Farm-To-Table Spring Dinner
with Christina Vantzou (The Dead Texan)

Thursday - Sunday, April 23 - 26
Admission: 6-course Prix Fixe Dinner, $40; $65 with wine pairing
Showtime: 7:30pm
reservations are recommended

This is our 5th monthly dinner Menu. First: Swamp Dinner. Second: Forest Dinner. Third: Deep Sea Dinner. Fourth: Color Palate Dinner.

This month Chef Ryan Jaronik features the first harvest of Spring from local and regional farmers, including the early spring cheeses from Saxelby Cheesemongers.

The Menu

PART 1
bbq’d goat shoulder
johnnycake, fava bean leaves

Wine Pairing
Pinot Noir Rose. Hermann J. Wiemer. 2006

PART 2
baby spring greens
crumbled goat cheese, blackberry vinaigrette

PART 3
seared black bass
sunchoke puree, grilled ramps, oyster mushrooms

Wine Pairing
Sette (Merlot/Cabernet Franc) Macari Vineyards

PART 4
roasted pork loin
rosemay potatoes, crisp apples, cider jus

PART 5
consider bardwell cheeses with local honey
pawlet, manchester and dorset

Wine Pairing
Rkatsiteli. Dr. Konstantin Frank. 2006

PART 6
fresh strawberries
sugared biscuit, ginger sabayon, sesame gelato

Beer Pairing
Gingerman. Wheat Ale brewed with fresh ginger. Captain Lawrence

The Farms
lynnhaven goat farms, flying pig farm, wind fall farms, mountain sweet berry farm, blue moon fish, consider bardwell farm, andrew’s honey

What do Junior Soprano, British TV chef Delia, and Jane Birken have in common?

They are all key players in a new mulit-channel video installation/live performance designed by Christina Vantzou for Monkey Town. Christina first developed her animated video stylings as an art student in Baltimore in the late '90s. In the last decade Christina has been commissioned to create videos for Christopher Willits, Fovea Hex, Sparklehorse, Tokion magazine, and Mtv Netherlands. Christina is also one half of The Dead Texan, a collaborative audiovisual project with composer Adam Wiltzie. Incidentally, The Dead Texan's first ever live performance took place at Monkey Town back in 2005.

Neopolitan Ice Cream for 30 Birthdays is Christina's most recent video brainchild and involves 90 minutes of newly collected film footage & home videos mixed with slow motion graphics and her signature frame by frame animations. The installation's soundtrack is designed by Ms. Vantzou and includes selected instrumental pieces, some of her own sonic noodlings, plus new and unreleased Dead Texan material.

http://christinavantzou.com/
http://www.brainwashed.com/sotl/deadtexan/