On the Menu: October 25 to October 31

by jbfauthor on October 23, 2009

Here’s what happening at the Beard House and around the country next week: Sunday, October 25, 11:00 A.M. Reflections of Maremma Workshop Inspired by a Surrealist sculpture garden in a tiny village in the Maremma region of Tuscany, Gabriella Ganugi and her team of chefs from Florence’s Apicius cooking school designed a dinner menu reflective of this rugged, vibrant coastal part of Italy. This workshop will highlight some of Ganugi’s favorite dishes from that menu. Monday, October 26, 7:00 P.M. New England Catch of the Day The winner of Boston magazine’s “Best Seafood Restaurant” title for four years in a row, Catch is a brilliant showcase for seafood-savvy chef and owner Chris Parsons. A fourth-generation fly fisherman,

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Eat this Word: Deviled Eggs

by Anya Hoffman on October 21, 2009

WHAT? Proustian picnic food. An American adaptation of a dish that has been eaten throughout Europe since Roman times, deviled eggs are beloved throughout the South and Midwest. Named for the fiery seasonings that give the dish its signature kick, the savory snack is the topic of rapturous remembrance on the Southern Foodways website. "Deviled eggs go down with surreptitious ease," waxed Richard A. Brooks on the site, "smooth and creamy, deceptively innocuous with all that hard-boiled whiteness topped by a relatively small dollop of yellow yolk and mysterious, secret flavorings." Though the preparation of the dish is simple—hard-boil eggs, mix the yolks with a creamy dip, season generously, and pipe into the halved egg whites—the relative merits of each family's deviled egg recipe can be endlessly debated. Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip? Dry mustard or French's? Cayenne or paprika? In their 2007 JBF

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Eye Candy: Beard House

by jbfauthor on October 19, 2009

Gabriel Kreuther and his team from the Modern toast to a job well done in the Beard House kitchen. Check out more photos from their Alsatian-themed Oktoberfest, part of the Food Network New York City Wine and Food Festival. (Photo by Philip Gross)

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JBF News: Reserve Your Next Beard House Dinner on OpenTable

by jbfauthor on October 16, 2009

The Beard House has always been one of the dining world's best-kept secrets: with a different chef in the kitchen nearly every night, it's the perfect way to taste the diversity of American cuisine and the talent of its chefs. Although our doors have always been open to the general public, we're continually striving to bring extraordinary culinary experiences to an even broader audience. With this goal in mind, along with the burgeoning trend of online reservations, we're happy to report that we have teamed up with OpenTable to give gastronomes another way to snare a chair at Beard House events. Just visit www.jamesbeard.org/opentable to view events that are open for online booking.

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