On the Menu: August 30 to September 5

by jbfauthor on August 28, 2009

Here’s what happening at the Beard House next week: Tuesday, September 1 Michael Harlan Turkell: Greenhouse Gallery Michael Harlan Turkell, a once aspiring chef, now freelance photographer and a photo editor of Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan magazines, has been photographing the inner workings of kitchens for his award-winning "Back of the House" project, which documents the lives of chefs in their restaurant world. Wednesday, September 2, 7:00 P.M. Melbourne’s Modern Mediterranean Adrian Richardson’s straightforward philosophy on food—local and seasonal or nothing at all—shines through in his pure and honest cooking at the critically-acclaimed La Luna Bistro in Melbourne. Richardson, one of the most popular chefs Down Under, will prepare a menu of his signature Mediterranean-inspired dishes at this one-of-a-kind Beard House dinner. For details and reservations, visit www.jamesbeard.org/events or call 212.627.2308. (Photo by Krishna Dayanidhi)