ChicaGourmets!
and
Chef-Partner Carrie Nahabedian with
Partner-Sommelier Michael Nahabedian of
NAHA
500 N Clark, Chicago
www.naha-chicago.com
and
Susanna Hoffman, Ph.D.
Author of The Olive and the Caper
welcome you to
Dinner with Carrie & Susanna!
Friday, August 6, 2004
6:00 PM Wine Reception & Book Signing
6:45 PM Dinner
The Olive and the Caper celebrates the Greek kitchen and Greek culture with cuisine, narrative and photographs—every-thing from Chicken Neo-Avgolemeno to fall-off-the-bone Lamb Shanks and Baked White Fish Fillets with Blood Orange. Heed the call to siren-like sweets, world-renowned Baklava and uniquely Greek preserves. Susanna transports readers to Grecian shores with her energetic, intelligent prose and sumptuous, mouth-watering recipes. The Olive and the Caper is peppered with dozens of lively essays on the origins of Greek food, language and customs and contains an opulent sixteen-page full-color section.
Susanna Hoffman is an anthropologist and cook who has lived and worked in Greece on and off for more than thirty years. She appears frequently on television and radio shows, such as Good Morning America, Oprah, Discovery, The Food Network, and many more.
Chef Carrie Nahabedian's impressive resume spans more than 24 years and is peppered with
names like the Ritz-Carlton, Le Perroquet, Le Français, Sinclair's and
the Four Seasons Hotel (Santa Barbara and Beverly Hills).
Chef Carrie's cooking style is a combination of her Armenian roots and the California lifestyle.
About NAHA:
"Best of the Midwest" — GQ
"...the spirits have been smiling on NAHA...dishes sparkle with Mediterranean flavor and flair..." —
Esquire Magazine, Best New Restaurants 2001
Price is $75.00 per person, for members, or $85.00 for non-members, inclusive.
Please make checks payable to ChicaGourmets!
Your check is your reservation and must be received by July 31st, 2004. No refunds after July 31st, 2004.
We urge you to reserve today. Most ChicaGourmets! events sell out before the deadline.
Reserve your place now. Contact ChicaGourmets! at
reservations@chicagourmets.com,
or by mail at
ChicaGourmets!, Mail Boxes Etc. PMB 347, 47 W. Division St, Chicago, IL
Contact ChicaGourmets! Treasurer Maureen O'Brien at (312) 255-3303 with questions or for additional information.
Carrie & Susanna's Menu
Passed Dolmas and Spanakopita
At table, Toasted Pita and Lobster Roe Taramasalata
1ST COURSE
Marinated and Grilled Squid Mediterranean Salad
2003 Skouras Chardonnay
2ND COURSE
Red Mullet Roasted Whole
with Organic Olive Oil Braised Young Fennel
and Potatoes, Eggplant and Capers
2003 Skouras Moschofilero
3RD COURSE
Roast Quail with Black Mission Figs, Wood-Grilled Dandelion Greens and Little Onions
2001 Skouras Grand Cuvée Nemea
4TH COURSE
Olive Oil Ice Cream, Poached Summer Peaches and Plums,
Greek Muscat Syrup, Toasted Pistachios
and Greek Kourambiades Cookies
2001 Muscat, Samos Winery
Tonight's wines are from the region of Nemea in southern Greece, from the wineries of Domaine Skouras and Samos. Ted Diamantis of Diamond Importers, Inc., who generously donated the wines for this event, will talk with us about his selections.