Reliable Source hosts wine dinner with cookbook author Riolo June 11

The Reliable Source welcomes award-winning cookbook author and chef Amy Riolo and Dr. Simon Poole on Thursday, June 11 for a multi-course wine dinner.

The "Celebrate Olive Oil Wine Dinner" features Chef Amy’s most prized dishes prepared exquisitely by Chef Moe and his staff. Each course will be paired with the perfect wine and accompanied by cultural, historical and nutritional information from Chef Amy and Dr. Poole. The evening concludes with a question-and-answer and book signing opportunity with the authors.

Riolo, a best-selling author of more than a dozen cookbooks, is also an award-winning chef, television, host and Mediterranean lifestyle ambassador. She was named Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy by the president of the Italian Republic.

She has also been dubbed “The Ambassador of Italian Cuisine in the US” by The Italian International Agency for Foreign Press, “Ambassador of the Italian Mediterranean Diet 2022-2024” by the International Academy of the Italian Mediterranean Diet in her ancestral homeland of Calabria, Italy, and “Ambassador of Mediterranean Cuisine in the World” by the Rome-based media agency We The Italians.

Poole has more than 30 years pf experience as a doctor, teacher, and researcher. He's an award-winning author, internationally renowned Mediterranean Diet expert,  and a senior international collaborator with the Global Centre for Nutrition and Health in Cambridge, U.K.

The wine dinner is $95 per person plus tax and gratuity. Reservations encouraged. 

Contact Mesfin Mekonen by emailing the Reliable Source at [email protected] or calling 202-662-7443.

 Menu

Antipasto: Golden potato, Pecorino, and Olive Croquettes

Primo: Classic Linguine with Fresh Basil Pesto

Secondo: Roasted Halibut  with Sun-dried Red Pesto and Broccolini

Dolce: EVOO and Chili-infused Brownies with Vanilla Gelato and Dark Chocolate Sauce

Vegetarian/GF/Gluten-Free Menu:

Antipasto: Sicilian Caponata with Gluten-Free Crostini

Primo: Barley, Lentil, and Chickpea Soup

Secondo: Greek Island-Style White Bean with Sauteed Dandelion Greens

Dolce: EVOO Poached Pears with Dark Chocolate Sauce

Free weekday parking is available at Joyce Parking (1325 G St. NW) after 5 p.m. with a $35 food and beverage purchase.