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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July 11th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Santa rosa plum sorbetto and brachetto sgroppino
Peach ice cream sandwiches with boysenberry sauce
Warm fig and raspberry tart with fig leaf ice cream
Amaretti-stuffed, roasted apricots with marsala…
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July 6th, 2011 by Chef Rhodehamel
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Cold:
• Salt cured local king salmon with marinated fennel and its pollen, Chioggia beets and crème fraiche
• Crudo of Golden Gate halibut with Castelvetrano olives, pine nuts and basil; Agrumato lemon oil
• Panna cotta of Fort Bragg sea urchin with grilled crostino, olive oil and vanilla sea salt…
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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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June 7th, 2010 by Catherine Meng
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Full Menu for Oliveto’s 2010 Oceanic Dinners starting this Wednesday, June 9th…
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June 4th, 2010 by Catherine Meng
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The kitchen has been busy this week, testing dishes & laying the ground work for next week’s Oceanic Dinners. Chef Canales took some time to show us what he’s doing with a top loin from a large swordfish just in from Monterey Fish Company…
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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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