Menu 1—MAD MEN
With or without cigarettes
- Whiskey sour, Martinis (dry or dirty) or Harvey Wallbangers
- Assorted canapés and hors d’oeuvres from the '50s and '60s presented in a way only the best Mad Men housewives in America could
- Devils on Horseback delicious dates (or figs) stuffed with Roquefort and wrapped in pancetta and then sautéed
- Sage- and sausage-stuffed mushrooms with gorgonzola cheese topped with parmesano reggiano
- Assorted Italian cured-meat cornucopias sopressata or prosciutto stuffed with a creamy mixture of burrata, roasted peppers and oregenate
- Capered and mustard devilled eggs creamy and delicious and topped with a tiny pile of orange caviar
- Sweet and Sour tiny meatballettes Served with picks in a tiny chafing dish with yes, fire underneath it (my own mom's recipe…there were never any left)
Price: $75.00
Menu 2—TRUE BLOOD
- Mint Juleps Maryann/ Bourbon Basin Street
- Mini sliced po boy appetizers—Old-time southern recipe, sliced and served with a beautiful presentation
- Shrimp with hot, spicy remoulade sauce and cool, creamy coleslaw
- Mississippi caviar Served with tomatillo chips
- Hunter stew souffle—A rich chicken sauté laced with bacon, crimini mushrooms, baby carrots, thyme and red wine, served en croute (with a crust). Learn how we made it bleed
- Bananas Foster (CSI Miami)—Finish your meal off with more booze, bananas and ice cream, with a creamy sauce of caramel, cinnamon and vanilla. Learn how to flambé and not burn the kids!
Price: $85.00
Menu 3—GLEE
- RED Slushee Vodka Rush
- Sausages in Blankets—A Variety of Grilled Sausages with balsamic onions, home-made relishes and home baked Italian Rolls
- Potato leek Salad—Picnic time for the Cheerleaders
- Fantasty Creamy Horseradish Slaw—A tangy mixture of fennel, tri colored peppers, red onions and carrots added along with a small dose of jullienned cabbage
- Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Red white and blue berry tartlets
- Chocolate Bark
Price: $75.00
Menu 4—Slumdog Salutations
Non-slumming with recipes from Slumdog Millionaire. Prepare the foods of India that are colorful, healthy and exotically beautiful. Present them like a PRO.
- Samosas with yams, peas and a mango dipping sauce served on long platters with banana leaves and garnishe
- Tandoori lamb chops with mint sauce and Curried Biryani Rice
- Pork vindaloo—A vibrant, spicy and succulent pork stew made with garlic, ginger, curry, cloves and cumin, beautifully garnished and served on a bed of herbed basmati rice
- Tiny rice puddings with a hint of rose water served in baked coconuts
Price: $75.00
Menu 5—Pastry Lessons from the Pastry Chef from Spago and Chinois
Pastry class
Learn how to make gorgeous pastries and tarts from Wendy Blasdel who was first and foremost a Pastry chef and who worked in some of LA’s best know restaurants as well as a year of working in Paris. Learn the tricks of pastries from a basic dough recipe to many types of quick fillings, such as brown butter, vanilla custard, and chocolate caramel walnut tart.
We will choose two to three of the following desserts:
- Tarte Tatin—Upside-down apple cake cooked in caramelized sugar and turned upside down onto Puff pastry. We may use pears or Peaches depending on the season's best
- Raspberry clafoutis tart—A rum laced baked custard tart filled with raspberries and currants
- Chocolate, caramel walnut torte—A sinful combination of these three ingredients, cooked, placed in a pastry shell and then smothered with a dark chocolate ganache
- Incredibly rich no fault Ginger Crème Brulee—As it sounds
- Summer Fruit Torte—Open Fruit Tart with kirsch flavored whipped cream and a stunning array of sliced summer fruits—Colorful and delicious