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Cena Con Amici ("Dinner with friends"): Tartufo Bianco

Chef Dawn Wilson of Vicini Pastaria and A NEW DAWN Personal Chef Service once again presents Cena con Amici (Dinner with friends), an evening of rustic hand-crafted Italian food and lively conversation with soon-to-be great friends. We are taking over Stock Café at Local Foods for one night only to bring you a special pop-up dinner featuring tartufo bianco, better known as the white truffle. Rare and enigmatic, the highly prized and sought after white truffle from Alba in Northern Italy is an ephemeral delicacy; their exact locations a highly guarded secret by the truffle hunters that harvest them under cover of night and only in season for a very short time. Tartufi bianchi are truly unique and intoxicating; delicate, floral, highly aromatic, and indescribably delicious. You don't want to miss this opportunity to experience this fleeting, extraordinary culinary treasure, intricately woven through five delicious courses.

One night only, $170/person, 5-course family-style menu featuring white truffle in every course
Wine/beer may be purchased the night of the event or BYO with $10 corkage fee/bottle

Gather around our communal table inside Local Foods charming Stock Café and enjoy this made-from-scratch authentic Italian feast prepared with a combination of seasonal, local and imported Italian artisanal ingredients:

Antipasto della casa
Bountiful spread of assorted local and imported Italian cured meats and cheeses, crostini, and "fantasia della chef" (market-driven small bites from the chef's imagination)

Tortellini di tartufo e nocciola
Handmade tortellini stuffed with white truffle, hazelnuts, & goat cheese dressed with white truffle butter, Parmigiano-Reggiano, & shaved fresh white truffle

Risotto ai funghi e tartufo bianco
Truffle-infused arborio rice, crimini, porcini, shitake, Parmigiano-Reggiano, shaved fresh white truffle

Brasato al Barolo
Local Midwestern beef short ribs & shank braised in Barolo wine with shaved fresh white truffles
Contorni :Two seasonal side dishes

Panna cotta di miele e tartufo bianco
White truffle honey panna cotta, smoked salted caramel, shaved dark chocolate

Chef Dawn Wilson
Executive Chef Dawn Wilson is the owner and driving force behind A NEW DAWN personal chef service and Vicini Pastaria. Formerly a Research Scientist with Biology and Molecular Genetics degrees from Loyola University and University of Chicago, Chef Dawn's passion for cooking and entertaining led her away from the lab and into the kitchen. She received her training "on the job" from many great chefs with stints at Bin 36, Cafe Las Bellas Artes, and several catering companies throughout Chicagoland.
In 2006, Chef Dawn opened A NEW DAWN personal chef service to bring home-cooking back into Chicagoland homes. A NEW DAWN has provided catering, personal chef services, and cooking instruction to many clients in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs to rave reviews. She has since spent time as the Culinary Director for Whole Foods Market-Northbrook teaching cooking classes and, most recently, lent her pasta-making expertise to one of Chicago's hottest new restaurants, Balena.

In 2011, Dawn moved to the small Tuscan town of Colle Val d'Elsa where she worked at the rustic Slowfood restaurant, Officina della Cucina Popolare, learning the secrets of handmade pasta and Tuscan cuisine. Following her stage at Officina, she traveled and tasted her way around Italy with stops in many regions including Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, Veneto, Piedmont, Lazio, and the Amalfi Coast. Earlier this year, her love of all things Italian, especially handmade pasta, drove her to launch Vicini Pastaria, a line of artisanal handmade pasta, sauces, and other Italian specialties.

Dawn is excited about her newest adventure as a chef instructor for The Chopping Block. In addition to Italian cuisine, her broad expertise includes Mediterranean, Latin American, and Asian cuisine, and gluten-free, heart healthy, and vegetarian lifestyles. Her simple, straightforward teaching style aims to take the fear and intimidation out of the kitchen by breaking down cooking to its fundamentals and making it fun and informative for students of all skill levels.

Chef Dawn is committed to using only the finest, freshest, seasonal ingredients, preparing each dish with care and a true passion for food, and creating a delicious and memorable dining experience for each and every client.

Local Foods
Chicagos local food distributor and grocer. It is more than a market
Local Foods is an intimate market featuring craft butcher shop, The Butcher & Larder, the seasonal from-scratch cooking of Stock cafe and a lineup of cooking classes and workshops in their dedicated event space. They are passionate about good food and partner with hundreds of Midwestern farmers and food artisans to bring you the freshest produce, breads, cheeses, dry goods, and more!

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1427 W Willow St.
Chicago, IL 60642
United States

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Owner: Dawn Wilson

On BPT Since: Oct 08, 2014

Dawn Wilson

www.anewdawnchef.com/

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Chicago, IL United States

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Wilmette, IL United States

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