July 14th, 2011 by Chef Rhodehamel
Second of two Oceanic Dinners, 2011: Mid-Atlantic Coast
Tuesday, July 19 – Friday, July 22
~Marin Miyagi Oyster Shooters~
St. George Spirits kombu seaweed eau de vie, pickled cucumber, nori
A special selection of wines from Bonny Doon
To Start
Cold:
• Crudo of fluke (New Jersey, fixed gillnets) with roasted Gypsy peppers, fried shallots and Piccolo Fino basil
• Lobster roll (Maine, trap caught) on [...]
July 12th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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We’ll be featuring Randall Grahm’s Bonny Doon wines for this year’s Oceanic Dinners because duh, we really like his wines! But also because he’s always been ahead of the pack on the transparency front and in that regard, his commitment to tell-all labels makes a fine compliment to our well-linked menu. Always an amusing teller of tales, we asked Randall…
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June 28th, 2011 by Bob Klein
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This year’s Oceanic Dinners are just a few weeks away and Chef Jonah Rhodehamel and Tom Worthington of Monterey Fish Company are working to finalize the menu. Fish Dinners are always tricky in this respect because we can never be absolutely sure what the boats will bring in on any given day. But here’s what we can say for certain:…
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May 26th, 2010 by Maggie Blyth Klein
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9th Annual Oceanic Dinners at Oliveto: June 9-12 “At a time when many of us worry about what sort of fish we should be eating, one Californian reader kindly sent me the exemplary menu from a special seafood dinner held at Oliveto restaurant in Oakland. It’s a fine example of a restaurant taking …
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May 22nd, 2009 by Maggie Blyth Klein
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June 10 marks the beginning of our eighth annual Oceanic Dinner event, which our trusted co-conspirator Tom Worthington of Monterey Fish Company says is looking very good for all our fishery sources (except local salmon). Our Oceanic Dinners are the most spectacular of our special events. We will serve some sixty species of sea beings and…
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February 8th, 2009 by Bob Klein
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Paul Johnson began as a chef in Berkeley who got into the fish distribution business. He started by selling to a number of restaurants. Tom Worthington joined the business in 1980…
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January 11th, 2009 by Catherine Meng
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Our Oceanic Dinners are the most spectacular of our special events. In collaboration with Monterey Fish Company and its co-owner, Tom Worthington, we serve some 60 species of sea beings and plants, all absolutely fresh, harvested sustainably and prepared deliciously, skillfully, imaginatively, and respectfully….
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