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Whole Hog Dinners, 2012

Tuesday, February 7, through Friday, February 10
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Our thirteenth annual Whole Hog event will soon be here. Over the past twelve years Oliveto’s Whole Hog dinners have become a spectacular array of pork preparations, a delicious extravaganza, but also somewhat excessive, and in recent years much copied and well…very 2007. So Chef Jonah’s decision to [...]

St. Valentine’s Day 2012 Dinner Menu

Five-course special menu. $85 per person. Wine pairings available. SEE MENU

New Year’s Eve at Oliveto

The panini tartufati of Procacci, Florence’s beautiful old food shop, are little brioche sandwiches filled with truffle butter. This became the starting point from which Chef Jonah began to devise a menu. To the panini he added risotto alla Milanese, and, of course, if you’re going to serve risotto alla milanese, then you’ve got to serve osso buco….

Truffle Dinners 2011

Wednesday, November 16th through Saturday, November 19th
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We first got the idea of going to Italy to obtain the truffles for our truffle dinners sixteen years ago, after a shipment of specially selected truffles with Oliveto’s name and address on it got lost in Heathrow Airport. Although the truffles [...]

Menu for Late-Season Tomato Dinners 2011

The second of two dinners to celebrate the range of the 2011 tomato season. This is Oliveto’s 22nd annual Tomato Dinner. Tuesday, Sept. 13 – Friday, Sept. 16…

Early-Season Tomato Dinners 2011 Menu

Menu for Early-Season Tomato Dinners 2011. Tuesday, August 23rd through Friday, August 26th.

Market Report #4: Favas, peas, artichokes, and goat!

Lots of spring firsts at the Derby Street market yesterday. English peas were in full-effect at a number of different stands. As were strawberries, asparagus, and the first baby fava beans…tender enough that you can eat the shell and everything. Chef Jonah and Chef de Cuisine Malachi bought up some lovely purple asparagus and baby artichokes from Riverdog Farm. Starting tonight,…

California Spot Prawns

Making a brief & delicious appearance on the menu for the next few nights: Charcoal-grilled California spot prawns with Puglian Fava bean purée, Kishu mandarins, and Gaeta olives…

2010 Truffle Menu Finalized

Oliveto Truffle Dinners 2010
November 17 – 20

Antipasti and Salads
Polenta crostini with duck livers, wild snails, and chanterelle mushrooms
Chilled salad of smoked wild sturgeon, Mediterranean mussels, root vegetables, and black truffles
Poached salted farm egg with cardoons, celery, shaved porcini mushrooms, and fonduta Valdostana
Violino di Chiavenna e salsiccia Vicentina cruda: prosciutto of Watson Farm lamb seasoned [...]

Tomato Dinners 2010 Menu

September 15 – September 18

Smaller items–salads, soup, antipasti
Best-of-season heirloom tomato tasting
Smoked sea scallops and king salmon with Black Pineapple tomato mousse
Crudo of local halibut, Evergreen and Cherokee Chocolate tomatoes,
candied bacon, and Espelette pepper maionese
Oliveto wild boar prosciutto with Pineapple and Momotaro tomatoes,
wild arugula, and Parmesan
Dry-farmed Early Girl and Persimmon tomatoes with burrata, sea salt,
and [...]