinegar, Granny Smith apple
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HAND ROLLED GARGANELLE
Black truffle, puits d’Astier cheese
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FOIE GRAS DUO
En terrine, quince confit, nasturtium leave
Pan seared, pomegranate jus, crispy duck, condense milk brioche
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ATLANTIC TURBOT
parsnip purée, kale, crispy berkshire pork belly
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WILD SCOTTISH PARTRIDGE
Sun choke, black trumpet mushroom, watermelon radish
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CHOCOLATE PASSION
Caraibe chocolate mousse, coconut biscuit, mango-banana sorbet
Thank you to all participants who helped make this event successful. We couldn’t have done it without the generous donation from the follwoing:
Time from the planning commitee
The doanted food, wine and alcohol from the purveyors
The homes of the hosts
To the vision of the chefs
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