ChicaGourmets!
CHIC Farmers Market
and
The Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago
361 West Chestnut at Orleans, Chicago
invite you to
The First in a Series
of Monthly International Brunches
Sunday, August 15, 2004
11:30 AM
ChicaGourmets! is delighted to be collaborating with our friends at CHIC Farmers Market and with CHIC for this exciting new series of International Sunday Brunches featuring outstanding guest chefs, wine importers, cheese makers, farmers, meat and seafood vendors. Before the brunch, we encourage you to visit the CHIC Farmers Market, which is located in the adjacent parking lot.
Especially in conjunction with this brunch, Isola Imports will operate a stand at the CHIC Farmers Market at which they will offer gourmet items in keeping with the Italian theme of the brunch. Their offerings will include many products which are usually available wholesale to the chefs of the city's finest Italian restaurants, but which will be for sale to the public at the CHIC Farmers Market for this weekend only. Don't miss this gourmet shopping opportunity!
During the brunch you will have the opportunity to meet Beverly Malen of Imports Inc./chicago, who will provide the wonderful Italian wines for our brunch. She will be discussing the food and wine pairings. You'll also have an opportunity for Q&A with our Italian guest chef, Gaetano Di Benedetto and our cheese expert, Giles Schnierle.
Following brunch, those who are interested are welcome to take a tour of CHIC, which is affiliated with Le Cordon Bleu, the world's most famous cooking school founded in Paris in 1895.
Price is $39.00 per person, inclusive.
Please make checks payable to ChicaGourmets!
Your check is your reservation and must be received by August 8th, 2004. No refunds after August 8th, 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.
ABBONDANZA MENU
of Guest Chef
Gaetano di Benedetto
of
La Piazza Café
Forest Park, IL
www.piazzacafe.com
(telephone 708-366-4010)
PASSED APPETIZERS
Fiori di Zucca al Formaggio
Zucchini blossom stuffed with cheese
Rollatino di Moleche Fritte in Salsa Aurora
Soft shell crab fried tempura style and rolled in pasta
Formaggi Assortiti
Assorted cheeses served with home made crackers
Isola Augusta Moscato Rosa Brut, NV
SALAD
Prosciutto Affumicato Fatto in Casa con
Insalata di Pere e Gorgonzola
Home made smoked prosciutto (speck) served over salad
Isola Augusta Verduzzo '01
PASTA COURSE
Ravioli ai Crostacei con Salsa allo Zafferano
Ravioli stuffed with lobster, crab meat and sole mousseline
Marco Donati Nosiola '02
FISH
Opaka alla Sanremese
Hawaiian red snapper marinated, breaded with panko bread,
grilled and served with salad and pecorino Sardo cheese
Furlan Cuvee Tai '01
SORBETTO AL BRACHETTO
MEAT
Kobe Beef su' Tofu al Tea Rosso
Pan seared Kobe beef rolled with pan seared tuna
Dal Fari Schioppettino '01
DESSERT & COFFEE
Zabaglione ai frutti di bosco
Cold Marsala wine custard served with mixed berries
Tiramisu'
Malvirà Birbet '03
BREAD
Focaccia al rosmarino e al pomodoro
Special thanks to the following event sponsors:
| Prairie Grove Farms |  |
| Nestlé Waters |  |
| The Great American Cheese Collection |  |
| Isola Imports |  |
| Allen Brothers |  |
| The Plitt Company |  |
| Imports Inc./chicago |  |