Fall Italian class, November 4, 2015

Another hands on class, celebrating global cuisines. We will explore some delightful flavors of Italy! Learn how to make pumpkin gnocchi!!

Wednesday, November 4, 2015
7 pm
limited space for 8
$50/person
for more information or to register vegshaku8@gmail.com

The menu we will be preparing:

Wild mushroom soup
Pumpkin gnocchi with walnut sage sauce
sauteed fresh beans
tempeh marsala

Lily Storm/Dan Cantrell dinner/concert December 5, 2015

Saturday December 5, 2015
7 pm
limited space for 19
$60/person

We are quite thrilled to once again host the beautiful music of vocalist Lily Storm and Accordion player, Dan Cantrell. Expect music from various parts of Europe and the middle east and a menu to match.

Menu details to be announced, soon.

Soup
Borscht with pickled cucumbers, horseradish/dill cashew cream.

Second
Potato Latkes with applesauce, daikon and shoyu

Third
Pomegranate roasted smoked tempeh, stewed collards/mustards, barley pilaf, and more....

Dessert
Sundaes
homemade waffle bowls filled with spiced pumpkin rum ice "cream", cranberry sauce, maple walnuts

Marijuana pairing dinner with Green Rush Consulting, Nov 14, 2015

Saturday November 14, 2015
7:30 pm
limited space for 18
$80/person
for reservations, please email vegshaku8@gmail.com

Green Rush Consulting will be in the house, sharing their stories of the medical marijuana business and sharing some of the fine products. Vaporizers will be in the house and one course will be infused!
 

Appetizer
TBA

Soup
Potato leek

Salad
Roasted pumpkin and beets with lemon poppyseed dressing
 
Entree
heirloom beans from rancho gordo farms
Roasted/mashed root vegetables
sauteed collards
cranberry sauce
all served in small edible pumpkins

dessert 
ice cream cones
homemade waffle cones filled with 2 scoops of our renowned cashew based ice cream (Flavors to be determined)

"Cornbread and Coltrane", with guest DJ Bryant Terry, Nov 7, 2015 in Oakland

A special evening at Sound & Savor as the fine chef and cookbook author/culinary historian Bryant Terry will be in the house spinning music all evening while Cori and i cook up a 5 course menu inspired by his books and from the wealth of culinary treasures from the African diaspora.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

7 pm

limited space for 20

$60/person

for more information or to register, please contact vegshaku8@gmail.com

5 course menu to be announced:

expect the following ingredients to be appearing:

pumpkins, cornbread, pears, okra, tempeh, black eyed peas, allspice, coconuts, bananas, chocolate, apples, collards, mustard greens, sourdough. The very special cuisines of Jamaica, Trinidad, West Africa and the Southeast United States will be represented with the sounds of Monk, Coltrane, Sun Ra, Ellington and other great African American masters fill your ears

Bryant Terry is a renowned chef and cookbook author and culinary historian. His books highlight vegan approaches to the African diaspora of food, exploring the culinary wealth of ingredients, techniques and recipes that have spread from Africa to the Caribbean, and all over the Americas. The decolonization of "soul food" is an integral part of his agenda.

There will be a lot of improvising going on in the kitchen, as always! We will start with these ideas as springboards:

starter

Texas caviar on homemade sourdough toast

second

Caribbean pumpkin soup: Spicy flavors Jamaican abound in this soup as chili peppers and pumkin meet allspice garnished with pumpkin fritters.

third

TBA

fourth

Apple Cornbread

apple smoked tempeh with roasted pureed butternut squash, wrapped in collard leaf, smothered in barbecuse sauce.

roasted okra

dessert

pecan chocolate bourbon pie

Banana Chcocolate coconut ice cream