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In This Issue...
Industry News & Events
Hot Bartender, Cool Drink
Meet the Maitre de Chai
What to Watch
Many Thanks to Our Sponsors
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Taste of the South End
March 10
BCA
539 Tremont Street

For one night only, get a taste of how delicious a night out in the South End can be. Enjoy bite-sized versions of dishes taken directly from the menus of your favorite restaurants, plus live cooking demonstrations, a silent auction and raffle, extensive wine tasting and beer sampling. Some of our favorites include 33 Restaurant, Aquitaine, Avila, Da Vinci, Davio's, Gaslight, Masa, Metropolis, Mistral, Oishii, Pops, South End Buttery, Stella, Stix Restaurant & Lounge, Toro, Turner Fisheries, Union Bar & Grill and The Upper Crust.

For more information and how to purchase tickets visit this link.
World Water Week
March 22-28
At lots of area restaurants.

Benefits UNICEF

The Tap Project is based on a simple concept: restaurants ask patrons to donate $1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free, and all funds raised support UNICEF's efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world.  Boston restaurants will join together to raise awareness about the critical role water plays in a child's survival. For every dollar raised, a child will have clean drinking water for 40 days.

Visit tapproject.org for a list of participating restaurants.
A Spoonful of Ginger
Monday, March 30

Benefits the Joslin Diabetes Center's Asian American Diabetes Initiative

An evening of fabulous food and fundraising, this fifth annual event brings together many of Boston's finest chefs to raise money and increase awareness of the growing incidence of diabetes among Asian Americans. Participating chefs include Jasper White and Henning Vatborg of Summer Shack, Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery and Myers + Chang, Edward Leung of Fugakyu and many more.

Tickets cost $200 per person and can be purchased at joslin.org or by calling Laura Naden at 617.732.2531.
Chefs for the Cure
April 3
Winchester

Boston's best chefs are partnering with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Massachusetts Affiliate to raise awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer. The event will be held at a premier RE/MAX Collection home in Winchester and feature a celebrity chef in each room with a cuisine of the chef's choice. This intimate setting will offer attendees the unique opportunity to interact on a personal level with the chefs. Event highlights will include a fabulous tasting menu, decadent desserts and silent auction, all in a luxurious, intimate and relaxed setting.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at chefsforthecure.com or by calling 617-737-5111. 

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March 2009

salmon sushi 

It's March, but it's also New England...


People must be feeling springtime coming (in their souls if not in the weather) because there's a LOT going on this month! Read on, and...

Bon appetit.
salmon mkt Industry News & Events
...tasty bites of the local scene

...NEWS
Check out new drink menus at both Charley's and Joe's American Bar & Grill...

The Upper Crust Pizzeria is continuing to span all of Boston...

Congrats to Taj Boston, awarded 2009 Mobil Four Star honors...

Congratulations to Ming Tsai of Blue Ginger, who helped make restaurants safer for those with food allergies...

Temple Bar recently rolled out a late-night menu...

Davio's just introduced their new economically friendly Winter Bar Menu...

Michelin-Rated Chef Guy Martin has opened his first restaurant in the US, Sensing...

Legal Sea Foods has just received two big honors...

Da Vinci Ristorante has introduced spring cocktails which celebrate the season of rebirth...


FEATURES & SERIES
Chiara Bistro in Westwood ventures into the southern hemisphere...

Grill 23 & Bar introduces the $23 List featuring special wine picks...

This month at Taj Boston events are for everyone...

Da Vinci's Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday prix fixe dinners continue...

Every Saturday join Farmstead at The Winter Farmers' Market in Pawtucket...

Six month old Tavolo has hit upon the dining deal to top all dining deals...

Savinos Grill presents Live Jazz, Sundown & Twilight Specials and Pasta Night...

Robinhood Free Meetinghouse continues Thursday Theme Nights...

Tresca presents their Economic Stimulus Menu available all winter long...

blu continues their Monday Night Supper Club and introduces blu Happy Hour and blu To You catering...

Join Wine Director Bruno Marini for his monthly wine dinner at Olivadi...

Dine, dance and shop the cold weather away at the Achilles Project...

The Boston Melting Pot just debuted a new non-fondue bar menu...

Bravo at the MFA will kick off Venetian-inspired Winesdays to coincide with  Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice...

Celebrate Les Mois Des Fous et Les Sept Vents at Gaslight this month...
Gaslight also presents Martini Madness on the last Friday...

A brand new lecture series at dante features the imaginative culinary secrets of Dante and his talented mixologists...

The Fireplace's twice monthly Fireplace Chats take place this month on the 7th and 21st...

Head over to Avila on Sunday nights for Spanish Sunday Supper...


DATED EVENTS
Join La Laiterie for a step into Alsace and also for Cochon 555 in Boston...

Enjoy a once in a lifetime evening of music and dinner at Restaurant Laura...

Visit Rialto to learn about Jody's famous duck, hiphop & breakdancing and Fish, Fish, Fish...

The Tour de Champagne is finally in town at The Charles Hotel...

La Morra will host a Big Night dinner...

Ned Swain of Devenish Wines and Chef Esau Crosby of Solo Bistro will immerse you in the food and culture of Greece...

OM Restaurant & Lounge will be holding a beer pairing dinner in honor of Saint Patrick's Day...

UpStairs on the Square events kick off March 3 and just keep coming...

The consummate hosts at BiNA invite you to enjoy dinner, otherwise it's on them...

The Liberty Hotel is celebrating Yawkey style...

Save your appetites for the Whole Hog Dinner at Vignola...

Eat, drink and mingle for a good cause at the Second Annual Eco Appetito at Cinque Terre...

Tomasso Trattoria hosts a vegetarian tasting night and a Brunello vs. Vino Nobile Wine Tasting...

Legal Sea Foods will be featuring the finest pick of the grape from Bethel Heights Vineyard...

Join Smith & Wollensky as they kick off their 10th Anniversary with a special Vintners Dinner...

Celebrating the arrival of spring, InterContinental Boston is participating in Mass Hort Blooms!...

March wine events at 33 Restaurant & Lounge include a Grand Tasting and a Sauvignon Blanc series...

Get All the Info
 
matt aquitaine Hot Bartender, Cool Drink
...a profile and recipe from Matthew Coughlin at Aquitaine

Q. What are guests ordering at Aquitaine these days? What drinks are particularly hot at Aquitaine this month/season?
A. Our seasonal cocktail specials are most popular right now. Seasonal produce and fresh herbs are what we use to put a fresh interpretation on classic cocktails. The South End Manhattan has all winter fruits and herbs such as quince and cardamom added to a bourbon Manhattan base. 

Q. What do you personally like to drink?
A. I'm a purist to the core, so if you give me a well made martini or Manhattan I am happy.

Q. What do you do when you're not bartending?
A. I'm a big fan of the "Gastro Crawl".  I try to have a drink and an appetizer
at as many places as I can. It's a great way to get inspired and I also just love to eat. 

Q. A guest is looking for the 'quintessential Aquitaine experience', but only has time to sit at the bar and order off the bar menu. Which dish would you recommend, and what drink would you pair with it?
A. Order the Chicken Liver Mousse, it's the best in the city. It's served with
warm levain bread, cornichons and coarse grain mustard. I would recommend having a "Sweet Islay" (Dewar's, lavender honey, citrus and a splash of Drambuie) while you wait, and then when the mousse arrives, a glass of Muscat de Baumes de Venise.


Aquitaine's Bees Knees
2 1/2 oz Bombay Original
1 oz housemade thyme infused honey
1/2 oz citrus (orange and lemon)

Stir and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an orange twist. 

For More Aquitaine
grey goose reps Meet the Maitre de Chai
...Grey Goose's cellar master made his first Boston appearance at L'Espalier

On February 12, a reception was held for Grey Goose Maitre de Chai (Cellar Master), Francois Thibault, and Global Brand Ambassador, Dimitri Lezinska, honoring their first visit to Boston. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres were served at L'Espalier, and the Grey Goose representatives spoke about their roles in and histories with Grey Goose.

Francois Thibault spent 25 years in the Cognac houses, then created Grey Goose as the first vodka to come out of that region. Maitre de Chai is a very honored position that one is essentially born into -- their saying, "I drink my father's Cognac, and make my son's," says it all. French-born Dimitri Lezinska is a world-renowned mixologist who has created cocktails for some of the world's highest profile occasions. The following cocktails were created for the occasion by Bill Codman, Butler at L'Espalier.

Blood Orange: 1 oz Grey Goose L'Orange, 1 Campari, 1/2 oz  St. Germaine, 1/2 oz sweet vermouth

Roasted Pear: 2 oz Grey Goose La Poire, 1 oz caramel-sage simple syrup

Citron Verte: 2 oz Grey Goose Le Citron, 1 oz fennel-anise simple syrup

Sukhi's Winter: 2 oz Grey Goose Original infused with jasmine pearl green tea, 1 oz yuzu-citrus honey

For More GREY GOOSE
crystal ball What to Watch
...coming soon to a neighborhood near you

A more informal Excelsior...October

Post 390...featuring chef Eric Brennan

Great Harbor Yacht Club...Nantucket

Coach House Grille...Sudbury
Where to BUY...
Retail Locations
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