Recipe: Champagne-Poached Prawns with Spicy Cucumber Salad and Green Curry–Coconut Sauce

Asian food lovers will find plenty to love about this vibrant dish from Mark Franz of San Francisco's Farallon: there's elegant lemongrass, sweet coconut milk, and fiery red chile paste, plus a fistful of fresh herbs. But our favorite touch is the unexpected addition of Champagne, which Franz enlists as a poaching liquid for prawns.

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On the Menu: April 25 through May 1

Here’s what’s happening at the Beard House next week: Monday, April 26, 7:00 P.M. Sustainable Seafood Feast At the intimate Copper Beech Inn, acclaimed executive chef Tyler Anderson finds inspiration in the Connecticut River Valley, creating New England–inflected modern American dishes. An alum of Vermont’s Equinox and Colorado’s RockResorts, Anderson has designed a magnificent menu for this feast, pairing pristine local produce with the finest sustainable seafood. Tuesday, April 27, 7:00 P.M. Le Cirque Spectacular Though the recent multimillion-dollar reopening of Le Cirque marked a new era in the storied restaurant’s 30-

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Eye Candy: Seasons of Québec

Cranberry granité For an interlude between braised veal cheeks and goat cheese crème brûlée, Judith Laflamme served a crisp intermezzo of tea–infused cranberry granité doused with Champagne. Take a look at more photos of the chef's contemporary Québécois dinner. (Photo by Tom Kirkman)

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