Dorie's Cookies Dinner

Renowned cookbook author, Dorie Greenspan (“At My French Table,”” Baking Chez Moi”) is publishing her new cookie-centric cookbook, “Dorie’s Cookies,” the last week of October. The Fourth Estate is throwing a launch party/wine dinner on Friday, October 28, 2016, with hors d’oeuvres starting at 6:30 and dinner at 7:00pm. The five courses will have a French focus: recipes for hors d’oeuvres, bread basket and dessert will be from her new book; the salad, fish course and entrée are taken from “At My French Table.” There will be French wines paired with each course. Some of the dishes include skate with capers and cornichons, veal chop with braised endive, apples and grapes on the side; fried potato crackers with smoked salmon and dessert cookies with intriguing names such as World Peace Cookies and Good, Better Best cookies.

Each "Admission" ticket and each pair of "Couples Tickets" includes one copy of "Dorie's Cookies."

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Hors d’oeuvres

Triscuity Bites (with cream cheese and salami)

Fried Potato Crackers (with smoked salmon)

Hot and Spicy Togarashi Meringues

Cheddar (Poppy) Seed Wafers

Rosemary Parmesan Cookies (with pecans)

Wine: Chardonnay, Domaine des Valanges, Mâcon-Davayé, Burgundy, France 2014

First Course

Orange and olive salad

Wine: Sauvignon Blanc, Complices De Loire, Touraine Sauvignon Pointe d’Agrumes, Loire, France NV

On the Table

Bee’s Sneeze Nuggets

Sour cream Everything Seed Knots

Cocktail (pesto) puffs

Second Course

Skate with capers, cornichons and brown butter

Wine: Rosé, Les Vignobles Gueissard, Vin de Pays de Méditerranée Le Petit Gueissard 2015

Intermezzo

Locally made Campari sorbet

Entrée

Veal Chop with rosemary butter Mashed Potatoes and Endive, apple, and grapes

Wine: Malbec, Clos la Coutale, Cahors France 2014

Dessert

Scoop vanilla ice cream and Dorie's Cookies on table:

• Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars


• Good, Better, Best Cookies (sandwich)


• Lemon Poppy Seed Shortbread


• World Peace Cookies


• Coconut Lime Sables


• Classic Jammer


• Rose flavored Tuckers


 

Wine: Vouvray, Brut, Domain Champalou, Loire Valley NV