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What if you could invite Julia Child, Dorie Greenspan, Marcella Hazan or Alice Waters into your kitchen when you make dinner? Or imagine having Lidia Bastianich by your side when you prepare her Pork Rib Guazzetto? With the IACP-nominated book Cooking with Les Dames d’Escoffier, you can. Over 125 recipes, as well as full-color photographs, wine suggestions and kitchen tips fill this enticing 366-page volume.
We are proud that the New York chapter contributed many tempting recipes, including: Ariane Daguin ’s Duck Breast with Sauteed Potatoes, Florence Fabricant’s Sweet Corn, Chanterelle, and Arugula Salad, Betty Fussell's Smoked Whitefish and Nori Pâté, and Michele Scicolone's Italian-Style Braised Short Ribs with Rosemary Polenta.
To purchase a copy of Cooking with Les Dames d’Escoffier, click here.
Welcome ...
The New York Chapter is the founding and largest chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International, which is comprised of 27 chapters. The members are women who are leaders in the food, fine beverage and hospitality industries. Our main mission is education, advocacy and philanthropy.
Save the Date!
March 18,2010
Virtual Trip To Long Island Wine Country
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March 25,2010
Dolce Italia Dessert Reception with Francine Segan
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April 17,2010
Touring Arthur Avenue with Michele and Charles Scicolone
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Experience “cocktail mixology in action” during an entertaining presentation on March 4 at the French Culinary Institute. FCI’s cocktail “wizards” Dave Arnold and Chef Nils Noren will wow attendees with their mixology magic. Tastings and nibbles included. To read more, click here.
On March 18, New York City's Astor Center will stand in for the vineyards and farms of Long Island when Cornerstone Communications hosts an East End tasting of wines and food. Dame Marsha Palanci is generously extending an invitation to all New York Dames to attend "gratis" with a guest. To read more, click here.
Join food historian and cookbook author Dame Francine Segan for a delicious and informative foray into the world of Italian desserts on March 25. Her talk begins at 7:30, after which guests will be treated to a wonderful dessert reception—featuring gelato, biscotti, torrone, amaretti and more—accompanied by Italian dessert wines. To read more, click here.
Matt Lee and Ted Lee, James Beard Award-winning authors, are presenting their new cookbook at the James Beard House on Wednesday, February 17. Dame Shelley Menaged of the James Beard Foundation is inviting LDNY members to attend and share the Lee brothers’ updated take on Southern cooking. To read more, click here.
Celebrate the Year of the Tiger in style with an afternoon tea at NYC’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel on February 23. Dame Emily Snyder has organized the event, which includes a selection of eight “tastes” of dim sum and Chinese tea cakes paired with white, spice or dark tea. Dame Rita Jammet is generously providing La Caravelle champagne for a festive Dame toast. To read more, click here.
On February 25, fourteen Dames took refuge from a blustery winter snowstorm with a late-afternoon tasting of crepes and cider in the cozy environs of Bar Breton. Chef-Owner Cyril Renaud, a native of Brittany, offered both savory and sweet crepes, glasses of hard cider and an in-depth look at the cuisine of his native Brittany. To read more, click here.
Member News
Congratulations to Eileen Yin-Fei Lo for her 2010 IACP Book Award Nomination for Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking (Chronicle Books) in the International Category. The International Association of Culinary Professionals will announce award winners at its conference in Portland, Oregon, on April 22. http://www.iacp.com.
Kudos to Dame Rozanne Gold who has found a new home for Gourmet magazine's 3,500 volume book collection at the Fales Library. The gift, arranged by Dame Gold and her husband Michael Whiteman, follows on the heels of Gold's successful effort on behalf of Les Dames d'Escoffier to raise $50,000 for the Fales Library in honor of Dame Carol Brock. For full coverage click here
In honor of Dame Carol Brock, Les Dames d´Escoffier New York, in partnership with the Fales Library, is creating the "Carol Brock/Les Dames d´Escoffier New Acquisitions Program" at New York University's esteemed Fales Library-- now home to one of the most important cookbook collections in the country. To find out more, click here. In celebration of this program and in honor of Carol, a Champagne Reception was held in the New York University Penthouse on Wednesday evening, October 21, 2009. Over seventy Dames, Fales Library representatives and their guests gathered for the festivities. For more details of the event, click here.
The First Edition in English of The Physiology of Taste, by Brillat-Savarin, Philadelphia 1854. For more details, click here.
Letter from the President
The latest news of Les Dames d’Escoffier New York, from our President, Dame Beth Allen
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LDNY Journal
Where all the news, events, programs and networking of the New York chapter comes together. Our New York Journal has it all, including the latest on our scholarship program, our fund-raising successes and news of our outstanding Dames. click here
