Tonight - spent the night with friends, drinking champagne, and dining on some amazing delicacies!
Two kinds. Israels. And America Sturgeon.
Very tasty!
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Le Dinner - a night of white, friends and 7 courses of food
It is not longer Friday evening.
But the memories of a great night last Friday with friends Sharon, Karie and Jim linger on.
We were a part of San Francisco's first "Le Blanc" diner - or "le diner." It is a "pop up" dinner in white.
Fashioned after the "le blanc" dinner in France, 750 were among 10,000 people who applied online to be invited to the event. If you were lucky enough to hear about the dinner, and were accepted as one of the first applicants, you were given these instructions:
1. Check your email at Friday, 4:00 pm.
2. Show up at the designated place, in white, with white. Tables would be provided. But you had to bring food, chairs and settings for your and your guest.
3. Set up began at 5:30. Dinner began at 7:30, with 750 of your new friends all waving white napkins in the air.
We were lucky enough to get in. And it was a wonderful evening!
I volunteered to be the chef for the evening. In my kitchen, this would have been doable. But I took on the challenge to do this tableside, without heat. Our 7 course meal included:
WeI prepped and served out of a small suitcase behind my chair. And I have to say - it all tasted pretty good!
If you want to see the television coverage - you can watch here:
Diners Gather For Pop-Up Picnic At Golden Gate Park
And here are a few pictures....
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But the memories of a great night last Friday with friends Sharon, Karie and Jim linger on.
We were a part of San Francisco's first "Le Blanc" diner - or "le diner." It is a "pop up" dinner in white.
Fashioned after the "le blanc" dinner in France, 750 were among 10,000 people who applied online to be invited to the event. If you were lucky enough to hear about the dinner, and were accepted as one of the first applicants, you were given these instructions:
1. Check your email at Friday, 4:00 pm.
2. Show up at the designated place, in white, with white. Tables would be provided. But you had to bring food, chairs and settings for your and your guest.
3. Set up began at 5:30. Dinner began at 7:30, with 750 of your new friends all waving white napkins in the air.
We were lucky enough to get in. And it was a wonderful evening!
I volunteered to be the chef for the evening. In my kitchen, this would have been doable. But I took on the challenge to do this tableside, without heat. Our 7 course meal included:
Champagne, Russian and Israeli caviar with accoutrements
Sausage-Stuffed Mushrooms
Purple Potato Vichyssoise with Roasted Garlic, served in seasonal pumpkins
Pan Seared Beef Carpaccio with sweet potato chips, fried capers and lemon Aioli
Arugula Endive Salad, with Ajou pears, Rogue Blue Cheese and prosciutto
Rosemary Port Braised Lamb Shanks with Mascarone Polenta
Chocolate Orange Crème Brulee
WeI prepped and served out of a small suitcase behind my chair. And I have to say - it all tasted pretty good!
If you want to see the television coverage - you can watch here:
Diners Gather For Pop-Up Picnic At Golden Gate Park
And here are a few pictures....
Who is joining us next year?
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Octoberfest - Kansas Style
This weekend, I am retracing roots. I have traveled back to Kansas for the semi-annual Von Feldt cousins reunion. At least 30 or 40 people with the last names of Von Feldt, Dreiling, Sander and "married to" names will assemble in Victoria, Kansas, my home town, for horse shoes, "disks" german polka dancing and more than a few sips of alcohol.
I came a day early to spend a little afternoon time at the Ft. Hays State Octoberfest. It is big for a festival in the Midwest. A chance for many school organizations to fund raise as well as a chance to party before the big homecoming day, the festival really is a testament to life and culture around here in Hays.
For me - I came for the people watching - and of course the food. This is the only place I get what we call "real German food." Of course, it really isn't exactly German. It is a version of food carried over from the old country - and augmented by local abundance of certain products during long hard winters 100 years ago. The traditions continue.
Here is a typical menu at one of the booths, run by one of the senior organizations supporting veterans that have died.
These are all of the favorites, including "beans and noodles" (hamhock cooked white beans served over the top of fried noodles), Galuski (many names for this - but basically a cabbage wrapped meatball), Kucken (cake pastry with a berry topping) and hearts - the cookie kind. For $8 - you could get a plate full of a sampling of everything - enough food to feed 2 or 3.
I wanted to share a few more photos that I found a little interesting.
We had to try some bull fries. If you can see the German here, the slogans read (in Kansas German) "Not just the best, it's nuts!" and "These nuts taste great!" You can guess what they are. And fried in flour with horseradish sauce, they aren't so bad.
A lot of the school clubs had booths. I found the Finance Club quite industrious. After all, who would not want turkey legs and shot glasses? Whiskey is a big thing out here. I am glad Ft. Hays is training future accountants!
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I came a day early to spend a little afternoon time at the Ft. Hays State Octoberfest. It is big for a festival in the Midwest. A chance for many school organizations to fund raise as well as a chance to party before the big homecoming day, the festival really is a testament to life and culture around here in Hays.
For me - I came for the people watching - and of course the food. This is the only place I get what we call "real German food." Of course, it really isn't exactly German. It is a version of food carried over from the old country - and augmented by local abundance of certain products during long hard winters 100 years ago. The traditions continue.
Here is a typical menu at one of the booths, run by one of the senior organizations supporting veterans that have died.
These are all of the favorites, including "beans and noodles" (hamhock cooked white beans served over the top of fried noodles), Galuski (many names for this - but basically a cabbage wrapped meatball), Kucken (cake pastry with a berry topping) and hearts - the cookie kind. For $8 - you could get a plate full of a sampling of everything - enough food to feed 2 or 3.
I wanted to share a few more photos that I found a little interesting.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
Chilling at Yoshi's in San Francisco
A great way to start the weekend - at Yoshi's in San Francisco.
One of my favorite acoustic guitar players, Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra was playing.
I grabbed a friend I hadn't seen in ages. We drank beer at a Peruvian bar, had modern sushi at Yoshi's and then enjoyed the 10:00 show.
Great music! Great San Francisco evening!
Description of Ottmar Liebert: "…subdued flamenco guitar and South American percussion, rock, jazz, and pop influences, German guitarist Ottmar Liebert's "attitude" actually suppresses the more challenging and "dangerous" aspects of flamenco in favor of the romantic and the stylish. His feel for the music's innate sensuality and a gift for creating memorable melodies helped to bring flamenco to the mainstream…"
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