The Next Family Dinner with Mario Batali’s Chefs is This Sunday
Posted in Mario Batali's Edible Garden on August 5 2014, by Lansing Moore
This Sunday, August 10, the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden borrows the gastronomic talents of the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group for the second of our four special Family Dinners with Mario Batali’s Chefs. Alex Pilas and Fitz Tallon will bring a bit of culinary magic to NYBG from their role as chefs at New York’s hottest Italian marketplace, Eataly. You can hear Fitz Tallon’s pointers on potatoes in his own words in our Kitchen Tales series, alongside bite-sized wisdom from the rest of our visiting chefs.
There is no better place for guests to enjoy this special three-course, family-style menu than in the green seclusion of the Garden grounds on a cool summer evening. However, these Family Dinners are about more than just good food—though there will be plenty of that. Kids begin the evening with hands-on craft and gardening activities, followed by a cooking demonstration so families can see the custom menu come to life before tucking in to a delicious meal together. This MasterCard® Priceless event goes to support the Edible Academy initiative, so treat the family to a wonderful evening while contributing towards the Garden’s educational programming for children.
Tickets are sure to sell out, so book now. Read on for the full details about this Sunday’s special menu, and to get more information about the Edible Academy.
The impressive spread begins with a freshly prepared vegetable course of grilled squash with charred onion and mint crostini. These little treats will be followed with a dish of casarecce pasta with pesto trapanese—a Sicilian variation of the classic pesto sauce—and delicious pecorino cheese. Dessert is an original sweet and savory twist: olive oil cake with carrots and creamy mascarpone. All the richness of Italian cuisine, but light enough for summer, with the ingredients coming straight from the fresh bounty of the Family Garden. The fun begins at 5 p.m. sharp on August 10. Get tickets and explore the full menus for all of our Family Dinners with Mario Batali’s Chefs today! After this Sunday, there will be only two more evenings left.
These dinners will help transform the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden into the heart of the new, state-of-the art Edible Academy, which will double the number of those served by NYBG’s broadened educational programs and hands-on activities from 40,000 to 80,000 visitors a year.
