COURTESY PHOTO | Channing Daughters wines will be served at a Producer Wine Dinner at Ellabess in Manhattan.
Channing Daughters wines will be featured at a small restaurant in the NoLita section of Manhattan Wednesday.
Ellabess on Elizabeth Street is hosting the dinner, which will feature eight of the Bridgehampton winery’s selections, including the pazzo 2004, research cab 2007 and mosaic 2008.
Ellabess chef Troy Unruh will specially create dishes complimented by the wines, including Taylor Bay scallops with caviar and spicy tomato broth, farro risotto with black truffle, a roast venison and red wine soufflé for dessert. The dinner starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $75 each. View the full menu here.
• For those who are not in the market to dine out, try taking a stab at this Sausage Jumabalaya recipe from Redbook Magazine. Don’t be afraid to have a few helpings; the spicy, New Orleans-inspired dish is low-calorie.
• If you’re not in the mood to cook, feast your eyes on this slideshow of incredibly beautiful foods from the Village Voice titled Finest Food Porn. Adults over 18 can click here.
• This winter has surely been a mild one, but plenty of winemakers on the North Fork have been making ultra sweet and syrupy ice wines. Check out our Q&A with an ice winemaker from Austria who works at Macari during the winters, and take a look at this New York Cork Report post, which says 4 a.m. is the perfect time for ice wine.
• When you’re traveling, there is a certain amount of pressure to go to the perfect restaurant and order the perfect dish to take advantage of all your destination’s cuisine has to offer. Here are tips from the New York Times blog Diner’s Journal on eating like the locals.
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