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A WINTER NIGHT BANQUET
a benefit event

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New Amsterdam Market is a 501(c)3 organization;
donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

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New Amsterdam Market is pleased to present
A Winter Night Banquet: An Exploration of the Region and its Seasons
by Two Noted Chefs, with Market Growers, Producers, & Purveyors.

This multi-course dinner is the first in a series of events that will inform and benefit the development of the New Amsterdam Market School of Regional Cookery, envisioned as a place where all New Yorkers can learn to shop for and prepare economical and nutritious meals, season by season.

COOKS
A Winter Night's Banquet will be prepared by chefs:



PRODUCERS & PURVEYORS
The banquet cooks will create the menu in consultation with regional producers and purveyors including:

Nellie Wu • W&T Seafood
Nova Kim & Les Hook • The Wild Food Gatherers Guild
Kennon Kay • Queens County Farm Museum
Jacob Dickson • Dickson’s Farmstand Meats
Anne Saxelby • Saxelby Cheesemongers
SARAH BLACK • Fairway Market Bakery
Rick and Michael Mast • Mast Brothers Chocolate
Mark Snyder & Christopher Nicolson • Red Hook Winery

MENU

starter
a selection of east coast oysters and Port Clyde, Maine Shrimp
with freshly grated horseradish

first
beef broth with winter greens and vegetables

salad
wild watercress, arugula, mustard greens, crispy lamb fries, mustard vinaigrette

main
slow cooked beef shank, pickled green garlic, celery root, carrots

sides
local navy beans, herbs, extra virgin olive oil
roasted Jerusalem artichokes, carrots and parsnips

bread
domed ciabatta with farmhouse butter

cheese course
Spring Brook Tarentaise: a comparative tasting

dessert
apple, maple sugar and Shagbark hickory nuts in phyllo with cultured cream
and caramelized juices

chocolate
with wild-gathered ginger and black walnuts, from Vermont

wines
a selection from the Red Hook Winery

VENUE
A Winter Night’s Banquet will be served in the beautifully restored dining room of 265 Henry Street in the Lower East Side. This historic Federalist rowhouse dates from 1830, when the neighborhood’s residents would have stocked their larders at New York’s Fulton Market in the old East River port.

The house is now part of the Henry Street Settlement, a community institution founded in 1893 by social pioneer Lillian Wald.

KITCHEN
Cooking will take place in the kitchen at 265 Henry Street on Friday, March 12.
Ticket Holders are welcome to observe the preparations,
and those with some experience may request to help with the cooking.

Space in the kitchen is limited, but we will do our best to accommodate all requests,
first-come - first-serve.

TICKETS
Seating for this exceptional event is limited. Advance purchase is required.

Benefactor $1,000 Sponsor $500 Supporter $300

Event Benefactors and Sponsors are invited to partake in

A Plate of East Coast Oysters

This expert guided tasting will be conducted by Nellie Wu, of W&T Seafood & held at 7:00pm on March 12, immediately preceding the Banquet.

Please email us to be placed on the waiting list for future banquets: banquet@newamsterdammarket.org

New Amsterdam Market is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization; donations are are tax
deductible as allowed by law.