Past Menus…

The Cicero Menu

  • Warm fingerling potato salad, sausage, and arugula
  • Spy apples, raw milk cheddar, and local honey
  • housemade acorn squash ravioli w/ pesto and maple cream
  • pistachio cake and apple cake, acorn squash ice cream, cider caramel

The Haunted Menu

  • Eggplant Chips w/ Roasted Garlic Chevre
  • Octopus Salad w/ dinosaur kale and chickpeas, black bean paint
  • Apple and Celery Root Soup
  • Cornmeal crusted Hangar Steak w/ Sunchokes and Crimini Mushrooms
  • Spiced Chocolate Cake w/ Cinnamon Ice Cream and Pumpkin Seed Brittle
  • Mulled Apple Cider

A Day in the Life in Brazil

  • Pao de Queijo (Brazilian cheese bread), Michigan quail eggs, bacon, herb salad
  • Donut peach and summer berry salad w/ honey and coconut
  • Smoked Twin Oaks pork Feijoada w/ black beluga lentils
  • Plantain-crusted Grouper w/ summer squash and aji amarillo reduction
  • Espresso Pot de Creme w/ rum and dulce de leche

The Lincoln Bicentennial Menu

  • Scrapple and johnny cakes w/ cape gooseberry jam
  • String bean and potato salad
  • Corn Soup w/ zucchini yeast bread and sage butter
  • Grilled whole duck rolled roast w/ pork sausage, wheat berries and wild rice, braised collard greens
  • Jersey Mac apple and caramel trifle

Summer Barn Dinner Menu

  • Amuse: Caprese Lollipop
  • Summer Gazpacho, shrimp w/ prosciutto jackets
  • Blossoms and greens, Saxon creamery cheese
  • Fettucini w/ zucchini and wild mushrooms
  • Grilled herbed Chicken, pole beans, potato terrine
  • Olive oil almond cake, grilled peaches, peach ice cream

Chef’s Creole Menu

  • Coq au Vin Blanc Chicken and Waffles
  • Urban Greens and Peaches, Plum Vinaigrette, blue cheese
  • Oyster mushroom crab ravioli, chicken consomme
  • Cobia Etouffee w/ Pearl Barley
  • Blueberry Moonpie, Blueberry Ice Cream

El Menu Aphrodisiaco

  • Pickled oysters w/ cucumber cappellini and golden caviar
  • Rocket salad w/ local baby beets and chevre chaud
  • Ancho linguini w/ roasted corn, squash, huitlacoche, and Saxon creamery cheese
  • Octopus w/ white beans, purslane, and avocado mousse
  • Flourless chocolate cake, white chocolate sweet corn ganache, huitlacoche frozen custard

The Yellow Menu

  • Peruvian Causa Parfait, potato and aji amarillo puree, crab and aioli, avocado cream, plantain chips
  • Open quesadilla, local cheese, habanero and peach salsa, pickled carrots
  • Rack of Lamb w/ fall melon, curried quinoa and golden raisins
  • Saffron Custard w/ berries, mango merengue

The Elizabeth Buchanan Menu

  • Hamachi tartare, caviar, pickled carrot, radish, beet
  • Beet greens and pasilla fettucini, snow peas and oyster mushrooms, Saxon creamery Meadows
  • Heirloom Tomatoes 2 ways, Tomato Galette, Tomato Salad
  • Pacific Halibut, baby bok choy, white beans
  • Juneberry Buckle, creme fraiche custard

The Pleasant Ridge Reserve Menu

  • Cheese tasting
  • Scallops on on the half shell, buffalo butter grits, heirloom tomato salsa
  • Baby lettuce, duck cracklins, pear and cheese
  • Duck confit ravioli, green garlic, shaved cheese
  • Braised beef short ribs, eggplant and cheese, tomato fennel sauce
  • Saffron Pot du Creme, Lavender Caramel

The Ode to Cheese Menu

  • Grana padano crisp, queso fresco mousse, local chives
  • Homemade lingini, morita and ramp pesto, cotija from jalisco (suggested pairing – Bergevin Lane Viognier)
  • Asparagus and endive salad w/ caprioli pearls (suggested pairing – Bonny Doon vin gris de cigare)
  • Open faced beef short rib burger w/ local cheddar, green garlic potatoes (suggested pairing – Littlestone Cabernet Sauvignon)
  • Meyer lemon pound cake with rhubarb cream cheese ice cream

The Lush Menu

  • Grilled honey and herbed quail, oyster mushroom
  • Confit duck and asparagus salad
  • Chilled english pea soup
  • Braised and grilled lamb shank w/ potato and celeriac terrine
  • Catalan Creme w/ orange and violet

The Himmelfarb Menu

  • Antipasto – Crudo, Fresh bass, frisee, tuscano beans, caper mustardo
  • Insalata – Fresh Greens, Grana Padano, Vinaigrette
  • Primi – Pappardelle, Wide semolina noodle, rabbit and wild mushroom ragu, bitter greens
  • Secondi – Lonza al Latte con Finnochio, Milk braised pork shoulder, fennel gratin, crostini
  • Dolce – Cassata Italienne

The Jalisco Menu

  • Chips and 2 Salsas
  • Flautas w/ Lamb Chorizo and Potato
  • Spanish Mackerel Ceviche, cured w/ lime and grapefruit
  • Chicken Tortilla Soup
  • Birria de Chivo, served in roasted poblano
  • Tres Leches Torte

The Birthday Menu

  • Gorgonzola stuffed dates w/ Pancetta
  • Curly Endive and Frisee Salad, bacon vinaigrette, farm fresh egg
  • Pumkin and Pork Belly Raviolis, pumpkin seed cream sauce
  • Rack of Lamb, root vegetable puree, jalapeno jelly
  • Blackberry Chocolate Cake, ganache w/ chile piquin

The Iris Chacon/Edra Soto Menu

  • Pumpkin, Taro, and Plantain Pasteles filled w/ Roast Pork
  • Baby Lettuce, Crisped Plantain Strips, Banana Vinaigrette
  • Black Bean Soup w/ Smoked Chorizo and Grilled Squash
  • Roast Quail, Carrot and Plantain Sofrito, Yuca and Turnip Gratin
  • Pineapple and Coconut Cream Pie, Tamarind Rum Sauce

The Pear Menu

  • Spaghetti Squash Empanadas, Goat Cheese, Seasonal Bean Salad
  • Warm Pear and Gorgonzola Salad
  • Roasted Sweet Corn Chowder, Tomatillo Sour Cream
  • Braised Pear-Stuffed Pork Loin, Pumpkin Seed Sauce, Turnips and Carrots
  • Pear and Almond Tarta, Fig Compote and white balsamic reduction

The Harvest Menu

  • Swiss Chard and Japanese Eggplant Bundles, Baby Lima Bean Puree, Basil Vinaigrette
  • Heirloom Winter Squash Soup, Pear Cream and Bacon
  • Pork Belly Ravioli, Oyster Mushroom, Sage Brown Butter
  • Golden Trout, Corn and Cubanelle Sauce, Late Summer Succotash
  • Honey Crisp Apple Cheesecake, Cider Caramel, White Chocolate Whipped Cream

The Brick Oven Menu

  • Italian Caponata, toasted baguettes
  • Baby Greens, Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes w/ Basil Vinaigrette, baked cheese
  • Pork Belly Tortellini w/ Pesto Oyster Mushrooms
  • Crispy Duck Breast, Oregano Infused Apricot Glaze, roasted beets and pototoes
  • Goat shank Osso Bucco
  • Peach plum cobbler w/ honey lemon ice cream

The Stina Kaz Menu

  • Stacks of Japanese Eggplant and Baby Beets layered with Local Artisan Goat Cheese and Crushed Peanuts, Spicy Green Fennel Curry
  • Pork Stuffed Shrimp, Napa Kimchee, Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes, Lime Basil Vinaigrette
  • Crab and Baby Leek Gyoza Dumplings in Shrimp and Oyster Mushroom Broth
  • Grilled Cobia over Sweet Curry Potato Gratin, Golden Plum Ginger Glaze and Lemongrass Salad
  • Green Tea Cheesecake with Poached Pears in Season

The New Orleans Benefit Menu

  • Nigiri-Style Shrimp and Grits with White and Red Remoulade
  • Summer Melon Bloody Mary w/ Pickled Summer Vegetables and Grilled Louisiana Shrimp
  • Cajun Pasta: Housemade Fettucini w/ Andouille, Wild Shrimp, Crawfish, and Catfish
  • Coconut Shrimp Macaroon, Praline Ice Cream, Cayenne Blueberry Sauce

The Summer Aphrodisiac Menu

  • New England Scallops on the Half Shell, Polenta, Seasonal Salsa
  • Purple Haze Carrot and Jicama Salad w/ Cinnamon and Chile Piquin, Lime Vinaigrette and Watermelon
  • Grilled Romansco Squash and Avocado Soup
  • Melange a Trois: Eggplant stuffed w/ Local Cheese and Swiss Chard, Sweet Pepper stuffed w/ Ground Piedmontese Beef, Spring Onion, and Green Garlic, Squash Blossom stuffed w/ Local Cheese and Fresh Favas, Grilled Fennel and Heirloom Tomato Concasse
  • Saffron Pot du Creme, Lavender Caramel, Dried Peaches, Candied Lilac Petals

The Humboldt Park Menu

  • Yellowtail Jack and Lime Ceviche, Grilled Avocado, Papaya Ginger Vinaigrette
  • Grilled Zucchini, Tomato, Cucumber, and Radish Salad, Lemon Cilantro Vinaigrette
  • Kale and Mushroom Soup w/ Chives, Thyme, and Green Garlic
  • Flash smoked and Slow Braised Piedmontese Beef Short Ribs, Roasted Succotash of Fingerling Potatoes, Leeks, Arugula, Knob Onions, and Poblano Chile
  • Chocolate Cake with Cascabel Chile, Raspberry Basil Sorbet

The Rooftop Menu

  • Ceviche of Black Cod, lemon juice, Summer Radish, Serrano Chile, Chives, chamomile vinegar
  • Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho, Maine Shrimp Sauteed w/ Green Garlic and Achiote, Candied Lime
  • Grilled Baby Bok Choy Salad, Roasted Pumkin Seeds and Pear, Citrus balsamic vinaigrette
  • Housemade Escarole Fettucini, Applewood smoked pork, Local Mushrooms and Spring Onions
  • Black Forest Juneberry Cheesecake w/ Cocoa Jelly Petals and Tuille Cookie

The Secret Garden Menu

  • Beef Salad, Grilled Skirt Steak Strips over Butter Lettuce and Wild Watercress, Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette
  • Roasted Asparagus, Corn, and Onion Soup
  • Grilled Cobia with Poblano Potatoes, Arugula and Spring Radishes
  • Strawberry Rhubarb Tart with homemade vanilla ice cream (featuring Neighborhood-Grown Rhubarb)
  • Coffee with tequila and honey

The Valentino Menu

  • Foie Gras Crostini, Seared Scallop, Smoked Poblano crème fraiche, Baby Caesar w/ Homemade Cotija Cheese
  • Cream of Chayote and Roasted Cauliflower Soup
  • Crispy Duck Breast Mole w/ Tempranillo, Pasilla, Pistachio, and Piloncillo, Yuca and Gorgonzola au gratin
  • Chocolate Cake, Cinnamon Chocolate Mousse, Roasted Pine Nut Brittle, Tamarind Chocolate Ganache, and Crystallized Rose Pedal Dust
  • Honey Chocolate Elixir w/ Earl Grey and Tequila Reposado

The FoiX GraX West Menu

  • Seared Foie Gras, sliced seared apple slices infused with lavender honey, sour cherry compote
  • Leek and endive soup w/ foie gras crouton and gruyere
  • Braised Pork Shoulder Roast w/ purple yams and rutabaga, cognac and foie gras caramel
  • Viognier poached pear filled w/ fuyu persimmon custard, pistachio ice cream w/ vanilla foie caramel

The Gourmet BBQ Menu

  • Smoked Wild Boar Empanada, Onion and Cherry Chutney, and Grilled Fennel Slaw
  • Cream of Leek and Parsnip Soup w/ Red Kale and Smoked Halibut
  • Braised Buffalo Short Ribs, Foix Grax Studded Cornbread
  • Banana Bread Pudding w/ smoked pineapple compote and crispy caramelized pineapple chips

The Infamous FoiX GraX Menu

  • Spiced Red Lentils and Zucchini, Grilled Tomato Slice, Pan Seared FoiX GraX, Herbed Sherry Vinaigrette
  • FoiX GraX Gnocchi w/ Sage and Basil Pesto, Crunchy Pancetta and Manchego
  • Wild Boar Shoulder Roast w/ Root Veggies and Greens, Burnt Cognac Caramel w/ Rioja FoiX Reduction
  • Hazelnut Sponge Cake, Amontillado Soaked Figs Filled w/ Honey FoiX GraX Mousse, Balsamic FoiX Reduction, FoiX GraX Cotton Candy
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