Denver chef-restaurateur will be a featured chef Labor Day weekend at Italy’s prestigious Expo Milano. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)
Like many Denverites, Jennifer Jasinski plans to do some cooking over Labor Day weekend. Unlike the rest of us, she will be creating a feast for 70 people at Italy’s prestigious , the culinary industry’s equivalent of a world’s fair.
As the first Mile High chef to win a James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest, Jasinski will cook at the James Beard American Restaurant at Seven Stars Galleria on Sept. 4-5 She and her Rioja crew leave Monday for Milan.
“I was blown away and honored to be invited,” said Jasinski, who was asked to represent our country by the U.S. State Department and the Beard Foundation. “I can’t wait to be a part of it.”
Other chefs featured in the September lineup are Ming Tsai, Norman Van Aken and . Tom Collichio, David Kinch, Andrew Carmellini and others are scheduled for October.
Jasinski, who with business partner Beth Gruitch owns Rioja, Bistro Vendome, and , will be serving 70 guests each night at the Milan dinners. She crafted her menu to showcase American roots and fare.
Here’s the lineup:
Crispy bacon cannoli “BLT” with rocket, heirloom tomato, avocado
Grilled Virginia ham wrapped peaches, Pedro Jimenez gastrique
Apple crisps with tuna tartare, apple, fennel anise vinaigrette
Local oysters with citrus-chile granita
Fresh cornbread served with cultured butter and Hawaiian sea salt
Savory ricotta tart, marinated heirloom tomatoes, pine nut crust, pickled shallots, pine nut pistou, herb salad
Alaska turbot, white corn grits, green tomato gazpacho, fresh baby corn, preserved lemons, radishes, watercress
Piedmontese beef filet, smoked sweet corn risotto, squash alla Montava, romano beans, sauce bordelaise, bone marrow butter
Strawberry rose Bavarian, pistachio-cashew phyllo, Pernod honey, candied rose petals
Wow and ciao!
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