ReMARKable Palate: A Food blog & Podcast from New York City Personal Chef Mark Tafoya

This summer season, I’m offering a special price on Personal Chef Dinners for 2, 4, or 6 people in Manhattan. It’s the perfect gift for a food lover, recent parent, or your sweetie, a fabulous way to thank clients for their business, or just an excuse to have a great gourmet dinner at home that you don’t have to cook! I present the recipient with a gift certificate for the service, which they can redeem when it’s convenient!

$425 for an all inclusive 4 course dinner for two

$525 for an all inclusive 4 course dinner for four

$650 for an all inclusive 4 course dinner for six

By having set menus with 2 or 3 choices for each course, I’m able to offer it at a lower price than the normal menus which are completely customized, as a means of introducing the service to new customers. Price includes shopping, setup, cooking, serving and cleanup! (Menu Substitutions possible for an additional fee)

Please ask me about the special Manhattan dinner pricing when you call.
Please Note: Scheduling is subject to availability. To assure you get the date you want, please contact me with plenty of advanced notice, preferably 3 or 4 weeks in advance. Thanks!

917-405-0088

[email protected]

Current Menu

Summer 2014

First Course:

Red & White Salad with Candied Pecans, Dried Figs & Goat Cheese
or
Fennel & Orange Salad with Red Currants and Shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano

Second Course:

Tomato & Basil Tartlets with Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano and Aged Balsamic Cream
or
Zucchini & Tomato Timbales
or
Chilled Cucumber Mint Soup

Main Course:

Pistachio-Crusted Fresh Fish with Rice and Green Vegetables
or
Bourbon Pork Loin Stuffed with Nuts & Dried Fruits
or
Roasted Chicken with Cucumber Mango Salsa

Dessert:

Poached Pears with Raspberry Coulis
or
Rustic Apple Crostata with Whipped Cream
or
Rustic Blueberry Crostata with Lemon Curd
or
Champagne Saboyon with Roasted Fruits

This summer season, I’m offering a special price on Personal Chef Dinners for 2, 4, or 6 people in Manhattan. It’s the perfect gift for a food lover, recent parent, or your sweetie, a fabulous way to thank clients for their business, or just an excuse to have a great gourmet dinner at home that you don’t have to cook! I present the recipient with a gift certificate for the service, which they can redeem when it’s convenient!

$425 for an all inclusive 4 course dinner for two

$525 for an all inclusive 4 course dinner for four

$650 for an all inclusive 4 course dinner for six

By having set menus with 2 or 3 choices for each course, I’m able to offer it at a lower price than the normal menus which are completely customized, as a means of introducing the service to new customers. Price includes shopping, setup, cooking, serving and cleanup! (Menu Substitutions possible for an additional fee)

Please ask me about the special Manhattan Holiday dinner pricing when you call.
Please Note: Scheduling is subject to availability. To assure you get the date you want, please contact me with plenty of advanced notice, preferably 3 or 4 weeks in advance. Thanks!

917-405-0088

[email protected]

Current Menu

Summer 2014

First Course:

Red & White Salad with Candied Pecans, Dried Figs & Goat Cheese
or
Fennel & Orange Salad with Red Currants and Shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano

Second Course:

Tomato & Basil Tartlets with Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano and Aged Balsamic Cream
or
Zucchini & Tomato Timbales
or
Chilled Cucumber Mint Soup

Main Course:

Pistachio-Crusted Fresh Fish with Rice and Green Vegetables
or
Bourbon Pork Loin Stuffed with Nuts & Dried Fruits
or
Roasted Chicken with Cucumber Mango Salsa

Dessert:

Poached Pears with Raspberry Coulis
or
Rustic Apple Crostata with Whipped Cream
or
Rustic Blueberry Crostata with Lemon Curd
or
Champagne Saboyon with Roasted Fruits

Tonight I cooked a dinner for clients who received a dinner for 4 as a gift certificate for Christmas from their brother. He took advantage of my Winter Special pricing for a dinner for 4, and they chose the following dishes. They can all be found in our Gilded Fork Cookbook!

Radicchio, Endive & Arugula Salad with Candied Pecans, Figs and Goat Cheese

Apple & Turnip Soup with Cinnamon Crème Fraiche

Here is the Main Course dish resting, just waiting to be cut into! It’s our Dried Fruit and Nut Stuffed Pork Loin Roast, which you can find in our Gilded Fork Cookbook.

And here it is sliced and served alongside brussels sprouts and mixed brown rice. The clients had a cute heart-shaped measuring cup, which served as the perfect mold for the rice, showing lots of love!

And we rounded out the dinner with a dish that has become a favorite of my clients at these dinners: Poached Pears with Raspberry Coulis. This is a slight variation on a favorite recipe on the site and in our cookbook, Poached Pears with Chocolate Raspberry Sauce.

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ReMARKable Palate #250: The Wines of Soave

On today’s show I speak with Giovanni Ponchia, lead Enologist for the Soave Consortium. Soave is the most produced white wine in Italy, and hails from the Veneto region in Northeastern Italy. I speak with Giovanni about the Garganega grape, the chalky volcanic soil of the region, and what foods go well with Soave.

www.ilsoave.com

Theme Song: “Go Fish”, by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Gilded Fork. www.gildedfork.com

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ReMARKable Palate #249: The Traditional Foods of Belize

I’m BAACK! Thanks for being patient with me during my summer hiatus. I needed some time to recharge and regroup, and I’m back with a vengeance. I’ll be bringing you new shows weekly again, starting with THIS ONE:

This week, I speak with Susana Eiley of El Fogon, an eatery in San Pedro Belize, which is centered on a traditional hearth fired wood oven. I just got back from a quick trip to Belize last week, where I got a chance to have a whirlwind tour and discovery of the great foods in this unique nation of mixed heritage.

I’ll have many more blog posts, audio podcasts and of course videos from this trip. Look for them soon!

Theme Song: “Go Fish”, by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

Travel and accommodation provided by the Belize Tourism Board. www.travelbelize.org

ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Gilded Fork. www.gildedfork.com