You and five of your friends will savor and cherish this culinary celebration inspired by some of the Great Dames in a five course dinner paired with wines.

The dinner is prepared by Dames Chef Bess Giannakakis of Gateway Guesthouse and Chef Pamela Nevarez-Fisher of EatStreet Personal Chef Service. Wines selected by Dame Jane Nickles . 

The Menu

Alice Waters

"Good food depends almost entirely on good ingredients."

Spoon & Olive Oil Poached Egg

on a Bed of Farm Fresh Greens with a Goat Cheese Vinaigrette

Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain

Julia Child

“Cooking is like love; it should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”

Soupe A L’Oignon

Valckenberg Gewürztraminer, Pflaz, Germany; 2011

Badenhorst Family Wines Chenin Blanc, South Africa, 2011

Madeleine Kamman

‘Mediocrity drives me crazy.''

Oysters on the Half Shell with Oyster Liquor Mignonette

King Estate Pinot Gris, Oregon, 2011

Paco & Lola Albarino, Rias Baixas, Spain; 2010

Marcella Hazan

“Cooking came to me as though it had been there all along, waiting to be expressed; it came as words come to a child when it is time for her to speak.”

Oxtail, Vaccinara Style with a Red Potato and Parsnip Puree

Roar Winery Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands, 2010

Château Petit-Village Pomerol, 2009

Edna Lewis

"One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about good cooking and good food."

Dark Molasses Gingerbread with Berry Compote & Whipped Cream

Château Climens Premier Cru Barsac, 2009