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October
24, 2005
Dear members and friends of Slow Food Philadelphia,
On Monday,
November 14, Slow Food Philadelphia is proud
to celebrate the 250th birthday of one of the
greatest gastronomes – the witty and impassioned
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826).
Philadelphia’s preeminent chef, Jean-Marie
Lacroix, will give expression to many
of Brillat-Savarin’s favorite culinary
precepts in a special multi-course dinner at
his restaurant in the Rittenhouse Hotel. Together
with Les Dames d’Escoffier, we would like
to invite you to this unique dinner. Please
make reservations by calling 215 790-2533. This
dinner will fill up fast, so please call the
restaurant as soon as you can.
Internationally
renowned Chef Jean-Marie Lacroix is known for
his use of the freshest local ingredients. As
a leading chef in Philadelphia for twenty years,
he has been instrumental in the development
of regional sources for meat, produce, cheese,
breads, coffee and teas. “Taste is everything,”
Chef Lacroix is known to say, echoing Brillat-Savarin.
Lacroix is
a native of Epinal in France’s Franche-Comte
region. He received his formal training at Thonon
les Bains on Lake Geneva and has cooked at restaurants
and hotels in France, Switzerland, England,
Scotland and Canada. Lacroix joined The Rittenhouse
after retiring from The Fountain Restaurant
at The Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, which
he opened as Executive Chef in 1983. Lacroix
is a member of the prestigious Mâitres
Cuisiniers de France. In 1998 he became
the first Philadelphian to receive the Robert
Mondavi Award for Culinary Excellence, and in
2001 he received the James Beard Award for Best
Chef, Mid-Atlantic United States.
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Chef
Jean-Marie Lacroix, Les Dames
D’Escoffier,
and Slow Food Philadelphia
present
A Dinner
in honor of
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
1755-1826
Monday,
November 14, 2005
6:30
p.m.
The Menu
“The
Sensation of Taste”
Gratin of Turnips Stuffed with Beaufort
and Brillat-Savarin Cheese
“Feast
of Eggs in Meat Jus”
Smoked Soft-Cooked Eggs, Sauce Choron
“The
Theory of Frying”
Fried sardines with
Savory Bread Pudding, Merquez Sausage,
Fennel and Chocolate Flavors, Sweet Lemon
Cream
“Enigma
of The Guinea Fowl”
Roast Pintade Stuffed
with Bone Marrow, Bacon Lardon,
Fresh Truffle-Braised Cos Lettuce, Caraway
Jus
“A
Fattening Diet”
Trio of Cooking Techniques: Cured, Roasted
and Braised Four Story Hill Farm Berkshire
Pork Belly, Garnished with Buttered Gnocchi,
Sauce Basquaise
“Origins
of Chocolate”
Valrhona Manjari Chocolate Savarin, Spiced
Bartlett Pear Sorbet, Vanilla Jus
Café – Petits Fours
Price:
$100
$150 with Matching Wines
Tax and all Gratuities included
Lacroix
at the Rittenhouse is located
at
210 West Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia
For
reservations please call: 215.790.2533
Slow
Food
Philadelphia
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Slow Food Bastille has sent us the Livre
d’Or, the Golden Book that
has traveled to all Slow Food Brillat-Savarin
celebrations, from his native Belley, to Paris
and New York. At the dinner, please write your
own aphorisms, observations, or comments in
this book before it will return to Paris.
If you have
a chance, please browse through Brillat-Savarin’s
The Physiology of Taste, in the delightful
translation of M.F.K. Fisher whose “Translator’s
Glosses” are just as much fun to read
as the humorous, witty, wildly digressive and
very personal ruminations of Brillat-Savarin.
And remember:
“The table is the only place where the
first hour is never dull.”
Cheers,
Hansjakob
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