La Tourelle Resort and Spa – Tue. Oct. 25

Dinner #1 4th Annual Chef’s Night Out Ithaca NY

Soup: Roasted local tomato bisque with Lively Run Goat Cheese. Andrew Noyes from Northstar. Wine Pairing: 2008 Chateau Lafayette Reneau, “Proprietor’s Reserve”, Chardonnay

Appetizer: Shiitake mushroom tamales with roasted tomatillo sauce, cumin corn relish, pumpkin seeds and fresh cheese. Jen Irwin & Stan Walton from Just a Taste. Wine Pairing: 2009 Shalestone, Pinot Noir

Entree #1: Highpoint Farms grass fed, braised beef shanks with red wine reduction, wasabi mash and pomegranate balsamic. Vegetarian Option: Braised wild mushrooms with red wine reduction and wasabi mash. Kristian Woodall & Dominique Wrisley from Carriage House Cafe. Wine Pairing: 2007 Bloomer Creek,”Vintners Select”, Cabernet Franc

Entree #2: Duck two ways-Seared duck breast and confit duck legs, served with savory corn pudding and brussel sprouts, finished with a Cassis sauce. Vegetarian Option: Roasted zucchini summer squash sauteed spinach portobella goat cheese between fried eggplant finished with a pomodoro sauce.  Rich Avery & Dean Zervos from Simeon’s. Wine Pairing: 2008 Red Tail Ridge, “Martini Family Vineyard”, Lemberger

Dessert: Ports of NY port poached Seckel pear stuffed with Roquefort cheese, served with raspberry sorbet and a ginger spiked lace tuille cookie.  Leslie Muhlhahn from Just Desserts. Wine Pairing: 2008 Standing Stone, Gewurztraminer Ice

Make a group reservation to take advantage of a special opportunity to join with your friends, coworkers or business partners to give a little more for a great cause:  With a group donation of $750, you’ll receive 8 tickets, a reserved table & 2 bottles of wine for your table (in addition to the wines served with the meal)!

Individual tickets are $75 for each dinner. Series tickets (for all three dinners) are $195. Tickets are available for purchase online at: www.strenght.org/ithaca

Tue. Oct. 11, 5:30-9pm – The Hayloft at The Carriage House

Tue. Oct. 25, 5:30-9pm – La Tourelle Resort and Spa

Tue. Nov. 8, 5:30-9pm – Celebrations

Each meal (beginning with a cash bar cocktail hour from 5:30–6:30) will be a 5-course delight created by a team of 5 local chefs – each preparing one of the courses. The chef teams will be different at each location and the menus promise to be very special.

The Hayloft at The Carriage House  menu just revealed!!

Soup: Roasted local tomato bisque with Lively Run Goat Cheese. Andrew Noyes from Northstar

Appetizer: Shiitake mushroom tamales with roasted tomatillo sauce, cumin corn relish, pumpkin seeds and fresh cheese. Jen Irwin & Stan Walton from Just a Taste

Entree #1: Highpoint Farms grass fed, braised beef shanks with red wine reduction, wasabi mash and pomegranate balsamic. Vegetarian Option: Braised wild mushrooms with red wine reduction and wasabi mash. Kristian Woodall & Dominique Wrisley from Carriage House Cafe

Entree #2: Duck two ways-Seared duck breast and confit duck legs, served with savory corn pudding and brussel sprouts, finished with a Cassis sauce. Vegetarian Option: Roasted zucchini summer squash sauteed spinach portobella goat cheese between fried eggplant finished with a pomodoro sauce.  Rich Avery & Dean Zervos from Simeon’s

Dessert: Ports of NY port poached Seckel pear stuffed with Roquefort cheese, served with raspberry sorbet and a ginger spiked lace tuille cookie.  Leslie Muhlhahn from Just Desserts

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Make a group reservation to take advantage of a special opportunity to join with your friends, coworkers or business partners to give a little more for a great cause:  With a group donation of $750, you’ll receive 8 tickets, a reserved table & 2 bottles of wine for your table (in addition to the wines served with the meal)!

Individual tickets are $75 for each dinner.

Series tickets (for all three dinners) are $195.

Tickets are available for purchase online at: www.strenght.org/ithaca

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La Tourelle Resort and Spa – Tue. Oct. 25, 5:30-9pm (5:30-6:30 Cocktails available for purchase)

Karen Gilman & Dano Hutnik from Dano’s Heuriger on Seneca
Lindsay Freeman & Jen Ungberg from Crystal Lake Café at Americana Vineyard

Angelina Tagliavento from Simply Red Bistro at La Tourelle Resort and Spa

Carol Kanfoush from Maxie’s Supper Club

Lindsey Pou from Madeline’s

Celebrations – Tue. Nov. 8, 5:30-9pm – (5:30-6:30 Cocktails available for purchase)

Seth Gregory from Fine Line Bistro

Tony Jordan from Taverna Banfi’’s

Jim Durkee from Cayuga Medical Center

McKinzie Klein from Celebrations

Sam Buyskes from Simply Red Bistro

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The money raised from ticket sales supports Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Cooking Matters program (formerly Operation Frontline), which has been operating in our area for 11 years in partnership with Share Our Strength, one of the county’s leading national organizations helping to fight childhood hunger.

Cooking Matters utilizes the talents of local restaurant chefs and nutrition educators from Cornell Cooperative Extension to teach food preparation and nutrition to low-income families. Each six-week class series teaches the skills necessary to prepare and eat healthier meals on a limited budget. Every class ends with a hands-on experience, preparing the meal highlighted in that day’s session, and participants leave with ingredients and encouragement to try their own variation at home.

For more info contact Jerry Dietz; 6072776961 or jerry@cspmanagement.com

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: 2012 Taste of the Nation is Tuesday June 19th!!