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"King Solomon's Table" Dinner
On Tuesday, December 5, 2017, local cultural icon and James Beard Award-winning author, Joan Nathan, will sign copies of her latest cookbook, King Solomon’s Table, at a five-course dinner in the Fourth Estate Restaurant. King Solomon was said to have sent emissaries on land and sea to all corners of the ancient world, initiating a mass cross-pollination of culinary cultures that continues to bear fruit today. With Solomon’s appetites and explorations in mind, Joan Nathan gathers together more than 170 recipes, from Israel to Italy to India and beyond. Joan Nathan is the author of ten…
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"Istanbul & Beyond" Dinner
On Wednesday, November 1, 2017, International food writer Robyn Eckhardt will be featured at a Fourth Estate cookbook and wine dinner with the book’s photographer, David Hagerman celebrating Istanbul & Beyond which explores the diverse cuisines of Turkey. Eckhardt has said, “Turkey touches four bodies of water and share borders with Bulgaria, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia…this results in not a nation united by one cuisine, but an array of culinary regions that make it one of the most gastronomically complex countries anywhere.” Recipes from the book will be…
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Manhattan Project Dinner at The Fourth Estate
Experience the evolution of the cocktail at a small plates dinner and drink pairing Monday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fourth Estate restaurant with cocktail expert and author Philip Greene. Sip the Americano as you enjoy a cocktail hour of passed hors d’oeuvres before sitting down to five more courses of food, drink and Greene’s sparkling wit and wealth of knowledge. Greene, the author of "The Manhattan: The Story of the First Modern Cocktail," will expertly trace the evolution of the Manhattan from its competing origin stories through its continuing influence and extensive progeny,…
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Marcus Samuelsson Dinner
Celebrity Chef Marcus Samuelsson, a Food Network favorite and a James Beard Award winner, will showcase dishes from his famed Red Rooster Harlem restaurant at a cookbook dinner on Monday, Jan. 30. Samuelsson's Red Rooster opened in Harlem in 2010 to great acclaim with its wide-ranging menu of American comfort food pepped with hits of Samuelsson's Swedish and Ethiopian roots. The restaurant ushered in a dining renaissance in the New York City neighborhood. On the menu, such American favorites as brown butter biscuits and chicken and waffles converge with globally influenced such as jerk bacon…
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Karma and the Art of Butter Chicken Dinner
Well-known Indian cookbook author and local DC personality Monica Bhide has written a novel entitled, "Karma and the Art of Butter Chicken." The Fourth Estate Restuarant is hosting a launch party and Indian dinner to celebrate Monica's triumph on Monday, December 12, 2016. Hors d’oeuvres start at 6:30pm; dinner at 7:00pm. The five-course Indian meal will be from recipes from a compendium Monica is providing with all copies of the novel. Some of the dishes are central to the plot of "Karma and the Art of Butter Chicken," including the titular entrée. There will be beverage pairings (wines,…
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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…
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"Carla Hall's Soul Food" Dinner at The Fourth Estate Restaurant
Join celebrity chef Carla Hall of ABC's Emmy Award-winning "The Chew" at a wine dinner Jan. 17 showcasing her just published cookbook, "Carla Hall's Soul Food." The award-winning chef, television personality and food activist explores her Nashville roots and delivers an original take on Southern comfort food, tracing soul food’s history from Africa and the Caribbean to the American South. The Jan. 17 event marks Hall's second appearance at the National Press Club. The previous dinner sold out, so reserve early to avoid disappointment. NPC members have exclusive ticket access until 1 p.m.…
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"Mexican Today" Dinner with Pati Jinich at The Fourth Estate Restaurant
Pati Jinich, host of the popular PBS TV series, Pati’s Mexican Table (going on its fifth season), official Chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute, two time 2016 Emmy nominee and two time 2016 James Beard Nominee for TV personality for her program offers up dozens of mouthwatering foolproof recipes for successful everyday Mexican inspired meals in her new collection, MEXICAN TODAY: New and Rediscovered Recipes for Contemporary Kitchens. Join her at The Fourth Estate Restaurant at The National Press Club on May 24, 2016 as she presents dishes from the book along with beverage pairings that…
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The Fourth Estate Chef & Author Dinner - The Turkish Cookbook: Regional Recipes and Stories with Sheilah Kaufman
Appetizers/ Mezze Cheesy fried eggplants, Kizarmis Peynirli Patlican, Istanbul Chicken kebabs, Tarçinla Tavuk Kebabi, Istanbul Chickpea patties, Nohut Köftesi, the Med, with Carrot garlic yogurt dipping sauce, Yoğurtlu Havuç Walnut and red pepper spread, Muhammara, Gaziantep Soup: 1st course On each table: Hot Pepper sauce, Acika, Adapazari Green bean soup with green lentils and bulgur, Fasulye Ҫorbasi, Sivas Fish Course: Baked grouper with Mediterranean flavors, Akdeniz Usulü Laos Baliği, Mersin Salad Course: Grandmother’s purslane salad, Semizotu Salatasi, Gaziantep Intermezzo: locally made…
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Celebrity Chef Todd Gray Cookbook Dinner at The Fourth Estate
Todd and Ellen Kassoff Gray, of DC's Equinox restaurant will be the focus of a dinner at the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Restaurant featuring recipes from their latest cookbook, The New Jewish Table. Chef Gray is a five-time James Beard Award Nominee. His Equinox restaurant won the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington's "RAMMY" Award for Best Fine Dining Restaurant in 2008. He won the RAMMY for Chef of the Year in 2011. Ellen Kassoff Gray has won the RAMMY for Manager of the Year, and she is a founder of the Sugar and Champagne Gala which raises funds for the Humane…
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